Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1913 — MADERO RESIGNS PRESIDENCY OF MEXICO [ARTICLE]

MADERO RESIGNS PRESIDENCY OF MEXICO

De La Barra Takes His PlaceFight Now May Not Be Renewed. - City of Mexico, Feb. 14.—President Francisco I. Madero tonight resigned his office. Several members of his cabinet also resigned. Francisco De La Barra, a prominent peace factor and a neutral in the present struggle, was chosen as temporary president and this fore casts an end to. the present battle. This sudden movement came after' a day of heavy fighting and steady gains by the reb<B forces. No headway had been made by the in carrying out the repeated declaration that Diaz would speedily be crushed. Ia fact the crushing was turning the other way. When in mid-afternoon a truce was called to permit the dead to be buried and the wounded to be given attention, the diplomatic corps again exerted pressure to secure an armistice and bring and end to the civil strife which has wrecked the capital city and slaughtered thousands, many of them nonparticipating citizens. De La Barra had taken refuge in the British legation and.when. President Madero communicated his intention of resigning it was arranged ( that De La Barra should take the reigns of government. Later Senor De La Barra, while proceeding through the streets in an automobile, stopped and made a brief address, assuring the crowds that a peace settlement was. certain and probably would be reached before morning. At 6 o’clock Gen. Huerta, the federal commander, gave the order to cease firing. During the fighting today United States Ambassador Wilson was twice requested by Pedro Lascurain, the Mexican foreign minister, to move the American embassy to another location. The ambassador re fused to consider the suggestion. The object of the government’s desire to move the American embassy was to permit the federal troops to place their cannon in a position which would draw the rebel fire from the arsenal directly in line with the embassy. A great number of residences occupied by American citizens would thus be endangered. Despite the refusal of the ambassador federal batteries were placed there. The Belgian and Cuban ministers were driven from their embassies by the artillery fire. Just before noon the White Cross Society endeavored to arrange a truce for two hours In order to collect the dead and wounded. The federal fire .became less Intense and the rebel fire also slackened slightly. The federal government gave a general order to cease firing at 2:20 o’clock.