The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-29
DOVE IF PEACE NOW LOWERING
 OVER MEXICO
Peace Negotiations Now Under Way Will Soon
 Be Completed
LIMANTOUR'S WORK
 BRINGING RESULTS
"Iron Man" Diaz Will Resign, It Is Claimed, as Soon as Peace and Business Has Been
 Restored

Restored
 San Antonio, Tex, March 2S.--Explana- tion of recent governmental changes at Limantour from Paris the arrival of Francisco I. Madero. ST., and his son, Gustavo, at this city; the departure of Senor De La Barra from the ministerial mansion at Washington for his new posi- tion at the Mexican capital-all were ex- plained today in interviews with Don Francisco and Don Gustavo Madero.
 Tentative peace proposals have been made on the administration side and have been acted upon. In the view of Don Francisco, peace Is assured-if not within a month. Daz, it is reported in a mes- sage to the Mexican congress, will insist that peace be concluded.
 On the one point, and the vital one, of why they were so certain that the tentative arrangement would within a set date result in a sealed compact of peace. father and son were silent. They answered freely every other question.
 was feace Meetlng
 When the elder Madero and Limantour met recently the very meeting was de- nied, let alone a discussion of terms of peace. Today it was admitted that the interview concerned peace alone.
 Senor Limantour, the great Mexican fnancier, familiar alike with the bourse of Paris, with ThreadNeedle street, with Wall street, moneyed Vienna and Berlin. responded to the presidential summons to come to the United States from Paris. carried out the orders of his superior, Porfiro Diaz, Unofficially, on the sur face, at least, he conferred with the representatives of the revolutionsts. The father of Francisco l. Madero. now In the field, and the head of the reyolu- tionsts in front of the city of Chihuahua.
 Limantour agreed to obtain every concession possible from the govern ment to the revolutionists to make pos sible formal negotiations for peace
 Don Francisco, the elder, promised likewise. Limantour moved first The resignation of the aged Diaz cabinet followed his first interviews with Pres ident Diaz. In itself 1t was not i'm portaut, as a concession to public opin- ion it meant everything. It was the evidence of good faith for which the lnsurrectos waited.
 Today, Senor Madero and his son ar rived in this city. They asserted posi- lively their belief that real peace Is at hand in their war-ridden land. They intimated also that the formal ne- gotiations will occur In this city.
 With only the resignation of the cabinet as an evidence of good faith, would you care to trust yourself on Mexican soil to take up the ques- tion of the cessation of warfare?' Don was asked.
 well, scarcely" smiled the latter
 On this point nothing else definite was obtained, but the inference was left plain that San Antonio is destined to be, in a less important way, another 
 President Diaz, those being inter- viewed, said, borrowing a phrase from the Chinese, will be allowed to save his face"
 The man who more than any other has regenerated his country with the white hairs of his S3 years upon his head. will retire with all honors due his distinguished services.
 Senor Lmantour was firm upon this point as the basis of preliminary ne- gotiations Senor Madero agreed, ad- hitting, however, that his acquiescence Is subject to possible rejection by vote of his son, Francisco and other army leaders He does not fear an adverse vote, however
  lieyed. will be ratified later include the resignation of the Diaz cabinet and the appointment of younger men to their po- sitIons. which already has been accomp- lished.
 Peace at Hand
 TIC next is the resignation of Diaz and the holding of an election where the sui frage shall be unconstrained and free. This arrangement includes the elimina- tion of Vice President Corral. sick man. - Corral, already out of the cabinet will resign the second highest office In the land. Limantour, minister of finance, or De La Barra, the new foreign minis ter pro tempore will exercise the func- lions of his office. The, insurrectos do not consider De La Barra a strong man, and the inference was plain in the inter views today that Limantour was the leader relied upon to carry out the gov ernment's guarantees. Diaz, according to the programme, will remain in office. with his new and some what unsatisfactory cabinet about him, until the country is at rest. When fac tory wheels are again turning and rail- road trains running without fear of being wrecked, at bridges destroyed, the Iron Man" will step down and out, It Is be- lieyed. Limantour or De La Barra will then become acting president, and will within 60 days call an election.
 "Will you feel that greater guarantee of the sanctty of the ballot, other than the assurance of your administration. is or do you wish that the United States should man the polls?" Don Gustavo was asked.
 Diaz to Resign
 'Emphatically. the intervention of the |. .alyA do we consider it necessary was the ply. Mexico can and will work out her own destiny"
 DO you know why American troops are mobilized on the border. thenY'
 "Certainly, MT loft has said maneu- vers, and no doubt this is the only f
 Among the fundamental demands of the are the following:
 1. Immediate resignation of Vice Presi- dent Corral.
 2. Federation legally of the reelection ist clause in the constitution prohibiting more than one term for president.
 8. Obnoxious governors of states, ap- pointed by Diaz against the wishes of the citizens of the states affected, to be deposed
 4. Universal education at the cost of the state. especially for the peasant or peon class.
 The elder Madero's story of his meet- ing with Limantour was brief, simple tale of two old men who sat down and chatted of old times, old friends and then hit upon the subject uppermost in both
 
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