Press On Madero's End.

New York Times 100 years ago today, February 24, 1913:
American Papers Condemn Double Killing as Assassination.
Special to The New York Times.
    NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 23.— The Times-Democrat will say to-morrow:
    News of the killing of Madero and Pino Juarez in Mexico City yesterday does not come as a complete surprise, but it places a stigma upon the new Mexican Government not to be easily wiped out nor soon forgotten. Huerta's solemn pledges of fair treatment for Madero, his promise to Mrs. Madero, that the deposed President's life would be spared and the assurance of the same effect which he gave to Washington are proven worthless.
    President Taft's early comment upon the tragedy is characteristic, but this time, reassuring.
    Our own opinion, hitherto expressed, has been that intervention on Madero's behalf would not be justified, and we trust that President Taft will stick to the decision he announced yesterday afternoon.
    Yesterday's crime, shameful and regrettable though it is, serves better than any preceding event to show the temper and quality of Mexico's new rulers. It indicates that the "Man on Horseback" is fearless, relentless, not too scrupulous, moving straight to his ends by the shortest and most direct route, finally has arrived.