The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1916-03-31

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Of the newcomers they pointed their
pistols at his head and he had to
surrender.
MADER0- WAS LENIENT.
Diaz was taken to Mexico City
and put in Jail. and at first Madero
declared that he would be put to
death, together with Gen. Bernardo
Reyes. who had tried to start an
other revolution in the north and
had been captured Many petitions
were made to Madero to spare the
lives of those two men, and he
listened to the pleas and postponed
action. In the meantime the secret
agents of Diaz and Reyes were work
ing against Madero in the army,
and early one summer morning. Feb.
9, 1913. the First Cavalry and part
of the mounted police and other
soldiers liberated Diaz from Belen
prison, while cadets from the mill
tary school at Tlapam. suburb of
Mexico City, liberated Gen. Reyes
from the penitentiary
Reyes and Diaz, with their lib
orators. went to the National Palace
and attempted to take possession Of
it. but were repulsed by the Twenty
ninth Infantry, which formed the
naIooa o.,ard rrtaro xx,ac a eli . ~,
fight. Gen. Reyes was killed at its
beginning, and machine guns were
turned loose on the roof of the pal
ace, sweeping the crowded Zocalo,
or main plaza, and the Avenida de
San Francisco, which was thronged
with people going to church. piaz
and his men were driven off after
many Of the cavalrymen had been
killed and on the plaza Clio nom
combatants were killed, according to
the official records of the police.
Diaz and his men stormed the
Ciudadela, or arsenal, about mile
from the National Palace, and TOOK
it after fight lasting half an hour.
There they found huge stores Of
arms and ammunition and prepared
for a siege. All day Sunday and
Monday they remained quietly in
the Ciudadela while Madero was
gathering his forces to GUST them.
The battle began in the city on the
morning of Feb. II and continued
until Feb. is. with daily can
and machine gun and rife
firing between the Ciudadela and
the palace and many other places
where the Federals had planted bat
teries. In the sDecena Tragica," as
the time of the battle is called in
more than 1000 persons,
mostly non-combatants, were killed
and about $4,000 wounded.
Feb. is Gen. Victoriano Huerta,
who had been commanding the .
Madero forces. met Felix Diaz at the
American embassy by request OF the
AmSAAS0n nthunc1uuoiy I1ChAy A<nuc
and they came to an agree
nent for the overthrow Of Madero
is the only means to stop the
lighting and slaughter of citizens.
Il was agreed at that conference
hat Huerta should become
he provisional President and that
)iaz should have the naming of the
lew cabinet. Madero was arrested
il the National Palace. n
On the night Of Feb. 23 Madero
nd Pine suarez, the Vice President.
we're removed from the palace and
aiken to the peuitentiary, but were q
lurdered shortly after midnight
lose to the walls Of the prison. 2
Before Madero and Pine Suarez 7
Fere removed from the palace they =
yere forced to sign their resigna- 9
Ions, thus making Pedro Las 8
urain, minister Of foreign affairs. 8
resident. according to the consti- a
utional provision. Lascurain was
resident exactly rs minutes, how b
YER, for he immediately appointed 2
Fictoriano Huerta as his minister Of 7
ofeign affairs. and he resigned. I
laking Huerta the President. q
Two or three days before thel
verthrow and death Of Madero, 81
'enustiano Carranza. Governor Of D
be State Of Coahulla, 1t is stated 9
n good authority, had started a o
evolution against Madero, but as c
BON as he heard that Huerta had "
surped the Presidency he began a A
svolt against Huerta. IN
U. s. MARINES LANDED. a
The revolutions against Huortas =
oyernment grew and multiplied.
e gradually got rid Of all the cabi- Z
ct members who had been named K
y Diaz, frightened any other presi- v
entail aspirants out of the coun- g
", and on Oct. III, 1913. arrested 4
Il the deputies while they were in L.