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Show III IIIITIIEISES I u I I II i lggaSi DEATH M 8E PENALTY GENERAL reyes mL m MEXICO CITY, Dec. 26 Death may bo tho penalty 4- Gen. Bernardo Reyes will f pay for hl6 effort to overthrow President Madero. Tho least he can oxpoct Is 10 years1 lm- prl8onment. The Mexican law f provides these extremes for tho crime of Inciting rebellion . It is not generally belioved tho extreme penalty will bo lufllcted, but a term in the penitentiary for the venerable prisoner with his 74 years will doubtless bo equivalent. A military court drawn by lot from thoso eligible lo service, will pass judgment upon him The court wll' consist of two generals of division and five brK-adler6, with Gen. Alexandro Pezo. chief of Reyos' staff when he was minister of war under President Diaz, as presiding officer. Gon Pezo long has been chief magistrate of the military courL Although he had rotirod from the army, Gen. Reyes was entitled under military usago to receive honor from the army as though In active service On tho othor hand, as a retired officer, offi-cer, ho Is llablo to punishment by a military court for offense committed against tho nrmy Ills offense consisted con-sisted In calling upon the army to rise In rebellion. Orders were sent to Gon. Trevino at Monterey to havo Rces brought to the capital at the oarliest possible date It Is expected he will arrlvo here by tho last of the presont week and that little limo will bo lost In placing him on trial. To Prove Government's Strength, WASHINGTON, Dec 2C. The treatment to bo accorded Gen Bernardo Bern-ardo Reyes, now that he has surrendered. surrend-ered. Is expected to provo a conclusive con-clusive test of tho stability of tho Madero government Under tho Mexican Mex-ican military code, the punishment prescribed for rebellion Is death, but Btatc department officials are Inclined to believe such a sentence will not bo Imposed. It Is believed that the military commission com-mission thai will try Gen. Reyes will convict him, bnt the verdict, it Is said, will bo accompanied by u recommendation rec-ommendation for mercy. .Madero, himself. Is the only agency who can exercise the pardoning power and his action, it is bolievod, will demonstrate the degree of confidence he feels in his own ability to maintain a true republican form of government in Mexico. Reyes Makes Statoment. LINARES, Mexico. Dec. 2C "1 alono am responsible and wish to assume all blame for tho affair," said .1 .i .... .i i i in. ju i i .in Ta Gen. Bornardo Royes tonight. "I ask clemency and even pardon for tho few mon who followed me, but for nvpotr p"i- nothing I shall, of course, be Judged according to law." via. iu divaiol sent to nlm by friendly citizens of Linares and lodged In the homo of Frederick Gomez, Go-mez, a man politically opposed to him, Reyes received today both friends and foos as well as those merely curious. cu-rious. He denied himself yesterday to callers, perhaps for the reason that his clothes wore In tatters and his shoes but patches of leather The street In front of hiB temporary tempo-rary home was filled all day with hundreds anxious to catch sight of the man who for almost a generation ruled them as governor The more Influential forced their way through the crowd to greet the old man and Linares as a whole was In holiday mood because of the famo of her guest. Reyes said tho situation had been misrepresented to him. "I am told,'' he said, "that as soon as I would cross tho border tho country would rise, that In Chlva alone there -were awaiting 600 men. Do you know now many I found there' One! And so I Judged the situation. Although too lute, at last I realizea the people wanted no more war I might have maintained a guerilla warfare, but 1 considered that unjustifiable and determined de-termined to surrender. Is'ow my desire de-sire Is that I may be the only victim. With my own ashes I hope to bo able to suffocato the flame of revolt" |