Arizona republican., 1910-12-12
The Diaz- Reyes Treaty of Peace.


 years, but the latest advices from the City of Mexico indicate that in practical politics and statesmanship his mind is as keen as ever.
 These advices are to the effect that the venerable ruler of Mexico has not only made peace with General Der
 nardO Reyes. but has formed a close alliance with that ambitious states man; that Reyes is soon to take a place in the cabinet, and is to re groomed by Diaz for the succession to the presidency.
 No doubt Geenral Diaz has always Geenral Reyes. which occurred some six years ago. For many years prior to that time, Reyes had been perhaps the closest to the president of all the group of strong men that Diaz had called around him. When Reyes was called from the governorship of Nuevo Leon to take a position in the cabinet as secretary of war, the oppo- sition newspapers throughout the re- public openly charged that there had been deal whereby the new secretary was to succeed to the presidency in due course. That Reyes was ambi- tious to be president was well known, and when Diaz hesitated to accept the presidency for the sixth time there began to be lively talk of presiden- tial candidates Of the several can didates, it was soon apparent that the leading aspirants were two members of the cabinet, and, as it happened, the two most intimate friends the president had: Bernardo Reyes, secre- tary of war, and Jose LimantOur, sec retary of the treasury. Backing Reyes was the army, and backing Liman- tour was the group of financiers who controlled the banking and big cor poration business of Mexico. Some rioting between the Reyes and Liman- tour followers ensued in various sec tions of the country, and the outlook for the peace of the republic was not good if the candidacy of the two men was permitted to continue. Although the chronic opponents of the Diaz re- gime charged that he had never been in good faith in his statements of a desire to leave office, the best in formed observers had no doubt that he decided with reluctance to take the presidency again as the best means of maintaining the peace and pros perity' of his country. At the same time, fearing that he might not sur vive the term. the president secured an amendment to the constitution pro- viding for a vice president and provid- ing that the vice president, instead of the secretary of the treasury should become president in the event of the presidents death. It would not do, in the judgment of Diaz, to make either Reyes or Limantour vice president, and as a compromise he selected for that post Governor Ra- mon Corral of Sonora.
 As it turned out. the selection of Corral was not pleasing to either the Reyes or the Limantour faction. It was taken for granted that Corral had been chosen in the presidents mind as the most available man for his successor. Limantour accepted the situation with better grace-Out- wardly at least-than did Reyes. There were rumOrs of a stormy in terview between Reyes and the presi- dent At any rate. Reyes abruptly resigned his job as secretary of war. and soon thereafter he was named by Diaz to be governor of Nuevo Leon once more
 It was denied on behalf of both | the president and his former secre- | tary of war that there had been any l rupture of their friendly relations. | bul nDDOOg heAS o coolness between them.
 Last year, as the time drew near l for another presidential election. there was no talk of the retirement | of Diaz, but there was rivalry for the vice presidency. It was taken for granted that the great president, all | ready past the age of eighty. would be elected for the last time, and his survival of the new term was consid- cred problematical. To step into the | vice presidency this year would | mean. therefore, a reasonable cer- tainty of gaining the presidency-if | not by the death of the president. at least from the point of advantage six years hence. The partisans of