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Show oel ftWis.aa.lee. th two eone ef the General Gen-eral Oonulfl who wu pfelo'ei.t for nn term lmmxll.,l y following tha first term of Jrtaa. amt other frVoda afixlone to have ptrtur In vhirh ,thv etooil bv the eMe of th man ho had been tbelr chief. Cadets FroiMt Loyalty. IniM the hone, the former prmont rcfilvH I nf or molly Joaquin Belt ran. Oenerat Be It ran had hrouciL with htm a mantfaato of lha radeta of the mlMtarv arhool. In whth thev hmA protested their lovnity. In ih niim of th cadeta. he apkod Oeneral THaa to aiirn It, In order thnt It might he plai-ed In the- arehjvea of the Institution. f tthera who had railed to par their reppecta eon departed and funeral ntna, after lunch, boarded the Tutu ma. a (pv. rrtmeni tuf. whloh carried htm to the Yplraiiftra. Thoee who went a hoar, with him Included f-nora fermen Inns, the "f the arneral. Ftnora Tereaa. the widowed etitter of Hnra TMaa tnd hr on Joee; Colon' Porflrio I Mai. Jr . hi w1t mid their ftv rhIMren; 1,(mi tenant ami Senora Ijorenao Kilmer and their vAiinR n. general Manuel innlu tni Fernanda Onnlea IJeu tenant Kits!. la a hrther-1n-la w of funeral I1. rerhrtP the unlv perann In the hotie whre General (Hal pent the last five day. r Its neighborhood, who ejiprpneo no aorrow tMe evening were, tho chll.lrr. ot PorflMn Ida. Jr. All of them, the M -et hit Mttle more than 12 yeara. plaved and rhatted now" In SpanUh. and now In English, ahotit the trip about to begin thin. Speaking to tha little grono of nld t art who had served as s guard os his trip from the capital, the old ma a. who governed Mexico for more than thtrr yean? br military strength, aaud the preeeot government most yet resort to hm methods if peace is to be re es-tahliahed. es-tahliahed. Wearing the eame uniforms th.PT had on when t hrv aerved as the general's ftiard, the eoldiere drew up in front of ho home of J. H. Kody, where the ex president hss been quartered, atnee hi arrival in Vera fruit, under romminrf of General Victortano Huerta, an old and personal friend of General Tiar. The men atood faring the veranda of the house, which is located near the terminal varda. Rack of them stood a row of .freight eare. Noisv enginea puffed about the ahipa tied at the 'Wharxr. On the veranda a mnll rte tarhmant of the presidential guards were lined up. Krianda here and one or two from the capital came out of the houe with him. His son. Colonel Porflrio Pier,. Jr., was not preaent. Tiike the women members of the partv, including Senora Iiat, he choae to remain in his rooma. When (General Itiai stepped forward there waa a bur, of interest, but no ap nlauae. The moment was too solemn for such an expreasinn and even the lit .Toaquia Haas, and followed br 6'onora Diss and the other members of the party and their escort , received an ova t ion on the walk to tho ship rarelf ae-eorded ae-eorded to a or one in Vera C'rur and never before to General Dial. A doxen pretty voting women threw before the aged warrior great hnnches of flowers, reserving some to present to him per sodallr- riowsrt for Dias. With hia arma filled with blnpaoms and bowing right and left, the former president started up the companionway. On board, the band began the Mexican national hvms. Krerr hat wae off and General Diss halted at the head of the ompanionwav. The guns of Kort Ban tiago began for the last time to fire a presidential aalute in honor of Ilia. The crowd was cheering itself hoarse, but never a ere for Madero. Then it wa that Diaz lifted his hsnd, signaling for silence 4t it i sens of Vera Crur,' he paid. I will never forget this reception. It i (he. moat notnhle ftr having ben given at a time when all the country i againt mef I am accorded a greater re teption than a mere eifiren m entitled to. Not even a preident can be the recipient of a greater ovation than thi. " Once more cheers aroe and tnar. moTed into the ship. Senora TMaK fol lowed up the companionway. She, too, was the object of the crowd s approval. On hoard the venae I were scores of friends and papaengera and visitors mingled in something like a general re eeption. Tt waa a gala hour, hut from the admiring throng the captain of the Yptranga rescued the old fighter, taking DIAZ TAKES LEAVE OF NAM LAND Grizzled Veteran and Former For-mer President Sets Sail lor Spain. j ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO DIE IN MEXICO ! . 1 Departure Public and Old ! Ruler Is Loaded With i Flowers. VERA ffl'Z, Mexico., June hp Oen Porfirio lia Knilfd from this port Tat night on the steamer Y pi rang for Havre, France. The steamer goes by tie group nf peona repreeaed their feel ing until the apeechmaking and emhrac inga were concluded. Their applause waa then brief. Address of Oeoeral Huerta. Oeneral Diaz showing almost no sin of hia recent illneea, waa dressed in an ordinary sack suit of black. He ear ried in hia hands a Panama hat. The only tmirh "j"1 "i"',," M' w" armv tieneral Huerta addreaaett him. telling hia old chief that he could al wavs count on these men, "notwith standing what everyone said." Oeneral Huerta s voice hrnka aa he added, with perhapa more franknee than tact: "It ia the only portion of tha coun trr that did not go against you." He declared that he and hia men and the army in general were sorry to see General Than leave Mexico, but that there waa also reaaon for gratification inasmuch aa foreignera would be given