The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-08

ernment on its side will redouble its
effort, relying the loyalty of our
heroic army to quell the rebellion.
At the war department today tnere
was no intimation of the plans Tor d
new campaign. An official of the war
office said he did not believe Madero
was serious in the statement that ne
would undertake the Impossible TASK
of capturing Mexico City. The posting
of bulletins on the street corners late
last night setting forth that Diaz would
resign at date which he deemed aus
piciOus created much excitement
These bulletins also were distributed py
messengers from the chamber OF depu-
ties.
Today the sentiment among the peo-
pie who by a large majority are reVolu-
tionarv. was that Diazs promise, with
reservations, while technically seeming
to meet the revolutionary demands fell
short and offered too many loopholeS
for postponing the resignation 1t Is
generally believed that the announce
ment Of the president will not be ac-
cepted by the rebels as satisfactory and
a renewal of hostilities is expected. No
exclamation of Madero's retirement
from the border is attempted by the
government further than the lmpneu
belief that there would be a repetltlon
of the former fiascO and that the rebel
chief never intended serious attack
on Juarez.
When 1t Looked Like Peace.
Ell Paso, May S.-RreSidents OF C1udad
Juarez, the Mexican city across the RIO
Grande, aWoke today TO find that they
had been spared nightmare OF real
bullets which might have resulted IN
one of the deadliest attacks OF the Mex
lean revolution. Creeping along III the
thick of the night the insurrecto army
supposedly on its way south because II
feared American intervention If 1T at
tackled JuareZ, was about to deliver
telling blow at the federal stronghold
| aaf. Tod EOr0C
dispatch from Mexico City stating that
President Diaz had announced his IN
tention to resign was carried to the
front Like the governors pardon TO
the victim on the gallows, the dlspatcn
changed the situation from one OF
great gravity to one of festive hilarfty-
Today members of the Madero family
are sending messages to PRESIDENT Dlda
telling him what fine man they think
he is and how he has saved his country.
Negotiations have been begun for an
other armlstice with Gen. Navarro, as
| we'll as a resumption OF the peace con-
ference which adjourned on saturday.
The unanimous opinion of the represen-
| tatives of both factions is that com
/ nlete tranquility for Mexico now is in
| sight Arrangements for the extension
| of the armiStice to cover the entlre
| country are expected to be made today.
Peace negotiations will be hastened ana
| no one anticipates any difficulty as the
| government concessions on points other
| than the Diaz question have been well
| known and acceptable for some time.
| Facts of the secretly planned attack
| on Juarez became known today. Fran
| CISCO 7. Madero, Jr., the leader of the
revolution had announced his intention
| of marching his forces southWard and
! abandoning the attack on Juarez for
| fear of international complications. His
| military leaders had accepted the de-
| cision with silence. They gathered Sc
! cretly, however, and agreed upon
| DIan Of attack Notwithstanding their
| chiefs orders.
! Plan OF Attack.
| II was arranged that General Madero
| would be persuaded to leave camp first
and proceed to Bauchev. eleven miles
| away With their chief out OF reach
! thew were to have pursued the attack
with all the vigor which has been pent
| up in their forces since the various
| armisticeS began.
| Colonel Garibaldi and his detach-
ment had begun to move slowly in the
early evening in one direction while
Colonels Villa and Blance had set out
| for an entirely different route, sup
posedly scattering for various parts OF
| Chihuahua and Sonora. The insur-
rectos under cover of darkness instead
crept back toward the federal outposts
! and lay IN a position to open fire sim
ultaneousiy at midnight. Not a light
| was kindled. Movements of the ad-
vance guard were slow and noiseless.
1t was an unusually thick night and a
drizzling rain fell continuously. The ad-
vance guard of one of the rebel de-
tachments which movA1 southwark,
fired a farewell salute into the federal
trenches and the federals returned the
compliment. The federals under Cen
eral Navarro were on the lookout but
did not expect an attack.
The news that President Diaz had ac-
ceded to tine rebel demand by an
| niT1o h iOfa fn ion
came two hours before the time for an
attack and the insurrectos turned back
to their camping ground where today
they are celebrating what they believe
to be the triumph of the revolution.
! Today the same cottonwood grove
through which insurrecto scouts slxulk-
ed last night in their secret advance
on JuareZ will be the scene of a re-
! sumption of peace negotiations between
the rebels and the federal government
broken off after a single days confer
ences because the latter had not an
swered the principal demand of the
| reNolutiOniStS. 1nSurrectO leaders read
today the dispatches from Mexico City
in connection with President Diaz's
manifesto criticising them for including
the Diaz question in their demands
after secret agreement had been
reached that it would not be an issue
in the negotiations.
Could Not Escape Diaz Question.
1Hey ADMITTED thdt such an under
standing once had existed but that
When the rebel chiefs from all parts of
the republic gathered here to discuss
/ peace they found it impracticable to
sldestep the question entirely. They
said they feared that any negotiations
concluded by them without giving the
public some information on Diaz hard
~ would satiate the fight-thirsty rebels
OF other parts of Mexico. With the
same argument the insurrecto chiefs
! answered the criticism that a breach of
. oIlclal courtesy had been committed
ny making public the demand on the
government for some announcement
from Diaz. Their reply today is that
while they too were not desirous of
making the Diaz question a provision
| OF the peace agreement the publication
9L lhelr request to President Diaz they