The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-04-28
DEFEND FORMER CHIEF
THREE MADERO MINISTER'S AC-
CUSE HUERTA AGAIN.
Say EX-President Must Retain Re-
sponsibility Of acknowledgements
Stories Discounted?

Until Gen. Huerta unseals his lips
and clears up the question of who
was responsible for the death of
Francisco Madero. it will be impos-
sible for the law-abiding and peaceful
citizens of Mexico to accept him as
their leader or spokesman, says a
signed statement issued in New York
by three former ministers in Madero's
cabinet. They are Pedro Lascurain,
Rafael L. Hernandez and ErneSto Ma
dero.
The statement was issued in reply
to one by Gen. Huerta in which he
denied responsibility for Madero's
execution" said he knew who was
responsible, but was keeping it as the
professional. secret of soldier.
ION the day following the murder OF
President Madero," reads the minis
ters' statement, "Huerta through his
man, Mr.. Delakarra, explained it as
the result of fight between the es-
cort that was taking Mr.. Madero to
the prison and his own followers who
tried to rescue him. Some time af-
terward one of the Huerta ministers,
Mr.. Lozano, said that the truth was
that Mr.. Madero had been assassinat-
ed by Felix Diaz. Now Huerta, re-
jecting explicitly both official eSr!c-
! nations, speaks Of some professional
secret that he can not 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
President Madero's death, when by
only word he could prove not only
his complete innocence, but his his
toric greatness. 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 accept Mr.. Huerta as
their leader or spokesman"
| Gen. Huerta's attacks on the Ma
dero government as declared in the
statement to be false and SANDER
ous" His various charges that Ma
dero brought on the revolution which
placed him in power, through the
help of liberated criminals, that he
annihilated the Union, destroyed the
credit of the country, prostituted the
discipline of the army and dissipateo
the surplus of the treasury are taken
up in detail and counter charges
made in refutation.
cat the time.that Huerta treacher-
ously overturned the Msdero govern
ment Mexico was we'll nigh pacifed,
the three former ministers declare
There was only one source of unrest
and if the civil war started again anc
! has continued for more than two
i. years, that must, be attributed tt
Huerta's usurpation Of power.
'It is false that the Madcro admin
istration annihilated the Nationa
Union. At the time of the downfall
of that administration, the govern
ment dominated the whole country
controlled all its ports, both maritime
and those of the border, all the rail
roads, and every state of the republic
was represented in congress. Ami
!, hilation Of our union came as resul
of the treason that eliminated in Mr.
Huerta's rise to power, because hon
. est men who could not approve O.
such usurpation of the presidency re
, volted against the usurper and thu
country was again thrown into un
, rest.
THE statement made by Huert:
that the Madero government prosti
, tuted..,tt ,tte. discipline of the Mexican
army is Surprising from the lips O.
the man that as the head of the arm!
committed treason against the gov
ernment which appointed him for it
defense"