Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-07-22
FLLLEN RULER LEAVES ON sPE
cIAL TRAIN AFTER HIS
RESIGNATION is
ACCEPTED.
SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED
Francisco carbaiaI Takes Oath Of
Office and Becomes President Pro
Tem-viIIa Says War Will Go
on-5eIieves Gen. Huerta
Will Take Field

Mexico City. July 16.-Gen. Victor
iano Huerta resigned from the provi-
sional presidency of the Mexican re-
pubic Wednesday night and his resig-
nation was accepted by the senate
and chamber of deputies by vote of
121 to II.
Francisco Carbajal, the minister of
foreign affairs, was then appointed
president and took the oath OF Office
at the joint session of deputies and
senators.
Gen. Huerta and Cen. Banquet left
the capitol late Wednesday night.
They boarded train on the Mexican
Midland few miles beyond the city.
1t is thought they are going to Puerto
Mexico.
The scene in the chamber of depu.
ties and the senate when Huerta' s
resignation was received was solemn
and the enthusiasm with which the
act was greeted was tempered by
general sympathy for the abdicating
president.
Fear of Looting.
The city is quiet, but everywhere
there is dread of rebellion and looting.
1t is realized that Huerta, in spite OF
his faults. kept strong hand on dis.
orderly elements, and his successor, il
is said, is not of a type to cope with a
populace in revolt.
carbajaI May Yield to Rebels.
Further than the announcement Of
Hueria's resignation, made after 4
o'clock, the government is silent. 1t is
believed, however, that Carbaial will
turn the government over to the con.
stitutionalists, and thus insure peace.
II is also limited that Huerta will take
the field at the head of the federal
army.
"War viii Go on"-viIIa.
Juarez, Mexico, July 16.-"The re.
signation of Huerta and the naming OF
Carbaiai as his successor will not stop
the war; said Gen. Villa. when his at
tention was called to an extra an
nouncing the change of administration
in Mexico City. "Carbajal is scien
tifico and his presidency will simply
mean the continuance in power of the
men who for fifty years have grown
rich upon the misfortunes of the poor
of Mexico. We must make our victory
complete. My men are now getting
ready for the advance. Huerta's re
signation will not stop them. | think
you will find that Huerta intends tc
take the field. AS said, the war has
just begun"
News Pleases Washington.
Washington, d. c., July 16.-News
of Gen. Huertas resignation as pro
visional president of Mexico vas hail
ed by officials here as the first practi
cal step toward a quick solution of the
Mexican problem.
Huerta's resignation marks the cul
msnation of more than a years active
effort on the part OF the United States
government to force his retirement
John Lind was sent to Mexico last
summer in an effort to bring about the
withdrawal OF Huerta. Failing in this
the United States government adopted
policy that has slowly diminished
Huertas resources.
With Huerta's retirement. the con.
stitutionalists feel that their revolu.
ton has triumphed. They turned
against him the moment he overthrow
Madero, the constitutionalists presi
dent of Mexico, in February, 1912, and
have waged their war with unrelent
ing vigor ever since.
Victoriano Huerta took oath as pro
visional president of Mexico on Feb.
10, 1913, the day after Francisco !. Ma,
dero had been arrested at the national
palace. Three days later Madero and
Jose Maria Pine Saurez, vice presit
dent, were shot to death on a midnight
ride under guard from the palace to
the penitentiary. The manner of their
death never has been satisfactorily
explained.