The sun., 1916-08-20
Starvation Due to
Cartridge Trade.
Diplomat Asserts,
L asst Analysis Of
Watchful Waiting

compelled to call the attention Of the
President directly to the acts Of his
own family.
AFTER eight months OF Madero gov.
ernmen II became evident to every
" thinking man that the government
must eventually fall. but no one knew
how or when.
THE nrst revolution, which occurred
under the leadership OF Gen. Felix
Diaz, was universally popular through
out the country and especially In the
capital city. but Gen. Diax allowed his
opportunities to pass and gave the
Madero people. under the direction OF
Ernesto Madero. time to call in suf-
ficient soldiers to hold In awe the pop
ulace and TO mass sufficient forces In
Vera Cruz to prevent the entry Of Diax
into the capita. city, otherwise the rev.
olution would have been successful at
that time.
1T is an open and notorious fact
that nearly all the Federal generals at
this time were paid large sums OF
money by the government to remain
loyal. especially Gems. Blank and Dash.
Blank was paid $50, 900 by Felix Diaz
to surrender Vera Cruz to the rebels,
and the next day was paid 500. 900 to
recapture 1t for the Federals, and Ma
dero said hat II he did not recapture
II Dash would be sent and paid $780,
900. A few days after Dash and Blank
together paid $500, 900 for a plantation
in northern Vera Cruz"
The Diaz uprising at Vera Cruz was
suppressed. In February. 1919. the
Diaz-Hcyes rising in the city Of Mexico
began. Ambassador Wilson notes that
Gen. Reyes was killed In the attack on
the National Palace. not by a bullet
from the front but by an assassin who
shot from the rear and ABOVE. In the
meantime the President was installed
in the National Palace. and believing
that or being informed hat some OF
his officers were not true. he called
item out and without trial or inquiry
had them shot. Among this number
was Gen. Ruiz. one Of the most uni
versally beloved soldiers in the Mex
lean army.
ION the second day II was reported
that Madero was seized with a panic.
and In spite of the remonstrances Of
all his friends tried to escape from the
city. n did. Concealed In the tender
vi 81 SiciI Ac WENT W TIE CITY OF
C~uernavaca. which was under the
command OF his most trusted military
supporter, Gen. Angeles. to seek pro-
lection. Gen. Angeles demonstrated
with him. and told him that his post
Of duty was IN Mexico city. and that
unless he returned there and showed a
firm front all his friends would he de.
noralized and probably killed. This
story may be untrue. I ought to say
at this point that this is the only In
stance in which. to my knowledge.
Madero showed any lack OF courage.
He was finally prevailed upon to re-
turn to Mexico city
Ambassador Wilson repeats 1.-The ac-
count already given in his dispatches
or his attempts, in association with
DINER foreign Ministers. to protect life
and property. and Of the unofficial ad-
vice given to President Madero to re-
sign. He narrates the efforts he made
Ia save the lives Of President Madero
and N!ce-Presidcnt Pine Suarez.
Having received instruction from
washington, went, In company, with
the German Minister, to again rciter-
ate our Governments desire that no
action should he taken against the
President except by due process Of
law. Huerta replied in my presence.
and in the presence OF the German
Minister, that the lives Of the Prcsi-
dent and Nice-President were in 10
danger, and that he authorized me 10
say TO Mrs. Madero that they were in
no danger.
"Returning to the embassy I found
A1R0 MADAME all NJ. t.-
there. where they had come evidently
for the purpose OF obtaining my infu-
ence with Gen. Huerta In saving the
Presidents life II in moderating the
apparently severe rigor with which
he was being treated. Mrs. Wilson
was present at this interview. then
returned again to Huerta and reitcr-
ated what ] had said before and asked
him 10 place Madero in a more COM
Portable place. This he promised to
do, again assuring me that hG :.fe was
In NJ danger.
Not content with nh. I visited Mr..
De la Barra and ~. Vera Estanol,
members II the Cso.net, and the Min
lister OF War. Gen. M%ondragon, and
Gen Banquet, in command Of the
forces, urging that no act of violence
he committed. In every case ! was
treasured. ] did the same thing for
Mrs. PIN Suarez, the wife OF the
Nice-Presldent, who, ] am glad TO say,
appreciated what was Zone for her.
ION the following day Mrs. Madero
came again TO the embassy. insisting
that her husbands life was IN dan
ger, and ! told her what Huerta had
said to me In the presence OF Mrs.
Wilson, and assured her that ] was
Mt her service in any possible way
which h might think necessary.
fThese circumstances are known to
the German, British and Spanish Mn
isters,) AZ this interview she handed
me n piece OF ordinary paper, unad-
dressed, on which was written an ap-
peal for help, which l unders.ood to
he addressed to me, and of which I i'm
mediately notified the Department.
'Since that time Mrs. Madero has
informed the press that I refused to
send a message which Awas delivered
10 me to be transmitted to the Presi-
dent Of the United States, and has in
serted, In the copy given to the press,
TO the Hon. William II. Taft. Presl-
lent Of the United States which does
mo- exist in the original. which pos
sess.
In addition to ihese humanitarian
acts which ! peri ormed for this UNI
fortunate family I kent fhrea mon