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Foreign News
March 12, 1913
The Adair County News
Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
US Washington administration suspects premeditated murder in the killing of former Mexican President Madero and Vice President Suarez by Huerta's forces, despite US pleas for leniency. Officials distrust Huerta's investigation promises and view it as adding to US grievances against Mexico, but no casus belli for invasion.
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Washington Is Suspicious
Officials of the Washington administration regard the killing of former President Madero, and former Vice President Suarez as nothing else than premeditated and cold-blooded murder.
Despite the protest of Gen. Huerta that the action was without his fore-knowledge and in the face of his promise to make a thorough investigation and punish the perpetrator thereof, the administration here had expressed in an emphatic way its wish that the provisional government, of which Huerta is the head, would treat Madero leniently and not make him the object of summary vengeance.
It is expected that such an expression on the part of this government would be respected and that Madero would be saved from execution. Therefore it was with a shock that the news was received that Madero and his deposed vice president were shot and killed while supposedly under the protection of Huerta's troops and while being transferred from the palace to the penitentiary "for safe keeping."
The assurance given by Huerta that the killing would be made the subject of "judicial investigation" was received with disgust by the highest officials of the administration, inasmuch as none of them believes that the shooting of Madero and Suarez was anything else than culmination of a prearranged plan, of which Huerta was entirely cognizant.
However, it is not the purpose of President Taft to permit the assassination of Madero and Suarez to be made a casus belli with Mexico or to be used as a pretext for an armed invasion of that country. Nevertheless, the defiant disregard of the administration's request that Madero be treated in a civilized way is merely an addition to the long list of grievances the United States will remember and which ultimately will have to be accounted for.
The administration takes the position that it is not up to the United States to protect citizens of the overthrown regime against the cruel and semi-civilized vengeance of their conquerors, much as they deplore this dictatorial and medieval mode of retaliation.
Officials of the Washington administration regard the killing of former President Madero, and former Vice President Suarez as nothing else than premeditated and cold-blooded murder.
Despite the protest of Gen. Huerta that the action was without his fore-knowledge and in the face of his promise to make a thorough investigation and punish the perpetrator thereof, the administration here had expressed in an emphatic way its wish that the provisional government, of which Huerta is the head, would treat Madero leniently and not make him the object of summary vengeance.
It is expected that such an expression on the part of this government would be respected and that Madero would be saved from execution. Therefore it was with a shock that the news was received that Madero and his deposed vice president were shot and killed while supposedly under the protection of Huerta's troops and while being transferred from the palace to the penitentiary "for safe keeping."
The assurance given by Huerta that the killing would be made the subject of "judicial investigation" was received with disgust by the highest officials of the administration, inasmuch as none of them believes that the shooting of Madero and Suarez was anything else than culmination of a prearranged plan, of which Huerta was entirely cognizant.
However, it is not the purpose of President Taft to permit the assassination of Madero and Suarez to be made a casus belli with Mexico or to be used as a pretext for an armed invasion of that country. Nevertheless, the defiant disregard of the administration's request that Madero be treated in a civilized way is merely an addition to the long list of grievances the United States will remember and which ultimately will have to be accounted for.
The administration takes the position that it is not up to the United States to protect citizens of the overthrown regime against the cruel and semi-civilized vengeance of their conquerors, much as they deplore this dictatorial and medieval mode of retaliation.
What sub-type of article is it?
Diplomatic
Political
What keywords are associated?
Madero Assassination
Suarez Killing
Huerta Government
Us Diplomatic Protest
Mexico Relations
What entities or persons were involved?
Gen. Huerta
Madero
Suarez
President Taft
Where did it happen?
Mexico
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Mexico
Key Persons
Gen. Huerta
Madero
Suarez
President Taft
Outcome
madero and suarez shot and killed
Event Details
US administration views killing of former Mexican President Madero and Vice President Suarez as premeditated murder by Huerta's regime despite US requests for leniency and Huerta's promises of investigation; adds to US grievances but not basis for war.