Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-22
Keen Disappointment Manifest
at Changed Attitude of Min
lister Linantour Since His
Arrival in Mexico City,
IMMEDIATE RESUMPTION
OF STRIFE LOOKED FOR
Effort VIII Be Made to Convince
Diaz of Seriousness Of Stu
alton by Immediate Renewal
of HostiIitleS,
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IBy Morning journal Special Leased Wirel
El Paso, Texas, March 21.-Opin-
ion among Mexican insurrecto leaders
over the interview Of Senior Liman-
tour in Mexico City was today about
equally divided between keen disap-
pointment and hope that Limantouf
still has plans which he had not been
at liberty to make public. While the
views of the Mexican minister OF
finance were regarded as being adj
verse to any possibility of immediate
peace, it was still hoped that atter
conference with President Diaz some
scheme for the making of sufficlent
reforms would be announced.
On one point the insurrccto leaders
said they were unalterably determined
they would not lay down their arms
during peace negotiations and u therP
was to be any truce, It would be an
"armed truce
This was the view of Gonzales Car
"a. the insurrecto secretary of state,
of Braulio Hernandez, the insurrecto
secretary of chihuahua state. and II
was said by them to be the emphauc
view of Francisco |. Madero, the revo-
lutionary president.
The insurrecto leaders made no
attempt to conceal their disapppint'
ment. Encouragement, they said, had
been taken from Llmantour's failure
while en- route to Mexico City, 10
DENY reports that tentative peace pro-
posals had been drawn up, and 1t was
confidently felt President Diaz would
see 2 need for radical reforms.
Senior Garsa said
at is now our purpose to convince
Diaz of the seriousness of the reVo-
luton. 1t appears the war VIII now
20 on with more bitterness than be-
fore.
'For time the government feit we
were making rapid progress. Limah'
tour sought to allay our activity pS
tactly giving out the impression tha'
reforms were to be granted. 1t ap-
pears to have been mere ruse. j
was certain when Madero who IS now
$50 miles in the mountains, hears ol
II. he will retaliate more vigorously
than might be believed.
an his interview senior limantoul
contradicts himself. In Paris he sal'
he recognized the reasonableness ol
the demands of his people. Now ne
states inferentially that we have NJ
reason on our side at ALL and that oul
demands such as the maintaining o
arms while peace plans are consul
cred are an absurdtv. Our demands
were all nut before the governmen
before we took up arms The door
were closed to us and we Appealed u
deaf ears II Is obvious that If W.
laid down our arms our leaders woul'
go to iail and it would be sad to pre-
dict what would become of the rest
The local customs officials toda!
received word from Washington una
shipments OF arms and ammuniuoi
were being made from various part
of tho United States to border pom.
in Texas and Arizona and instructloh
were given to prevent their beihl
taken into Mexico. Great activity wa
manifest among the Mexican troop
In Juarez today. All the prisoners J
the Jail were taken out and searched
People who crossed from the Amer
can side were subjected to more tina
the ordinary scrutiny.