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THE BIORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY. FEBRUARY 24, 1913. BRITAIN DEMANDS AMERICAN ACTION London Press Raises Cry for Decisive Move Despite Political Etiquette. GREAT TASK RECOGNIZED Expeditionary Fore of 9000 Troops Described as "Pill for Earth quake" Venture Said to Require 100,000 Men. LODON". Feb. It. The Dally Ex press. In an editorial referring to what It terms President Tart's hesitation to act in Mexico, says revolution and an archjr do not stand on presidential eti quette and that security of life and property In Mexico will not wait while President-elect fttlson Installs himself. The Express describes an expeditionary rm nt flrtnft American troons as "a nin fur an t hnuaka." and declares such a venture wlil need 100.000 men. The newspaper urges the Britisn gov ernment to press for immediate action on the Washington Government. Middle Coarse Held Dana-crous. The Dally Chronicle declares that Madero was done to death by President Huerta and asks what the United States will do. It thinks that any middle course, such aa financial or military propping up of one or the other Mexl ..... tha TTnlted States and the creation of a sort of Mexican Cuba, could be achieved only by a comoina tlon of luck and adroit diplomacy, while an enormous army will be needed to conquer Mexico. The editorial con -Nobody can envy the United States - In annrflflrhlnff Which She deserves from Europe no ungrudging measure of moral support. The Daily News says: "Madero has i ,,(,-., inH the United States Government Is expressing the world s indignation at tne treacnei-y brought the Huerta administration Into " j .k. ,.,!. n with which 1IU . they are exercising their probably brief tenure of power. Great Power Mocked. The Daily Mall says the United States has commanded that Madero should not be executed without trial and that a ereat neighboring state Is not lightly to be mocked. The Times says: "Civilised nations will put their own construction on the lame and halting tory which the successful conspira tors now ruling Mexico have chosen to Issue. Unless it can be proved to the h..t. foreign observers will retain the opinion that the removal of the two Maderos and Suarez is only fresh proof that the Innate ferocity of Mexican politlclana and military adventurers re mains untamed. "The most for which the unhappy tountry can hope Is the restoration of & rule not worse than that of Diaz." ALDAPE WILLING TO KESIGN Minister Would Slake Way for Gomes to Bring About Peace. SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Feb. 23. Man uel Garia Aldape. Minister of Agricul ture in the Huerta cabinet, said today he would agree to resign in favor of Emltio Vasquex Gomes, who recently proclaimed hlmselt provisional presi dent of Mexico. If this would unite the different factions in that country. Senor Aldape arrived at his home here last night. With David de la Fuente and Vasquex Gomel In the Huerta cabinet, he thinks the Vasquls tas will be satisfied and will work with the new cabinet to reunite the country. NOTEWORTHY ASSASSINATIONS IN ' EE CENT WOELD'S HISTORY. . Paul. Czar of Russia, by nobles. March 24, 1801. 1 Spencer Perclval. Premier of England, by Bellingham. May 11. 1812. August Botsebue. German dramatist, for political motives, by Earl Sand. March 23. 1819. . . . Charles Due de Berrl. father of the Comte de Chambord, February 13. 1820 Capo d'Istrla. Count Greek statesman (torture), October 9, 1831. Denis d'Istria, Count. Greek starts, June 27, 1818. Rossi. Comte Pellegrlno. Roman statesman. November 16, 1848. Frederick William IV of Prussia, attempt by Sofolage. May 23. 180FranciB Joseph of Austria, attempt by Llbenyi. February 18, 1853. Ferdinand, Charles III, Duke of Parma. March 27, 1854. Daniel, Prince of Montenegro, August 13, I860. Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, shot April 14, 1865; died April 15, 1865. Michael. Prince of Servia, June 10, 186S. Prim. Marshal of Spain, December 28; died December 30. 1870. George Darboy. archbishop of Paris, by communists, May 24, 1871. Richard, Earl of Mayo. Governor-General of India, by Shere All, a convict in Andaman Island, February 8. 1872. Abdul Aziz, Sultan of Turkey, June 4. 1876. Hussein Avni and other Turkish Ministers, by Hassan, a Circas sian officer, June 15, 1876. . William 1 of Prussia and Germany, attempts by Oscar f July 14. 1861; by Hodel. May 11. 