an opportunity to know the man. who had made hia country famoua. Throughout all of fjeneral Huertaa talk nial stood like a onldier on parade, wtlh ees front and never a twitch of tha muacles. Bravely he heaan hla reply, re-ply, but before many mlnutea he was havlnar great difficulty In mastering his motions. - .. i j "I am grateful to tha army." he aald. "that 1 could count on It to the laat mo-m.nt mo-m.nt of leaving Mexican territory. It la the only reJ defense the country has. and to reestablish peace In thte republic repub-lic Its services will have to be called upon tn thla Trials." Old Warrior Shads Tears. Teara ware slowly rolling down hla now and hla voice waa broken. But he continued, telling hla hearare ahould the country at any time become Involved In trouble he would be willing to return. Pointing to the colore of Meilco, the general added: "I would then place myself at the head of the loval forces and under the shadow of tliat flag 1 would know how to con quer as In tlmea past." Oeneral Huerta grasped hie handa and then the two old nirhtere embraced. One by on th minor offWer moved forward and each waa embraced by Oeneral Itaa and told good -by. It waa over. The troops had stood at attention for an hour In the broiling heal, hut ncm appeared weary. Oeneral Oen-eral rias turned to enter the house and the offlcera gave the command to march. The troops went directly to the care of a special train, on which I hey began their Joumev to the capital. For an hour following the farewell to hia troops. (Jcneral tlas nhllglnelv pnaad for photographers, bv himaelf. with Theodore The-odore de Heas. governor of tit etata: wl'h Colonel ifonssles sod Ocner.l Man- himfo the bridge where, with three or four friends, he gaicT'outacfosa the harbor toward the painted walls of the last Meiican city he was to see, for many months at least. Crowd Wilts for Ship to Bail. On the pier, the military bands alter nated wtin the ahip'a band in making music, and the crowda continued to hold their poaitton, hoping for joat one more glimpse of the man who was leav ing a virtual throne behind him. Darkness rame over the harbor, lights appeared, and yet the people held their positions, waiting for the ahip to sail. "snore Pisr. as well aa her husband, appeared happier than aha bad been for many weeks. Before leaving the building build-ing which had been her home for the last few dsrs, she waa the recipient of flowers and messages .from many friends. Oas of her laat acta waa to aend to the wives of the members of tha presidential guarda, her remembrances. remem-brances. There was an affecting scene when aha and the general said good bra to the old family aervanta, only three- of whom accompany them across the oeess. Fer the nae of ths former president the ahip captain's qnartera war ra-eenred. ra-eenred. fteaora Diss is tn the cabin riven ap to her nae by ths first officer. This will enable them to secure a privacy pri-vacy on the voyage which otherwise would have bees impossible. That Gteaeral Dial will keep altogeth er to himself during tha long trip is not anticipated bv hia frienda. Kmbittsred and dtssppoiated he nay be, but nevertheless never-theless he appeara to gain comfort in talking to old frienda. Both General Dial and kil man ware buav answering correspondents, who need the telegraph and cable to font-mimical font-mimical to them eipreaaion of regard and good wishes. Three hundred men sages or mors wer received and nssrlv half of them earns from abroad. To every writer a reply waa neat, ths general gen-eral himaelf insisting la wording them in most cases. To kia country Oeneral Din deliv ered a warning before going aboard the u mv of rfatMrm end frenpial l'tar.'a ait i mate destination ta flpain. His ahip waa only a little war mil when the searchlight of ths fortress guarding the port waa turned on it With glasses in hand, among a email party ia the atern. Dial was atanding, aomewhat apart and rinse to ths rail He was plainly discernible, taking bis farewell look at hia satire land. , His last words, spoken to those who he had left on ahore, were: "I aball die in Mexico." This was uttered in a tone nf proph erv and with a look of inspired eoovie tion. Throughout his administration, Vera Cm i had nothing hut hisses at ths mention men-tion of Dial's name. Yesterday Vera Crnr gave only cheers. It waa about S o'clock when Dial and the membera of hie party went aboard the Ypiraegs. Contrary to popular ex pectatien. the joarney from tae house where he had been quartered waa made in carriages through th alreeta of the eity. Departure Public. Dia was advised to avoid th people. peo-ple. He said hia departure from hia native na-tive lsad must be public. Without aatiouocement. the parade of carriages started, and th resident of Vera Crux awakened into uanaual aa tivity upoa perceiving th approach of the vehicles led by that one in which the pwsident rode. The driv took not more than twenty minutes. The procession pro-cession then turned on to th Sanitary pier, at th head of. which waa moored the Herman steamer dressed with flag by the raptain in honor of kia distinguished distin-guished guest. Along the aides of ths piers soldiers . were dtswn up at present arma, aad twe military baada stood in ranks. Crowds of working people end ths leaders of the city's society dammed ths way, melting progress difficult. (eacral Iiiar. accompanied br the mil iMrvrnniwidrifheo-t.eiersJ |