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Show ASSASSINS CONTINUE TO DO THEIR BLOODY WORK Murderers! Cutthroats'. No two words better describe Huerta and Diaz and the men with them In their as 8sslnatlons The slaying of Gusta.o Madero and then his brother Phi I Cisco, late president of Mexico,, are two of the most cowardly, treacher-?us treacher-?us crimes of modern days, and pro-e hat Mexico is in the hands of the low-?sl low-?sl type of despots Had the murders been justified as a military necessity the people of other oth-er nations might have looked on with horror and still have retained somo degree of respect for the murderers, but to attempt to escape the odium by the cowardly subterfuee of "ley Riga," has branded Hie perpetrators as base liars and miserable scoundrels. I Mexico is in the hands of tyrants. Th covernment has forfeited the right to be called civilized or recu.; nled by other nations It is said the diplomats in the city of Mexico may be absent from the luncheon today to whkh they have bpen invited by Francisco do la Barra, minister for foreign affairs They no; only should absent themselves, but send instead the strongest message hey are capable of Inditing in cor. lemnatlon of the vil monsters. Huer r and Diaz Of course it is not dip ! lomatlc to be so outspoken but In this HJ instant se an exception to the ru'r I H would receive the hearty commenda - j ion of all honest, fair-minded people . . 1 The stories of the attempted escape 'Vv of Francisco Madero and Jose Pino .'J Suarez. president and vice presidrv Df the Madero regime, as phen oui Hj Huerta and Minister de la Rarra, are H too palpably false to excite other than H the contempt of any one The men I I were being conveyed In great secrevy Hi from the national palace, where they had been held prisoners, to the peni- j tentlary A midnight ride In automo biles under heavy guard was under way when the party was attacked by J Madero sympathizers. How th" friends of Madero gained knowledge J, of th- contemplated transfer Is not J made known, how, out of the ex I change of shots lasting twenty mln H utes only Madero and Suarez were hit is not explained, how the Madero ! fnre suddenly appeared and mysterl j ously vanished without leaving a i trace, is yet to be related It is Just possible that the villains at the head I ' the damnable conspiracy, having I committed foul murder, will hesitate at nothing and: If necessary, In order I to present a plausible chain of cir cumstantial evidence, will forge a link H out of their base minds and make of H some unfortunate their scapegoat m H proof that there was a Madero part. i'j of rescue M When Huerta held Madero. refus S$ ng to allow him to accompany hb St family in exile and when Mrs M i dero returned and. becoming suspl :t clous, personally pleaaed on her bend d knees that the general might save l her husband's life, the intent to do uSi violence was then disclosed Huerta, at the moment that Mrs. Madero tear- fully implored the monster to spare I her husband, had fully resolved 'o murder, and neither a woman'! an-f an-f gulsh nor any other power that usu-I usu-I ally softens men's hearts could have moved such a brute to sympathy And Huerta today is the government govern-ment of Mexico a government of an-nrchy, an-nrchy, vengeance. treachery and blood. The United States sent troops inui Nicaragua on n mission of far less Importance and without a tithe of the excuse tbot Is now offered for intervention inter-vention -In Mexico. We cannot sa that intervention Is the proper thing; It would mean a long struggle l profitless pro-fitless to this country and be somewhat some-what like l stranger interfering In a family quarrel; but while we adhere to the Monroe doctrine, do we not place ourseUes in the position of sponsors for Mexico and should we not do something, now that the gov-eminent gov-eminent la so vile, to command attention atten-tion in that republic of bloodshed? Provident Tafl on Saturday last, sent word to Huerta that he expected Madero would be treated with fairness fair-ness and Huerta. to show his utmost disregard for Taft or the American people. Immediate!) proceeded to have ' Madero put to death. Perhaps intervention Is not the pro per remedy, but the average American would express no regret if American troops were pushed over the border on some other pretext the protection protec-tion of American lives and property, lor instance. |