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1 MAOERD AND DIAZ DEAF TO PROTESTS CENTER OF AMERICAN INTERESTS IN CITY OF MEXICO AND TWO PROMINENT FIGURES. Foreign Diplomats Plead in Vain That Firing Zone Be Limited. EACH ONE BLAMES OTHER Ambassador Wilson Says President of Mexico Pld 'ot Make Good Impression on Representa tives With His Kicuse. MEXICO CITT, Feb. 12. f Special.) The forelgrn diplomats resident in Mex ico City Joined today In a protest against indiscriminate firing in the city, and demanded that the firing zone be lim ited, but they accomplished nothing. Both Madero and Diaz evaded respon sibility, each placing the blame on the other and characterizing the attitude of the opposing side as barbarous and in violation of the rules of civilized varfare. Diaz Insists that :,e had to direct his fire at the points from which he was attacked arid called attention to the fact that the government cannon were in the heart of the business section and the thickly settled residential districts. Protest Made to Madero. To President Madero the diplomats said that they had come to protest In behalf of their .governments against a continuance of the "barbarous and in human warfare.'' They recited the great damage done to many residences and the fact that the American Consulate had been demolished by government shells and pointed out that the Ameri can Embassy was filled with Americans driven from their homes by a bombard-; ment of which no notice had been given. AH the governments, they added,! were deeply concerned for their sub jects and citizens. Ambassador Wilson later, speaking for the diplomats, said that President Madero was visibly embarrassed and ' confused, but attempted to place the responsibility on Diaz. The President liad given some glowing accounts of the measures which were to be taken and expressed the belief that the rebel lion would be quelled by tomorrow night. I nfavorable Impreiwlon Made. Ambassador Wilson said that Madero's words had not made a favorable im pression on the diplomatic representa tives. To General Diaz the Ministers, after urging the establishment of a neutral 7.fnr, sftld that much damage had been don- by Indiscriminate and reckless firing, which seemingly was directed over parts mainly occupied by foreign ers, regardless of the danger to the foreign inhabitants. Ambassador Wilson said that Presi dent Taft was deeply apprehensive as to the results of this state of affair. and that war vessels had been ordered i t both (Julf and Pacific ports, and transports had been prepared to con vey marines, who, if necessary, would be brought to the capital for the pur pose only of maintaining order and af fording protection to the lives and property of the foreign residents. (Cent ral Diaz replied that he regretted what had happened to the city and its Inhabitants: that his attitude from the beginning was one of defense; that in stead of attacking the arsenal from a distance, as the government was doing, he had gone directly to the place and taken It In 23 minutes. ! i sjc- jm&&r iOTssjismi h m I mmjr m mm FIRE RAKES CAPITAL 1 i M BJTC9 Tell your troubles to Y Mr. Make-it-Right He says: ou above all must be satisfied OBJECTIONS ARE NIL Britain Sees Justification for American Intervention. Zapatistas on Outskirts Har ass Government Troops. JAIL DOORS THROWN OPEN Several Thousand Criminals Set Free and Likely to Turn to Loot ing Heary Guns Clear Roofs of Riflemen. rcontlnuort From First Pa;c gov- "l.i7 Deafen Ambition. In so doing, he explained, lie had at heart the desire to cause the city no harm. Thick, was shown from the fact that, while it was in bis power, he had refrained from going- to the Na tional Palace, which he now felt certain ne would be able to take if tho eminent refused to yield. General Diaz declared that it was not a matter of personal ambition on his part to overthrow the government, but a desire to voice the sentiments of the whole nation. If he succeeded he would allow the people to choose their repre sentative; he would withdraw to pri vate life. Keferrlng to the firing. Dial said that the government had placed its cannon disregarding- the fact that many were in position in the thickly populated sec tions. Most of the damage done by these guns was from shots which fell short. ) ; 1 I ; 1 I - IX .NORTH REJOICE Declaration of Diaz' Sympathy Re-i-eivod on Border. EL PASO. Tex.. Feb. IS. Rebel agents rejoiced today In the receipt of two letters indicating a union of action between the Diax revolt in the Na tional capital and the revolution In the north. One came from an agent at Jiexico Llty. who declared that the nia. ' - . IT t " tu smpainy wun tne Orozco revolution mH tnM ... . -., crn revolutionists to send delegates to ' ot a c&DDOn