MEXICO'S CIVIL WAR.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1674, 14 February 1913, Page 5

MEXICO'S CIVIL WAR.

BATTLE RAGING IN THE CITY,

HUNDREDS KILLED.

Ur T«learißli-Preii AkioolMion-Ooßjrlelil Mexico City, February 12. • The Federal troops liavo reopened tho battle •• against tho insurgents' under General Felix Diaz, attacking tho arsenal at daylight. A fierco engagement follow- : ed. Hundreds were killed in tho &trocl«. The rebels turned tho Young Men's Christian Association building into a fortress, where, undor cover, they fusilladed tho palaco with machine gun 9, They set numbfcrs of buildings on fire. .The, conflagration is still raging. Tho British Legation was' under fira, Tho Federals placed a battery of artillery near there in order to afford protection. UNITED STATES FORCE READY. Washington, February 12. > A United States expeditionary force of three thousand men is ready to depart for Mexico. , ! ' A forcc of marines is also in readiness. AN ARMISTICE. REFUSED. , (Refi. February 13, 9.53 p.m.) ■ Mexico City, February 13. Tho Diaz factions here have united, witli tho Orozco revolutionists in the northern States, and will jointly prosecute the ro-' volt against President Madero. 1 The British and other Ministers.'.called at tho National l'aiaoo at noon and con-v ferred with President Madero, with a view to securing an-armistice. '• ■ - ■ .' ' Tho diplomatic corps also sent a, representative to confer with General Diaz, whom ho reached after running the gauntlet of a severe riflo fire, until Diaz, was ablo to control his troops. ■ General Diaz refused to agree , to an armistice. ■ • . , Tho Government forces combined in- a ficrce attack,-in' tho hope of 'dislodging tho rebels, and there was a raiii of bullets ' throughout tho day. Several Amcricani were iahiongst those killed in tlio streets. Automobiles, under white ilogs, removed the women and children to the Lcjntionjs, ■ where they are out of danger.