1878; by Dr. Nobllng. June 2, 1878. Mehmet All Pasha, by Albanians, September 7, 188. Alexander II of Russia, attempts by Karakozow, at St. Peters burg April 16. 1866; by Berexowskl at Paris June . 1867; by Alex ander Solovieff April 14. 1879; by undermining a railway train De cember 1, 1879; by explosion of Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Febru ary 17, 1880; killed, by explosion of a bomb thrown by a man who was himself killed, St. Petersburg, March 13, 1881. James A. Garfield, President of the United States, shot July 2, 1881; died September 19. 1881. Marie Francois Carnot, President of France, stabbed mortally at Lyons by Cesare Santo, an anarchist. Sunday, June 24, 1894. Stanislaus Staumbouloff. ex-Premier of Bulgaria, killed by four persons armed with revolvers and knives, July 25, 1895. Nasr-Ed-Dln. Shah of Persia, May 1. 1896. as he was entering a shrine near his palace. The man who shot him down was disguised as a woman and Is believed to have been the tool of a band of con spirators. He was caught and suffered the most horrible death that Persian ingenuity could Invent. Antonio Canovas del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain, shot to death by Michael Angollllo, alias Golli, an Italian anarchist, at Santa Agueda. Spain, while going to the baths. August 8, 1897. Juan Idlarte Borda, President of Uruguay. August 25, 1897, at Montevideo, by Avellno Arredondo, officer in Uruguayan army. Jose Maria Reyna Barrios, President of Guatemala, Guatemala City, February 8, 1898, by Oscar Solinger. Empress Elizabeth of Austria, stabbed In the heart by Laochinl, a French-Italian anarchist, at Geneva. Switzerland, while going from her hotel to a boat. September 10, 1898. William Goebel, Democratic claimant to the Governorship of Ken tucky, shot by a person unknown Tuesday, February 30, 1900, while on his way to the State Capitol In Frankfort, Ky. . Humbert. King of Italy, shot to death July 29, 1900, at Monza, Italy, by Angelo Brescl. . William McKInley. President of the United States, shot at Buffalo September 6. 1901. by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist. King Alexander and Queen Draga, of Servia, assassinated by a revolutionist June 10, 1903. General Bobrikoff, Governor of Finland, assassinated by revolu tionists June 17, 1904. Vlotsheskoff Constantlnovltch von Plehve, Russian Minister of the Interior, assassinated July 28, 1904, by revolutionists. Grand Duke Serglus of Russia, assassinated February 17. 1905. by revolutionists Solsalon Solnlnen, Procurator-General of Finland, shot February 6, 1905 by a revolutionist. King Carlos and Crown Prince Luis Philippe of Portugal, shot by three assassins while driving through the streets of Lisbon Feb ruary 1, 1908. Prince Hirobuml Ito, of Japan, assassinated at Harbin, Man churia, by a Korean October 26. 1909. ' Boutros Pacha Ghall. Premier of Egypt, in 1910. Peter A. Stolypln, Premier of Russia, shot at a theater at Kiev, September 14, 1911. Theodore Roosevelt, shot by John Schrank at Milwaukee October 14. 1912. Jose Canalejas, Premier of Spain, shot in street of Madrid by Manuel Pardinas S. Martina, anarchist, who committed suicide No vember 12. 1912. Francisco L Madero, shot 4n Mexico City February 23, 1913. TENSION IS GREATER Invasion Would Follow Menac ing of Foreigners. BRIGADES UNDER ORDERS Administration Holds Itself Re ' sponsible for Safety of Those of Other Nations, as Well as Own Countrymen. (Continued From First Pn) BORDER IS EXCITED Federals and Rebels Aroused by Killing of Madero. FAMILY JAR IS ACUTE Husband and Wife Quarrel Over Purchase of Land. Whose name should come first in a Joint deed was the question over which strife developed, bringing Jack Lind. a shopworker. living at 880 Mallory avenue, and his wife, to the police sta tion yesterday, convoyed by Patrolman Carr and a host of relatives, neigh bors and compatriots, to act aa parti sans and pacificators. Trouble started, so Patrolman Maas gathered after a half hour of careful listening, when the Llnds decided to buy a lot. Mrs. Lind had 3300 and Lind had only $150. and so she thought that her name oughCto come first, but Lind, as a member of the sterner sex. thought he was cast for the part of Abou Ben Ahdem. Then enters Mrs. Llnd's young brother, the heavy vil lain of the piece according to Lind. and fans the names of discord until Lind becomes utter cave man and smites Mrs. Lind In the eye. This Is the cue for Patrolman Carr. who, summoned by the Injured wife, lays the hand of authority