remind the people that the me .Auonai capital at once. In the event of Madero's downfall, the letter said, a Congress would be held at Mexico City of delegates from all revolutionary parties. The other letter, which was signed by Paecual Oroico, Jr.. the missing commander-in-chief of the northern revolution, was directed to General Ines Salaxar. acting leader, and asked that all moral assistance be offered to the "lax uprising, recommending that all hostilities toward the federal tronnn he Indicate that Diaz' strength lias not been fully shown. On the first day of the battle It was the government forces that burned their powder. Today it was the rebels" turn to be aggressive. Diai brought forth heavier guns than he had used before. Two threatening features of the day were tiie appearance In the outskirts of the city of Zapatistas, who harassed the government troops, and the re lease from the Belani jail of several thousand prisoners, gome of the lat ter have Joined the rebel ranks, but others are foot free and may turn to looting. The American Ambassador and the Ministers of Great Britain, Germany and, Spain made protests to both Ma dero and Diaz against the "barbarous and Inhuman warfare," but their pro tests have been in vain. A brief ar mistice was arranged for a visit of the diplomats to the President and to the rebel commander, but the continuity of the fighting was interrupted only slightly. American Guard Protect Women. The British legation was under the rebel lire for a time, but the American Embassy is considered to be in a com paratively safe district. On this ac count the women and children are be ing brought to that section, where an American guard protects them. In a lull in tiie fighting automobiles flying the white flag were sent to the various quarters of the city by the Americans, Germans and British, to collect the women and children of all nationali ties. They will be housed in the buildings around the American Em bassy. At 8:30 tonight the firing lessened. Only at rare intervals did the booming Above, the American Embassy. Below, i cm. Henry Lane Wilson, American Ambassador, and President Madero, Who Scorns American Warning to Cense Bombardment. PAPERS COMMENT FREELY Tuesday night after iin illness of two months. Mrs. Gile was a member of the Unitarian Church and belonged, to the Ladies' Aid Society of that church. She was at one time a trustee and charter member of the "Women's Club, was on the board of the Old People s Home and member of the Visiting Nurses' Society and the Portland Wont- j en's Union. Her husband, a son, A. L. Gile, and two daughters, Katherine and Eleanor Gile, survive. be continued. The dally started June 1, 19J1. The publication will be resumed just as soon as warrants such a business move. In Cheha: i Chehalls Daily to Suspend. CHEHALIS, "Wash.. Feb. 12. (Spe cial.) The Chehalls Dally Nugget, pub- lished by the Bee-Nugget Publishing Company, will be discontinued Saturday owing to the lack of advertising pa tronage. The weekly Bee-Nugget will When Doctors Disagree conflict had not ended. In their positions the federal sol diers are resting on their Arms. Here and there small squads have secured liquor and are giving trouble to their officers. Diplomatic Envoy Fired On. From early morning the sharp crack of rifles or the crash of cannon could be heard in some quarter of the city almost every minute of the day, some- iandoned. unless the rebel nosltlons i times close, sometimes far distant. The were contested. Oroxco is said to he I dlnlomatle renresentatlves of four Mexico line, but his ! nnwer, nrotested. an.l an iirmlstire waa were not made below the New r-xart whereabouts known. That rebel activity is not altogether passive, however.' was evidenced today when General E. Z. Steever received a report of confiscation of ammunition near Presidio. Tex. United States Troops on the border patrol seized 14, 00 cartridges hidden In an old house near the border and evidently destined for rebels at OJInaga. Chihuahua, just aeross the line. Juares. where the federal garrison impatiently awaits developments at Mexico City, is again cut off from all omniunication with the Interior. Rebels who attempted to dynamite today's ar riving passenger train cut the railway and commercial telegraph wires. Just below the border town. gua Prieta Mutiny Expected. DOUGLAS. Aria.. Feb. II. Troops on border patrol here are on the alert as a mutiny of the Federal garrison at Aarna Prieta. the Mexican town op posite Douglas is predicted. Four troops of the Ninth Cavalry at Nogales were ordered today to mobilize with the regiment here. The Fifth Cavalry is to relieve them at Nogales. Oil i an. I- Bill Introduced. