THE SIEGE OF MEXICO.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 36, 11 February 1913, Page 5

THE SIEGE OF MEXICO.

' STREETS STREWN WITH CORPSES. . DEFEAT OF THE REBELS. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) Mexico, February 10. President Madero is now fortified with a strong detachment of regular troops in the National Palace, while General Feliz Diaz, with a large majority of the regulars has virtual control of the Capital. The army revolted to-night, taking possession of the public buildings.. The President fled to the Palace, which he succeeded in defending from the revolutionists’ assaults.

President Madero, replying on the loyalty of General Blanquet, summoned him from Toluca with 1000 soldiers. The attack on the city started this morning, when General Mondragon and the students of the military school led the rebels f,o the prison, freeing Felix, Diaz, a nephw of the deposed President and General Geruado Reyes, former Secretary of War. Advancing,! the rebels were met by President Madero, commanding 1000 police and cadets from the artillery barracks. The rebels were defeated after a sanguinary' battle. The plaza was strewed with the bodies of men and horses. Two hundred wei e killed. The engagement was followed by the surrender of the regular artillery and troops, and the rebellion of a majority of the Government soldiers. General Reyes was killed, and the President retired, fighting three engagements en route. General Gregorio Ruiz and five officers were executed by the President’s orders. * GOVERNMENT OUTLOOK DARK. (Received 8.35 a.m.) Mexico City, February 10. General Diaz leads a strong force of troops who are in possession ot the arsenal and poVrder works. The Government outlook is dark. General Reyes, who was imprisoned by the United States Government for starting a revolution at Texas, forfeited his bail and went to Santiago, where he was reimprisoned.