on Lind and takes him to the police station. With the grim bars only a few feet away Mrs. Lind shows signs of relenting, counseled thereto by the flock of dis interested friends. While Maaa stood with pencil poised, ready to inscribe the name of Lind on the unchange able record, she hesitated. She thought (he could face matrimony further if he would be good. He thought he rould do so in another city if the young brother-in-law would stay here, or here If the said relative would go elsewhere. "Choose, woman." he said, "twlxt him and mei" She could not choose, and stood un decided so long that Captain Riley be came Impatient of the babel and rhooed the whole crowd out of the station, leaving the spectators to speculate what the woman's choice would have been. THREE HOUSES ROBBED Sneak Thieves Obtain Total or $2 7, Police Are Informed. Sneak thieves obtained 827 In cash In three robberies of houses last night. Jacob Wolf of 787 Northrup street, reported to the police that a thief had reached through a rear window in his residence and taken a purse with $8. J. Keller reported that two purses had been stolen from his borne, with a total of $5. From the home of Mrs. Edward Smltu at 828 East Oak street was taken $14 in a purse. The thief left $3. long Qnake Scares City. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador. Feb. 23. This city was violently shaken at 8:40 last Bight by a long earthquake. The tre mor lasted 70 seconds. The Inhabi tants rushed from their houses and the streets soon were thronged with panic stricken men and women. GONZALEZ IN PENITENTIARY Governor of Chihuahua, Prominent Member of Deposed Faction, Locked TJp and Officers All Begin to Fear for Safety. EL PASO. Tex.. Feb. 23. The killing of Francisco Madero and Pino Suares has caused aa much excitement along the border aa did the Mexico juy re-volt- Tha federal volunteer troops, already stirred by the downfall of their former leader, threaten to quit service im mediately, but to retain their arms. Kvn the rebels abpear aroused by the death of the man they fought so long to destroy. Since the killing of Gustavo Madero the rebels have been Inclined toward leniency to the ex-President. They as serted that Madero's worst self 'died with Gustavo. Pino Suares. however, never was popular in the north. It is admitted generally that the Huerta government has lost much by the in cident. Gonaales Is Arrested. It was officially admitted today that Governor Abraham Gonzalez, of Chi huahua, was arrested yesterday and is in the State Penitentiary. General An tonio Rabago. commander of the north ern military xone, is now Acting Gov ernor of Chihuahua State. Gonzalez' friends were refused communication with him tonight. Civil officers elected or appointed during the Madero regime, and officers of the volunteer troops, in view of the killing of Madero and Suarez. express fear of their own safety. Governor Gonzalez Is well known among south western cattlemen. Before the Madero revolution he was a cattle broker at Chihuahua City. He was active in or ganizing the Madero revolution, and was later elected Governor of the state. He was educated at Notre Dame Uni versity," South Bend, Ind. , Jnares Remains Qolet. Colonel Juan Vasquex, garrison com mander at Juarez, declined to express an opinion on the deaths of the two former leaders, except to say that he believed the affair would have no ma terial effect on the situation. All was quiet at Juarez. "It is for the health of the country," declared Manuel Lejuan, the chief rebel agent here and former revolu tionary emissary to Washington, re garding Madero'a death. "It is similar to the killing of Maxlmllllan. It was deplorable, but necessary. "The effect in Washington, In view of the Taft note, does not interest us. ' added Senor Lejuan. "Madero could not have been exiled, as he might have begun another revolution. We must have peace now." RETURN TO DESPOTISM SEEN Killing of Ex-Officials Creates Bit ter Feeling at Vera Cruz. VERA CRUZ, Feb. 23. The killing of the two former officials has caused a profound impression among all classes in Vera Cruz and while out spoken antl-Maderlstas appeared to welcome the news, many prominent citizens and officials declared that the affair was another evidence of despotic rule. There was no sign of a demonstra tion today In Vera Cruz, but a strong undercurrent of feeling prevailed. It Is reported that Ernesto Madero, the ex-flnance minister wilt arrive to morrow by special train. CARLOS