Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-11-30 | Page 2 | Two Officers Arrested for Alleged Plot

TI OFFICERS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED PLOT Governor and Commander of Guard in Mexico City Pris-on Pris-on Said to Have Con-spired Con-spired Against Dictator. BOTH HURRIED TO THE PENAL COLONY 'Administration at Washington Believes Huerta Must Soon Give in; Paris Paper Urges Action. PARIS, Nov. 29. The Paris H Temps today prints a vigorous odi- 1 torlal on the "Anarchy In Mex- H lco." The newspaper, in conclud- lng the article, says: B "In the presence of death, do-B do-B stroctlon and ruin, the moment ap-H ap-H pears to have been reached when humanity and -general Interest commands all the powers to take concerted action with the United States to compel all parties in Mexico to lay down their arms and bring an end to the intolerable sit nation." VESA OBUZ, Mexico, Nov. 20. Major Garcia de la Cadell Cadena and Lieutenant de la Pena, the governor and the commander of the guard of Santiago military prison in Mexico City, arrived here today in charge of a strong detail of soldiers of the prori-dential prori-dential guard, and vrero taken on board tbo gunboat Vera Cruz, bound for the penal colony of Quintana Soo, Yuca-. The arrest of the two officers was tho result of the discovery in the prison of a serious anti-Huerta con-epiracy, con-epiracy, tho intention being to arm and roleaso all tho prisoners, and then co-operato co-operato with bodies of disaffected troops in an attack on the national palace. The arro3ts were effected yesterday afternoon immediately after the dis-cover- of tho plot. Extraordinary precautions woro taken to prevent any communication with tho prisoners after tho arrival of the train and ponding tho preparation of the gnu boat for their reception.