A WWI Diary That Never Was

WWI Diary was to have brought you the whole of World War I as it was reported in the papers of the day, exactly 100 years later. For a year I blogged news leading up to the big war, thinking if there was any real interest regular readers would trickle in. They did not. Count: zero. So I stopped blogging the war news. For students of the time, 1914-1918 editions are available on the Web as thousands of individual articles via a Times service called Spiderbites.

Friday, April 12, 2013

Seeks To Detain Gomez.

New York Times 100 years ago today, April 12, 1913:
Minister de la Fuente Says Doctor Is Safe in Mexico.
Special Cable to The New York Times.
    VERA CRUZ, Mexico, April 11.— The steamship Morro Castle is still in port owing to the prevalence of a norther. The District Judge has orders to detain Dr. Vasquez Gomez, but he has taken no action, as detention by force is not convenient.
    The Minister of Communcations arrived here by special train from Mexico City early to-day. Minister de la Fuente is a warm friend of the doctor. Through the day he talked continually with the fleeing politician. The Minister is trying to convince Dr. Gomez that he is perfectly safe in this country and should not leave it. The doctor refuses so far to be convinced.
    Capt. Huff of the Ward liner will surrender Dr. Gomez only on an official warrant.

A WWI Diary That Never Was

Friday, April 12, 2013

Seeks To Detain Gomez.

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