Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-18
HUERTA MUST TELL.
SLAYER0F MADERO
Former Cabinet Ministers OF
Slain Mexican President
Reply to Ex-Dictator.
NAME OF FELIX DIAZ
NOW USED AS ASSASSIN
Soothing at professional Secret Of
Soldier" Pedro Lascurain and
Others Issue Statement.

NEW YORK, April 1e.-Until Gen.
victoriano Huerta unseals his lips and
clears up the question Of who was re-
sponsible for the death of Francisco
Madero, his predecessor as President Of
Mexico, it will "be impossible for the
law abiding and peaceable citizens of
Mexico to accept Gen. Huerta as their
leader or spokesman" says a signed
statement issued here today by three
former ministers in MaderoS CABINET.
The signers are Pedro Lascurain, Ra-
fael l.. Hernandez and Ernesto Madero,
who were ministers respectively of
foreign affairs the interior and finance.
Their statement was issued in reply
to one made public by Gen. Huerta In
which he denied responsibility for Ma
deros execution" said he knew who
was responsible. but was keeping 1t as
the professional secret" of soldier.
Felix Diaz's Name Now Mentioned.
ION the day following the murder of
President Madero." reads the reply of
the three former ministers. "Huerta,
through his man. Mr.. de la Barra, ex-
planned it as the result of a fight be-
tween the escort that was taking Mr..
Madero to the prison and his own fol-
lowers, who tried to rescue him. Some
time afterward. one of the Huerta
ministers, Mr.. Lozano, said that the
truth was tnat MI Mauero Hdo peen
assassinated by Felix Diaz. Now
Huerta, rejecting explicitly both Of
fetal explanations. speaks of some pro-
fessional secret that he cannot reveal
I'VE are now compelled to express
our profound admiration for the not
able reticence which leads Mr. Huerta
to endure further undeserved odium for
the reputed responsibility for Presi
dent Madero's death, when by only a
word he could prove not only his COM
- Ii it,
ness. Unfortunately the bond of honor
which he says seals his lips makes it
impossible, until this matter is fully
cleared UP. for the law-abiding and
peace loving citizens of Mexico to ac-
cept Mr.. Huerta as their leader or
spokesman"
Gen. Huerta's attacks on the Madero
government are declared in the state
ment to be false and slanderous." His
various charges that Madero brought
power through the help of liberated
criminals. that he annihilated the
union, destroyed the credit of the coun-
try, prostituted the discipline of the
army and dissipated the surplus of the
treasury, are taken up in detail and
counter charges made in refutation
Recall Huerta's Treachery.
"At the time that Huerta treacherous-
ly overturned the Madero government,
Mexico was well nigh pacified," the
three former ministers declare. There
was only one source of unrest, and il
the civil war started again and has
continued for more than two years,
that must be attributed to Huerta's
usurpation of power.
ut Is false that the Madero admins
tration annihilated the national union
At the time of the downfall of that ad-
ministration. the government dominated
the whole country, controlled all it's
ports, both maritime and those of the
border. all the railroads. and every
state of the republic was represented
in congress. Annihilation of our union
came as a result of the treason that
eliminated in Mr.. Huerta's rise to pow
er, beca use honest men who could not ap-
prove of such usurpation of the presi-
dency revolted against the usurper and
the country was again thrown into un-
rest.
THE statement made by Huerta that
the Madero government prostituted the
discipline of the Mexican army Is sur
prising from the lips of the man that
as the head of the army committed
treason against the government which
appointed him for its defense"