The Sentinel=record., 1911-05-06
ALL MEXICO
 IS HOPEFUL
PoPuLAcE AND CABINET EE- LiEvE DIAZ WILL GRANT
 MADERo'S REQUEST.
Reported Illness of Executive Be- Ileved to be Forerunner of His Coming Resignation of
 Office.

Mexico City. May 5.-The resigna- ton of Porfirio Diaz as president of Mexico within a very snort time is regarded here today as certainty. Should the announcement of his in tention to resign be made tomor- row or even tonight. it would cause no surprise to members of his cab inet.
 No. authoritative confirmation could he obtained. but there appears ldttle doubt that President Diaz. recognizing the seriousness of the situation and responding to the popular demand, will retire when order is restored.
 At the presidents office today, no statement could be had and the mem bers of the cabinet, realizing he was the only man who could give direct answer to the demands of Francisco l. Madero, Jr., the revolutionary lead CT, that Diaz should make known publicly his intention to retire, were silent.
 At 1 o'clock today Minister of For eign Affairs De La Barra was per. emntorily summoned to the office of the president. On arriving he found Senor Limantour, minister of finance, who likewise had been summoned. The three officials were in confer ence for hours.
 Immediately afterward typewriter statements were issued by the foreign office to all the newspapers saying that the reception to the Chilean min ister, set for tomorrow and the ban quet to the same official scheduled for tomorrow night had been post poned. The reason for this change of plans was given as the slight ill., ness of the president The presidents indisposition is known to be slight. but on orders from his physician he must remain indoors.'
 In the event of his resignation there will be no question on the part of the present government officials to Senor De La Barra's incumbency of the presidential post pending new cleo tions. The question of Vice President Corrars resignation is not so simple.
 It Is known that before leaving for Europe he refused to resign, and since arriving there he has reiterated this statement. But this is regarded as merely incidental. The officials con slider the resignation of Diaz the only solution of the trouble. Reluctantly they admit the growing strength of the revolution, and realize peace is improbable should he antagonize them further.
 Unconfrmed reports have reached here of sl<irmishing in the neighbor- hood of SaItillo.
 In the capital today the celebration Of the Cinco De Mayo. the anniversary of taking of Puebla by Ignacio Zara- goza, was characterized by dullness. For the first time in many years, the usual military parade was omitted be- cause the nations soldiers are other wise occupied. President Diaz took almost no part in the civil functions. leaving to the governor, Landa Es- candon, the task of distributing god coins to survivors of the battle.
 Most of the business offices of mer- cantile houses were closed and Stin- day and like calm prevailed. Crowds of peons who wandered idly about the streets furnished the only excitement. They gathered in the street in front of the national palace and, although laughing and chatting, indulged in a few cries of "Viva Madero.'
 The police took no measure to dis. perse the crowd, which fled into the garden of Zocalo the big squares in front of the palace, or poured aim lessly about the principal streets oi fhe neighborhood.
 In Isabella Lacatolica. street crowds banked themselves beiore street car, stopped It and tore from it one Of the little Mexican flags which adorned all the cars today SUM the police failed to interfere, and it was only when the mob seized soldier lifted him to it's shoulders and march ed on with him crying ''viva Madero,' I that the mounted police rode into its midst. The crowd was not looking for trouble, however, and dropped the