MADERO'S HOPE GOES Brother of Dead Ex-President Says Death Better Than Prison. DELAFIELD. Wis., Feb. 23. "Had my brother been given his choice he would have preferred death to con finement within the walls of Mexico City penitentiary. T know and my brother knew there are worse things than death." Carlos Madero, 18-year-old brother of Francisco I. Madero, who Is a student at a local military academy, thus ex pressed bis resignation of the fate of the late ex-President of the Mexican republic. Since the outbreak of the revolution two weeks ago the youth has been hoping against hope that all members of his family might escape to Europe, but be at all times has been- prepared to hear the worst. Madero's Townsmen Aroused. MATAMORAS, Mex.. Feb. 23. News of the killing of Madero and Suarez caused Intense excitement in Mata moras and other cities and towns of this part of Mexico. In Monterey, the home of the Maderos, It Is said, an up rising Is threatened to avenge their deaths. Madero's Secret Service Chief Safe. MEXICO CITY, Feb. 23. Felix Som erfeld. a German, chief of Madero's se cret service, who, according to some reports, was executed, has not even been captured. His whereabouts are known to his friends, who say that he Is safe for the present at least. IRON HAND RULES CITY THOUGH CALM PREVAILS, SIT. tr.vrcox is most texse. Maderistas and Pro-Government Men Discreet in Talk, Fear ing Huerta's Vengeance. MEXICO CITY, Feb. 23. Heavy pa trols were sent out tonight to guard the streets. Notwithstanding the apparent air of calm tonight, a tenseness prevailed as though the people of the capital were on tho watch for further happenings. As an Indication of conditions, a rumor spread quickly throughout the city that Senora Madero had committed sui cide. This was followed by a rumor that General Felix Diaz had been shot. Investigation showed there was no foundation for either report. Early today small groups congre gated about the penitentiary. They were composed for the most part of men and women of the lower class. There was a decided feeling of sym pathy for the Maderos. Many women were crying. Some of the men at tempted to make speeches but were repressed by the guards. In the downtown district the people were at their pursurta quietly. What had been Intended as a day of Jollifi cation tor the new administration was one of solemnity. The Maderistas have been discreet in their utterances, and the pro-government men almost equally so. Appar ently the populace remembers the can nonading of last week and patrols of soldiers as well as mounted police have served to remind them that the country Is now ruled by a government whose administrative programme Is of the sternest character. No attempt Is made at the National palace to disguise this fact and Presi dent Huerta has said drastic measures will be adopted to restore order. Troops Pass Through Denver. DENVER. Feb. 23. A division of the Fourth Battery. 217 men and officers with full field equipment of mountain guns, passed through Denver at 10 o'clock tonight on the way from Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo, for Galveston, Tex. preparations In order to have the sol diers and sailors and marines ready to answer a call for Instant embarka tion If further developments In Mexico should demand their employment. The one danger to be apprehended, which almost certainly would result lh the launching of an. American army of Invasion, would be the commission of some act or acts In Mexico that would endanger the lives of foreign citizens and Americans, for having assured the diplomatic representatives in Washing ton of the disposition and ability of thjs government to protect their na tionalities In Mexico In the same de gree as Americans, the government has assumed an obligation that cannot be Ignored. Attack Would Be SlgnaL Therefore any attack upon Americans or foreigners, by the tacit consent of the Huerta government, or even the exhibition toward them of mob vio lence clearly beyond the ability of the provisional government to prevent, probably would be the signal for ac tive intervention. Administration officials feel that they have discharged their full duties and exhausted their constitutional powers m the orders they have given or planned for the preparation of a suf ficient military and naval force to In sure a successful entry to the Mexican capital In case of need. It vlrtuall is certain that beyond this point the executive would not proceed, except upon