Show REIGN Of TERROR EXIST I IN MEXICO CITY BUT DAY PASSES WITHOUT CONFLICT I Revolutionists Under Felix Diaz Occupy Fortified Positions J In and About Arsenal PR PRESIDENT MADERO IN P PALACE AL CE CEI I UNDER GUARD OF SOLDIERS l MEXICO I 1 EXICO CITY Feb 10 Pr President dent co I. I 1 is back in th the palace and Madero is in Chapultepec castle Malero adelo bruf f disappearance from the thic palace caused a rumor that he had taken tc flight but it appears that he hc was W. nb absent only a 1 short time since and since then hen has lias on be-on spending his time conferring with General Huerta Ernesto t l cro the thc minister of finance and nud ot oh other hc ministers f. f Madero adero is confident that tho government o will triumph and his conversation conver sat ion i is is characterised ed 1 by hy optimistic allusions ions del delivered with a happy smile l He He- considers that the public is with the tue administration and looks forward to developments tlc tomorrow a as tile the final act at in III what he lie regards regard as 15 mother another foolhardy foolhardy fool fool- I hardy attempt o. o of General Porfirio Diaz nephew to place Ille family name at ut atthe I II I the head of or Mexico's s 's official list r It Is admitted at th the national a palace t that General Blanquet has been prevented prevented pre- pre J vented from lt reaching the city by by- bythe the cn cutting tI nc- nc of or the ra railroad bet between the th f capital and but some sonic of oC hl his men ha have arrived and it Is Is' c confidently believed that tha t sufficient H will soon f be mobilized to warrant an attack on i ithe the arsenal This ma may be bc Initiated en- en early tOI pr ow morning but it II Is not lI believed lh d. even eyen ithe I l i tho the choice olce o of attacking is left left to to the government that It will he be r re to tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow afternoon Xea I It Is Improbable that today's f remark mark atilt able situation can be much longer lon r maintained In n addition to a a small sinaI number r of t troops troop from Blanquet Blanquet's command alrea already In the capital there I Is reported to be a force of or 1000 men Continued on Page e 2 2 Column i 1 10 f REIGN OF TERROR I I i IN I I Continued d From Page 1 L under d r Gen General Alvarez In t tic IA mountains mountain moun moun- tain in some ome some fifteen miles s out and tw n- n t ty i carloads more m n fl route rout from rom Pi tie district 3 ith whom th the sympathies of or these m men n will be bo w when n put to the test i Is an open question The They no now are arc popularly JatI y believed to bo bt coming coming- to the nl aid d dof of of- th administration A story stone which was W current tonight accounting for or the dl disappearance of or the president last Jast night and the earl early part o ot of today Is to the tho effect that h he h. made niale E a trip to T Tres rc Marias b by automobile auto auto- between the tho mobile a point midway capital and Cuernavaca aca some orne thirty I 1 lles distant No So explanation nf of of such Ruth sucha Ruthh h a trip If It occurred can cnn be ln obtained d. d An effort ha has baR been een made made- b by the diplomatic BpI dip Bp- I representatives to secure forI for- for I Ign ehorn patrols for the tho district in Ln which I moet of oC the thc foreigners live U since r ii heither the tho government ov nor the rebels t tab cah h provide police poUce protection hut but the has failed ailed The Am American tl tie tle- 4 te e committee has liaR In Instructed the tho guard at th tile embassy Ss to j cee c- c i In cloo ouch touch with Ith It and In t I. case of of- dan danger er Americans armed with rifles are ue re expected to turn out i In In Tn case caRe of or a bo bombardment t b by either cither I I I he e there there- will whit be great dan danger cr to the earby earb districts specially to the I south and west welt of or the thc arsenal where hero i many n l Americans live Un Xo 0 o representatives tives ti on this have been made mado madej j V the diplomats The national palace IK I guarded to to- to b by SOO men of all arms rm with J ht or more heavy Y gun suns guns Madero d to have ha 1500 men upon whom he lie edit can depend J Unlike th the ordinary revolutionist re r t i. i r nr hns wasted no IlL In v. v n n m manifestoes Little I Is known of ot hi 1 his plans plan but it wa was learned tonight that In Ii appears to have a large II quantity quan quan- tRy of oC cash with him hire in the tho arsenal Bundles o of hills bills piled cI on a desk w were re estimated at more than two TO hundred t thousand housa nd peso pesOs Friends 0 of r Diaz sa say saylie he lie has plenty of ammunition althou although h the government go leaders declare It is Ig f sea scarce Apparently the tho scattered government o forces did 1111 not dare dar today todar to attack attach him himIn himin himin in his positions In an and about the arsenal At t on one time today It was vas r reported General Genera Huerta would rk an attack on the rebels ls but the latter trained their guns gUll down the streets leading to their positions am and Huertas plan plait changed Then a report gained g credence that th the rebels were about to take the of offensive or- or e and attack the national palace but hut tin the da day in- in p closed without a single encounter b between tween the federals and the who occupy po positions about a amile pub mile apart attI att O One One- report which was vas not enter- enter t I lamed seriously b by thinking people was as that the government o proposed cd to the capital In iii an effort to subjugate sub sub- Diaz an and his troops Accord Accord- r K to this plan ian the government go would its cannon on a hill bill three miles jOl ta and d from Crom there tl attempt to drop shrapnel among the rebels That peace ne negotiations official l and I In toda today bo- bo camo cano known early but owing t lh the secrecy enveloping them few ew en- tha th principals knew p tho the details Excellent Ex order pr throughout tho the city despite the of ot police arid tho the almost negligible number of or small mall patrols The Tho people unnerved b by bytho tho thu fighting of or yesterday and th the tho rumors of or tOda today acquired the trick of or dodgIng dodging ing lnA around corners anti and acc accelerating their pace when crossing streets All tho the banks clo closed ed throughout hout th tho day and in tn the tho afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon most mot of or th the shops had up heavy wo wooden shutters concealing the glass fronts Tito streets t ate are deserted even cven by hy the governments government's street cleaning force torce and anti Mexico's asphalt pavements pl renowned for foe spotlessness are arc aro lit lit littered JIttered JIt- JIt tonight with with wi rubbish The street car company sharing th the tear fear c of shopkeepers and bankers hankers that riots break breakout out has r f refused r se to lo resume traffic and are arc reaping a harvest haT I looting at ai an any moment cause c. no surprise yet et serious liS disorders arc no no regarded as probable until one side d e eor or the other has won a 1 moro decided advantage ael The lower elements which mako up mobs of ot looters require a rallying cr cry cry- and arid at present ent they arc In doubt as 39 to which man the they should hould proclaim proclaim pro pro- claim tho the popular r Idol J ew I Tue V United te States tn e embassy nl aISS Is s guard guard- ru u u uv uy a wren 01 QI twenty Americans Americana se Sc- Sc h by Gen C C C. II Jl A Agramonte merl meily of tho the United States army and commanded b by byE U. U L Boulet The Thc killing of r Gen Bet Bernardo Reyes nees former r minister lh r of or war In yesterdays yesterday's l.'s tl fighting had a n tragic sequence in tn th the suicide lIA of or his son Rodolfo The or-he younger young young- oun er Pol Reyes Rees eliot himself through the head because of or grief Krier over O his fathers father's death Gregorio Rui Ruia a retired officer two captains and three lieutenants executed in Iii the patio of oC national palace It Is officially reported that this was b by order of or the government go but hut another story is that they were killed h by a detachment of ot their own men because the they opposed their joinIng join join- lug Ing Inin in the revolt rO Added to this is IR the report that th these e mutinous troops were 0 overpowered o verp |