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Show POLICE KILL MADERISTAS Mounted Officers Ride Down Group During Huerta-Diaz Parade Mexico City, March 2 wild enthu-asm enthu-asm for Felix Diaz, an utter lack of acclaim for Provisional President Hu-crta Hu-crta and an unmlstnknble undercurrent undercur-rent of sympathy for Francisco Ms-dero Ms-dero marked today's celebration of tho ! overthrow of the Madoro government In only one Instance did the Madero partisans have the courage to openly express their feelings, and they were Immediately ridden down by mounted police and six of them killed Twenty were wounded The killing of tbe Maderlstas occur-red occur-red ns the triumphal procession of the lluerta and Diaz supporters reached Ancha street. Vivas for Diaz were being shouted by thousands of merrymakers merry-makers in the great throngs that lined the streets when suddenly from high tumult of music and voices from a small group of men on the curb came the amazing chorused shout: "Viva Madero! Death to Feld Diaz!" Panic in Parade. For a moment the entire procession proces-sion was thrown Into coufusion Many Of the people In the streets, believing the execution of an anti-Diaz plot was about to begin, became wildly excited and ran for safety Others crowded about the daring group of Maderistas apparently determined to avenge Dial on the spot If an anti-Diaz plot existed it was ul klj shattered, when a squad of mniininl police ridine ertilv nparl-sm nparl-sm cd horses, dashed from the ranks of the procession and poured ;l vollsy of revolver shots into the Maderlstas. Six of the group fell dead and twenty were wounded Others were arrested This was the only attempt to start 8 Madero demonstration during the day. If there were plans for others I those responsible were too terrified ! bj the merciless killing in the street to carry them out. Huerta Not Popular. Though enormous crowds gathered in the streets at dawn to participate in tbe day '8 festivities, there was little lit-tle enthusiasm for the new govern-ment, govern-ment, as exemplified In Huerta Ev- ery where there were pictures of Felix Diaz, inscribed with words acclaiming him ns the savior of the nation, but there were no pictures, no banners, no cheers for Huerta On every hand were heard rumors 1 1 1 ill-feeling between Diaz and Huerta and they seemed to be borne out by the astonishing evidences of the popular pop-ular attitude toward the two men Huerta's revlow of tbe troops from j the balcony of the national palace was complete!) ignored by the populace. Reyes Honored. Probably the most impressive f- jj ture of the parade was the warhorw of the late General Reyes, carrying I the general's boots reversed In the stirrups. Tho horse was followed by I a man carryinR a large, black draped portrait of the general General Reyes was killed at the beginning of the fighting between the Diaz and j Madero forces. |