The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-13
Iron Man of Mexico Makes His Position Very
 Plain
MANIFESTO WAS NO SUBTERFUGE
Message Has Been Sent to Madero Asking Him in What Terms He Wishes Diaz's Attitude
 Expressed

will not leave the presidency while the country is in it's present state of unrest. He stands ready to state in more explicit terms than those con nected in his recent manifesto, If neces- sary. his attitude with reference to , his retirement. He has demanded to know from his opponents the terms in
 which they expected him to announce his willingness to resign and is await
 ing a reply from them.
 The presidents declaration of last
 Sunday was made in good faith and with the desire to serve the interests
 of his country. There was no sub
 terfuge in his declaration. He meant
 what he said-that he would lay down
 the reins of government when he could
 do so without danger of anarchy or
 chaos following his action
 Minister of Finance Jose Yves Liman-
 tour made the above explanation to-
 day to a representative of the Asso-
 ciated Press of the intentions of ad-
 ministration under the circumstances
 as they appear at the moment. | He declared that following the is-
 suance of the presidents manifesto and | It's rejection by the revolutionists,
 message was sent to Judge Carabajal.
 the governments peace representative, asking that Madero and his followers state in exactly what terms they de- sired the announcement that the presi- dent was willing to resign.
 General Diaz would explain, said Mir. Limantour, precisely what he meant by his expression, when his conscience tells him that he can do so without giving over the country to anarchy" and the explanation would show that no hidden meaning was intended The message should have been in Madero's hands for at least three days and up to tonight no reply had been
 returned. Judge Carabajal will wait
 in El Paso a day or two longer under instructions to accept and transmit any
 further proposal the rebels may desire
 to make.
 All Depends on Reply
 What was to be the next step toAlne taken by the government appeared to
 hinge upon the receipt or non-receipt ol a further proposal from the revolutions | ists Nothing further was to be lnau- gurated by the officials in the direction of peace conferences.
 | The importance of the decision of the American government to permit arms and ammunition to cross the border into Mex leo through the regular channels of trade Is fully appreciated Throughout the in surrection the greatest handicap to the rebels has been the difficulty of securing rifles and ammunition. The decision greatly simplifed Maderos task of arm ing the recruits whom he expects Co flock by thousands to his standard on his projected march to the capital. What the coming of Reyes would mean to the country, the minister could not state. His coming was opposed by the revolutionists in the preliminary ex- changes preceding the actual peace ne- gotiations as Injecting into the situa- ton new political element which tended to complicate if"
 The subject had not been reached In the negotiations when they were broken of by the introduction of the subject of the Presidents resignation.
 When Reyes left Mexico he was per- | haps the most popular man in the re- public. Here he will be received by his countrymen after his long sojourn abroad | has been the subject of speculation in all classes. That all those who urged | him to run for the vice presidency, or even the presidency in the last presiden- | tial campaign have not proven disloyal to their idol was shown tonight when thers was held a meeting of representatives of the various Reyes clubs in the cap | ital. The public had almost forgotten the existence of these organizations, but 1t appears that the coming Reyes has serv- ed to give them new life, and 1t may be that he will not be long in regaining his followers