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Show FELIX DIAZ, victorious reDcl, who na made Madero prisoner and become dictator of the situation situa-tion in Mexico City. FELIX DIAZ JOINS i I WITH HUERTA TO i, I RULE IN MEXICO f I Brother of Deposed President 1 I May Be Executed; Battle I Precedes Compact, H MEXICO CITY, Feb. 19 Jose Pino Suarez, the vice presi- dent, was also arrested last night and held a prisoner in an- ' other part of the palace from that in which Madero was con- J fined. Each man was under guard of two soldiers. The ministers of Madero 's cabinet were given parole until 9 o'clock this morning. Special Cable to Tho Tribune. MEXICO CITY", Feb. 18. President Madero was arrested at i the national palace late this afternoon by General Blan-quel, Blan-quel, one of his most 'trusted commanders. He resigned when Blanquet ordered him to surrender his office before 6 o'clock on pain of execution, at that hour. -i General Vietoriano liuerta, Madero ?s chief, thereupon as- sumed control oi! thc government and proclaimed himself military (. governor. ' . The American embassador has cabled to the state department at Washington Mint Madero is held a prisoner iu the national A palace by General liuerta. The Madero vice president, Pino Suarez, -is in hiding. The f. cabinet has resigned. ..' j GUSTAVO MADERO ARRESTED. -1 I Gustavo Madero. the president's brother, and General Del " h Gado, the federal commander, have been arrested. j. fl Thc inhabitants, always ready, by reason of their volatile' tern- ij fl perament, to go from frolic to fight, are surging through the fl streets, crying "Viva Diaz!" and ''Viva Huerta 1" j All the horrors of thc last ten days apparently have been For- jfr , fl gotten in exultation over the advent of -ft new idol. A city torn Wr by shot and shell is tonight en fete. The streets are being cleared p of the dead by rollicking crowds of merrymbakers. I fl It is generally believed Gustavo Madero will be executed within twenty-four hours. 'J fl Up to a late hour the vice, president of the republic, Jose Pino fl Suarez, had not been found. Detachments of troops are searching for him. The arrest of Madero took place in the hall of the embassa- ,j dors. The president was summoned to the room after the stage had been set for his entrance. He stepped inside and found all '.' the entrances guarded. One soldier, over-excited by the words of ,i Blanquet, pointed his gun at the breast of Madero, who leaped upon him. In the struggle the gun was discharged, without in- juring any one. The soldier was disarmed and placed under ar- $ rest by order of Huerta on thc charge of firing without orders. ' PRESIDENT'S STAFF SHOT DOWN. , H In the excitement attending Madero fs arrest, Captain Carme- p dia, who had just been appointed chief of police, advanced upon fj?-Colonel fj?-Colonel Eibcrell, shooting and wounding him seriously. Immedi- . ately there was an exchange of shots and three or four members l of tlie president's staff were wounded. (j ' Twenty men of the Twenty-ninth infantry of Blanquet 's forces k were entrusted with the duty of guarding the private rooms of i the president at the beginnng of thc revolt in the palace. ijT General Diaz has agreed to a plan outlined to him. Ho will (h march with his troops at 9 o'clook tomorrow morning to the na- J tional palace. Mobs are threatening the destruction of El Imparcial building, which, is a veritable fortress of reinforced cement and steel. Sol- diers have gone to protect thc property, which was recently bought m by Gustavo Madero. jfc No trains are leaving here tonight in any direction. W WHOLE COUNTRY IN A TURMOIL. f: The whole country is in a turmoil. It is reported that Zapata f. hus now turned for Madero and will try to, keep up a banditti !I- jH guerrilla warfare against the new president. The new president is j'. making no promises except to try to restore peace throughout the y t i-epublic. Congress has been called to meet at midnight, De la Barra is jH slated for minister of foreign relations. : J General Manuel Mondragon, who has been with Diaz in the If; i Ciudadela throughout the battle, will probably be minister of war. tj; David Do la Fucnte, who succeeded Felix Diaz as chief oT po- lice, will be minister of communication and public works. ;i J Gustavo Madero is still in a restaurant, and crowds are about r the place yelling '"'Death to Gustavo." He is tied with ropes and jr.' held in a coat. room. V " M Marcos Hernandez, a brother of the minister of Gobcrnacion, !;. ; J was killed in the street tonight when he fell into thc hands o j :. Juan Sanchez Azcona, private secretary to ..jMadero, escaped ' , ' from the city in an automobile. ' M (Contlnuod on Pago Tour). Ii DIAZ COMBINES ! WITH ERIH TO Madero Held Prisoner in - Palace; Pal-ace; Nearly Loses Life in Fight With Murder-, ous Soldier. (Continued from Page One.)' The plot to bring about. Madero 's downfall irom within liis own ranks, is believed to ba'f boon formed yoster-da", yoster-da", although it probably was formulated formu-lated in Blauqnct's mind some time ago. From the first it lias been known that General Blanquet was unwilling -to light. He had