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Feb. 12. Senator Chamberlain lias introduced a bill giving horaestead- i- the right to enter lands in Oregon, wltiwlrawn on account of oil or gas, and receive surfaco patent arranged so that an envoy from these diplomats could enter the rebel lines and confer with Diaz. This envoy was fired upon by the troops, although riding under a white flag, bur this doubtless was due to the Inability of the federal commander to control all points on Ills lines. The American Ambassador, Henry Lane Wilson, the British Minister, F. W. Stronge: the German Minister, Herr von Hlntze. and the Spanish Minister, Senor Cologan y Cologan, called at the National Palace in a lull In the fire, shortly before noon. After a brief con ference with President Madero, they had little difficulty in gaining his promise to suspend operations until the diplomats, or their representatives, could confer with the rebel commander, if Diaz would do likewise. Automobile Made Target. D. E. Hamer was chosen to carry the message of protest to Diaz. He entered an automobile, which, with a white flag flying, moved through the federal lines. It was supposed that tho troops had been advised of this misslson, but the automobile instantly was made the target for numerous rifles, and bullets rattled about It. It continued on its way, however, the diplomatic envoy ap parently being unhurt. The bombardment, which was terrible yesterday, reached a climax this morn :us. when Diaz shelled the center of tho business districts in an effort to silence the cannon of the government and drive from the roofs of the Taylor building the federal sharpshooters and the men serving the machine guns. This terrific action, directed from the arsenal, continued more than two hours. Shrapnel fell like hail, and occa sionally bursting shells tore holes in the sides of buildings. Warfare Declared Uncivilised. Meanwhile tiie fire from the opposite direction rendered the far-out residence district uninhabitable, as well as the big apartment building known as Gore Court, on Third Roma street. The federal guns replied occasionally, but without serious damage to the rebel positions. It was this action which de cided the diplomats, after communicat ing with their governments, to protest against the continuation of such opera tions, which they characterized as un sanctioned by the laws of warfare of civilized nations. President Madero and his ministers agreed that the bombardment of cities was barbarous, and especially such a struggle as now was going on between forces of artillery, and the Minister of War, acting in accord with the Presi dent and his Cabinet, sent to General Diaz a protest, declaring that if he per sisted the government would regard all those occupying the arsenal as beyond the pale of the law. Madero Promises Crushing Attack. Immediately after the dispatch of this message the Finance Minister. Er nesto Madero, speaking for the Presi dent, said it had been determined to crush the rebels by a concerted attack, the government using the heaviest guns available, and bringing to a swift end the next big action, when the fighting was resumed. He declared that the government would bring into play heavier guns than they had yet em ployed and would force the attack from all sides. The text of the note sent by the War Minister, General Garcia Pena, to the rebel commander is as follows: "The artillery fire coming from you is causing danger to the life and inter ests of non-combatants and to the lives of the foreign residents and dip lomatic ministers. "As this is in flagrant violation of the laws of war of civilized nations, I notify you that if you do not limit your Are to the zone of combatants we will consider outside the law all those who occupy tho arsenal when that po sition is taken by our forces. Government Is "Inflexible." "The government will be inflexible in complying with its duty toward compelling you to keep tho peace, but upon you will rest the responsibility in history and before the Mexican na tion if. by your anti-patriotic attitude, you cause graver Injury to the coun try." Not doubting the Intentions of the government to resume the action on an augmented scale and reminded from moment to moment by the desul tory and scattered firing from both sides that the homes in almost every quarter of the city would be rendered unsafe, the foreigners, particularly the Americans, British and Germans, sent automobiles under white flags this af ternoon to collect the women and chil dren and transfer them to the section around the American Embassy, which is considered relatively free from dan ger. An American guard is on duty at the Embassy and foreign residents without visible arms patrol this quar ter, because of the total absence of police. American Women Victims. Americans again suffered today dur ing the height of the battle. Mrs. H. W. Holmes, the wife of an employe of Dun's agency, and Mrs. Percy Griffiths, the wife of an employe of the street railway company, were killed. Allle Biand, a printer, was shot through the arm. Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Griffiths were preparing dinner in their kitchens in an apartment building close to the ar senal, when a shell from the federal lines burst through the walls, instant lq killing Mrs. Holmes and leaving Mrs. Griffiths dying. Bland was walking along Indepen dencia avenue, when he was struck by a rifle ball, apparently from the federal lines. The Americans wounded in yester- Mrs. Matilda day's action are improving. Ih. S. Gile, of One Periodical Says None Would Object if State Department Went Further Another Sees Big Geographical Change. LONDON, Feb. 13. Several of the London morning newspapers printed i editorials commenting on the Mexican trouble. They generally recognize justification for American intervention. The Daily Mall says: "American interests Involved are very great If the Mexicans are wise they will settle their differences as speedily as possible." The Standard says: "Nobody seriously would object if the Washington State Department carried its activity still further. With the completion of the Panama Canal. American interest in the security and stability of the Central American states will jrrow too strong to be denied, and Mexico must get her affairs in proper order or accept order or accept the jealous supervision of her great neighbor." "American intervention is unavoid able." declares the Daily Graphic, which adds: "This may modify profoundly tne political geography of North America." WORLD POLICE SUGGESTED Peace Society Suggests Example in China for Use in Mexico. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. Develop ment of a world police, such as was begun In avoiding international war in China, to be utilized by nations in policing the Republic of Mexico, was suggested today In resolutions adopted bv the Washington Peace Society. The plan which will be submitted to President Taft, President-elect Wilson and others, with the request that other nations be asked to co-operate, wouiu bring about action by comhlned foreign Interests in Mexico to insure settle ment of that republic's affairs by "peaceful elections, if necessary re straining the internal factions from war by the combined police power of these nations." In an 'appeal promulgated by the socitey. of which Samuel P. Woodrow is president, people of all classes are urged to give expression to the wish "that the Government oi tne unaou States refrain from unnecessary actual warfare." OREGON GUARD READY POSSIBILITY OF MEXICAN" SERV ICE DISCUSSED. , SEE THAT CURVE Do You Study Nights? Do you have to work overtime to get your lessons? Does eyestrain make it hard for you to get the meaning from your text books? If it does, why not have glasses that will help your eyes, cut down your hours of study and give you more time out of doors out of doors where healthy boys and girls should be when not in school or bed? Why not suggest to your parents that we examine your eyes for glasses ? THOMPSON Optical Institute 209-10-11 Corbett Bldg. Second Floor Tl P If Army of Occupation Is Decided On Adjutant-Genera I Finzer Predicts Volunteer Call. While the possibility of the Oregon National Guard's being ordered to Mexico In the event of intervention by the United States is remote, the Beaver militiamen, so far as organization, equipment and inclination are con cerned, are in the pink of readiness. In case the Government should require their services Adjutant-General Fin zer declares tne response woum ue practically unanimous. "Of course," said General Finzer yes terday, "the chances are that in the event that troops are merely sent to protect American interest in Mexico, regulars would be used. But should an army of occupation be called, it would probably mean that the Third Oregon, with many other regiments of the National Guard, would go. The regular Army is scattered at various posts all over the country, and to mus ter a army of the size necessary to occupy the country, the militia would undoubtedly be required. "While there Is no present prospect that such a contingency will arise," continued General Finzer, "still condi tions In Mexico are so chaotic that it is impossible to foresee what a few days may bring forth. "We have received no official ad vices concerning the situation. Our information so far has been gained from the newspapers, and the accounts reveal a deplorable condition, from which unexpected and momentous con sequences are liable to develop." 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