Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1914 — HUERTA FLEES FROM MEXICO; CARBAJAL TAKES OATH OF OFFICE [ARTICLE]

HUERTA FLEES FROM MEXICO; CARBAJAL TAKES OATH OF OFFICE

Dictators Forced to Relinquished Mexican Presidency and Give Way tp Rebel Conquest—Huerta’s Res- ----- ignation accepted by Senate While Friends of Routed 'X President Shout “Viva Huerta” - • .. - > I ■ : a**;

“May God Bless You and Me” Was Expression of Huerta as He Talked Briefly to Crowded Session of Deputies—Newly Appointed President is Guarded by a Double'i’ile of Troops—Washington Says That Rebel Success is Step Toward Success of'Mexican Revolution. Mexico City, July 15.—General Vic-

toriano Huerta resigned from the provisional presidency of the Mexican republic this evening and his resignation was accepted by the senate and chamber of deputies by a vote of 121 to 17. Francisco Carbajal was then appointed president and took the oath of office at the joint session of deputies and senators. Huerta’s resignation was submitted through the department of foreign relations. It was read in the house and was greeted with

cries of “Viva Huerta!" It was then returned to the joint committees of gobernacion. After brief consideration the committees reported, accepting the resignation in the following terms; < “Article 1. We accept the resignation by General Victorian© Huerta as president of the Mexican United States. “Article 2. We call Lieutenant Francisco Carbajal, minister of foreign relations, to assume the presidency.” A ballot was taken and the joint session approved the report. President Carbajal proceeded to the national palace under an escort of presidential, guards and all along the way was greeted with tumultuous cheering. . General 1 Huerta in presenting his resigns!”•. achTissed th ;'..eputies He said that when he became the president he had promised to bring about peace. He attributed the failure to the fact , that the United States had given aid to the rebels. When Huerta had finished

speaking the bath of office was g!v en to Carbajal. Huerta had been president ot Mexico since the arrest of Madero on Feb. 19, 1913. Madero was afterward murdered. Huerta will prob ably go to his famfly hav Ing gone to dhe nearest Mexican port, preparatory to an immediate departure -. Official Washington is said to have been greatly pleased with the abdication of Huerta. Constitutionalists have declared they will not accept Carbajal or any other man favorable to Huerta as president He may hold office but a short time, until the triumphal entry of Carranza and Villa into Mexico City. Carbajal is said to want peace, but the rebel brand of peace means the absolute control by the rebels. Whether they have the de sire to formulate a government of fairness to all remains to be seen. Bryan and Wilson smile and say that Mexican peace is assured. With Huerta’s retirement, the constitutionalists feel that their revolution has virtually triumphed. They Turned against him the .moment he overthrew Madero, the constitutional president of Mexico, in February, 1913, and have waged their war with unrelenting vigor ever since. ‘ American forces will not be with(Concluded on fourth page.)