complete coutrol over his command, which uumbored about 1000 men. This force arrived at the national palace yesterday ostensibly to relievo the reserves who were sent 'into the Held. Blanquet Turns Traitor. The agreement between Blanquet and Huorlii was reached last night, but the j first iutimation that Blanquet 's men had of tho now 10I0 thoy wcro to play was pbortly before tho coup d'etat was executed. Blanquet drew his men up before him aud in a stirring speech said: "This inhuman bnttlo must end. Tho tame has come when some drastic means must bo taken to stop a conflict; in uhiHi father is killing son and brother is h'ghtiug against brother; non-combatants are sharing the fate of war and all this bccniise or the cuprico of ono man.'" I blanquet then issued orders for tho I arrest of Madero. who was immediately I seized and made a prisoner in his room I at the palace. I The presence of his son-in the runks J of Diaz is given as one reason for tho In uttmiac of (jenerrt Lilanquot. I Diaz Is Skeptical. I! .Fearing some trick such as caused ly his overthrow at Vera Cruz, Diaz rc-Im rc-Im mainod inactive in the Ciudadela ar-13 ar-13 senal. lie refused to take anv one's K word for the truth of tho startling if news he had received, and declared that y, not- until Madero was brought to him M in person would he belicvo that tho K Jederals were overthrown. He sent ff -word to General Huerta that ho would K neotiato only through the American Whon 2000 cheering men started for K the Ciudadela to carry tho netts that K Diaz had won they were fired upon by I 1-ifl utposit5 and Gix or 'Kn '"'ere t! American embassador and the s other foreign diplomats held a confer-i confer-i ence at the American embassy tonight 41 to discuss the re establishment of or-i or-i der and the furthor protection of for-1 as cign residents. if The Zocalo, tho great plaza in front M 0.t.thc Palace, was jaulmed with a dolt do-lt ."ons crowd, with banners inscribed $ Peace' and " Liberty, " shouting for 3 Diaz, Bla,nquet and Mondragon, P Madero's Family Escapes, a , Th, women members of the Madero ffl Inuuly who were in Chapultopec castle if were whisked away in an automobile 5 oy friends who had learned of tho coup at tho national palace. s Telegrams have been sent to the Sf governors of the states notifying them W ? .the proclamation of Hucrta as pro-fa pro-fa yasional president, and also to the mil"-U mil"-U itary commanders assuring tbo'm that j fdent ions bc Leld -0r Pres-I Pres-I Ge?eJal HuJtA made a speech from ! the balcony of the palace to tho as-l as-l senibled crowds. He declared that ho I o personal am'bition and an-I an-I nounced himself as military Governor, j and General Blanquet as military com-I com-I mander of the federal district. I I ls r4nll.v behoved that a definite in acroement will be reached between the E rebel forces and General Huerta. The I negotiations will be conducted through III tlie American embass3'. f Huerta received a commLssion from tne diplomatic corps. He said he had I assumed the provisional presidency and X would deliver it to whomsoever" con- gress designated. General Felipe Angeles; who refused I r support the new government, was J placed under arrest. , .When the. arrest of tho president and j his .ministers bocamo "known crowds , i gathered in the streets, throngh which , ; they paraded, shouting " vivas" for j Iuerta and Diaz. A conference was ; acid between the representatives of J toeee two gonerals. and an agreement jl wa5 ronched whereby the appointment j of General Hucrta to the provisional j presidency was proclaimed. il i Prior to this, however, Huerta's at-1 at-1 1 to?. communicate with Diaz pre-3 pre-3 npitated one of the sharpest cngage-fM cngage-fM merits of the day. The fire from tho rebol rifles and machine guns was long sustained. It was by no moans certain at that tiino that tho coup which had been carried out meant tho end of hostilities. hos-tilities. At 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon after-noon tho cannonading continued heavy, and the rattle of machine gnns was heard in yarious quarters. At that time San Francisco street was being cleared by Huerta as- if he were expecting an attack. A half hour later the order to cease firing Tvas sounded and tho battle was over. A few loyal members of Madero 's staff rushed into the room where Madero Ma-dero was struggling with tho soldiers nnd wont to his rescue, but their efforts were of no avail. Madero Fights Back. General Delgado, who acted as the emissary of Madero in the negotiations for an armistice Sunday, has been arrested. ar-rested. Huerta and his supporters did not trust Delgado to come into thoir plans. Twenty men of the Twenty-ninth infantry, in-fantry, of Blanquet 's forces," we're ' entrusted en-trusted with the duty of. guarding the private rooms of the president at tho boginning of the revolt in tho palace. Tho arrest of Madero tool: placo in tho hall of tho embassadors. Whon tho president entered the room he found all the entrances guarded. One soldier pointed his gun at the breast of Madero, Ma-dero, who leaped npon him. In tho struggle the gun was discharged, Tvith-out Tvith-out in.-juring anyone. |