direct instructions from CongTess, as the exhibition of military force be yond the seacoast towns of Mexico might be regarded as an act of war which, under the Constitution, can be directed only by Congress. Special Message Necessary. To obtain this direction probably it will be necessary for President Taft to communicate with Congress through a special message, reciting the recent events and existing conditions In Mex ico and asking for Instructions. Secratary Stlmson and Major Gen eral Wood made no change today in the programme of concentration of troops at Galveston. These orders called for the dispatch to Galveston of the ele ments that make up only one brigade of troops, namely the Fifth brigade, Second division, commanded by Briga dier General Frederick A. Smith, and comprising the Fourth, Seventh, Nine teenth and Twenty-eighth regiments of infantry; D company. Second battalion of engineers; field hospital and ambu lance corps No. 8, one signal company from Fort Leavenworth, the Fourth Mountain Battery of field artillery and three pack trains. These troops should all be in Galveston by the end of this week. Two Brigades Ready to Start. Two other brigades of troops are un der preparatory orders to entrain for the Texas seaport, and, as Indicated by President Taft In bis statement yester day, these, or two other brigades if it is decided to make a change in the com position of the force, doubtless will be directed to start almost immediately. It also is possible that orders will Issue eventually to the Fourth cav alry brigade to rendezvous at Galves ton, but as these troops are now alto gether In Texas, engaged in important patrol duty, for the most part along the border and generally within easy reach of the seacoast, probably their orders will be the last to Issue. This brigade is commanded by Brigadier General Tasker H. Bliss and comprises the Eleventh and Fifteenth cavalry. Three great battleships are lying In the harbor of Vera Cruz, a force suffi cient to hold that port if it should be necessary, and the remainder o'f Ad miral Badger's fleet at Guantanamo Is being kept fully coaled and provisioned in readiness to cover the distance be tween that point and Vera Cruz within 48 hours. President Taft on his return tonight from New York found a telegram from Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson, in Mexico City, telling of the killing of Madero and Suarez. Celebration Has Tragic Sequence. The killing of Madero and Suarez came as a tragic sequence to a cele bration of Wasnington's birthday by the American colony. This was the first assemblage that had taken place since the subsidence of the stirring events of the last fortnight and was hoped to be a prelude to the return of peace. Ambassador Wilson reported that he addressed the Americans and others who comprised the assemblage and laid a wreath on the statue of Washington. Senor de la Barra. who later was to carry to the Embassy the news of the midnight assassination, participated in the exercises and made an address in behalf of the .Mexican government. The Americans to show their appre ciation of this recognition, then decor ated the statue of the Mexican hero, Benito Juarez. The spirit of rejoicing, the Ambassador declares, gave way to horror as the news of the tragedy spread throughout the city. Vera Or urn Shows Friendly Spirit. 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The President, who before leaving New York had declared that he saw In the present deplorable occurrence no cause for Intervention, made no further comment on the trag edy, which came shortly after the United States had given the Huerta government to understand that it would look with disfavor upon any summary measures against Madero and Suarez. Fort Leavenworth Depleted. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Feb. 23. More troops departed today from Fort Leavenworth, in pursuance of the order of yesterday directing practically the entire garrison to proceed to Galveston. Company E, Engineers; Company D, Signal Corps: Field Hospital No. 3. and First Battalion, Nineteenth Infantry, left on separate trains early today. Fort Snelllng Troops to Go. ST. PAUL, Minn.. Feb. 23. The Third Battalion of the Fourth Infantry and the Twenty-eighth Infantry, stationed at Fort Snelllng, will tomorrow depart for Galveston, Tex., according to an announcement tonight by Colonel E. P. Plummer. People Are Always "In" . 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