Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-18
DlAz AGREES TO RESIGN.

Mexico city. Mexico. MAY 17.-Pres-
ident Diaz and Vice President Corral
will resign before June l and Minister
| of Foreign Relations De La Barra will
become President ad interim. accord
ing to official announcement made to-
day. Francisco /. Madero, Jr., the rev.
dictionary leader, will be called to
MeXic" city to act as De La Barra's
Chief adviser and to serve as the great
est guarantee possible that every
pledge made by the government to end
the revolution will be carried out. AS
viewed by the public. it will be virtual
ly joint Presidency, pending new
Presidential election.
The cabinet will be re-organized. The
minister of war will be named BY De
! La Barra. The foreign office will be in
charge of a secretary also selected
by Dc La Barra. Other cabinet minis
tiers win be chosen by De la Barra and
Madero jointly.
A new election will be called within
six months ana political amnesty will
he recommended to the Chamber of
Deputies.
The foregoing are the conditions
upon which President Diaa will COM
promise with the rebels. Virtually
they are admitted in high quarters to
be complete surrender to the revo-
lutionists.
The resignation of Diaz and the
! joint regency of De La Barra and
Madero are said to constitute a guar
antee so complete that the original de-
mand of the Insurrectos for IA COVER
nors is no longer considered.
The cabinet was in almost continu-
Gus session for two hours today, de-
spite the severe illness of President
Diaz. The Presidents entire face is
affected from an liberated tooth His
upper lip is swollen far beyond its
normal size and his face is inhamed.
He suffers severe pain, but his condi-
ton is not alarming.
The governments conditions were tele.
graphed to Juarez with instructions TO
submit them to General Madero They
were accepted apparently as an armistice
covering the entire republic of Mexico
was agreed upon at Juarez this evening
II is firmly believed that a treaty of
peace will follow.
The public received the announcement
of Diaz's intention TO resign with appar-
| ent satisfaction. Since the battle of
JuareZ the people have realized that the
Presidents resignation only could bring
about peace
Tho one condition over which a hitch
may occur is said to be that regarding
the selection of the minister of war The
selection is left entirely to De La Barra.
lie must be. according to the agreement
between the ministers and the President.
"a general who has the good will and
respect of the army"
Many people see in this an intimatlon
that Gen. Bernardo Reyes will be the
choice. But Madero has expressed open
opposition to Reyes and he may still hold
against such an appointment
Cen lose Gonzales Salaz has also been
suggested as minister of war. While the
suggestion came from the revolutonists,
it is not impossible that he may be fully
acceptable to the government He has
/ taken no active part in the campaign
against the rebels lie now occupies the
ranking position in the infantry branch
of the department of war and has the
good will and respect of the army as well
as OF the administration.
The reservation made regarding the
foreign office probably Will be accept
able to the revolutionists. 1t is as
| sumed De La Barra will not name a
! man antagonistic to Madero. Although
/ the government will place at the dis
posal of Madero the telegraph and
railroads to facilitate the transmission
to the rebel armies the news that an
agreement has been reached and that
his orders are to cease fighting, many
OF the rebel bands are far from the
/ telegraph stations and Madero will
have no easy task i'll stopping hos
tilities.
| 1t is expected the men who have dis
tinguished themselves as officers in the
Madero army will be offered the task,
jointly with the Federal army. of re
establishing order in the rural regions.
The zone wherein President Dia2
renowned the power he has welded so
I many years would have been pathetic
| had 1t not been for the heroic char
acter of the man who was its central
/ figure.
In agoni2ing pain. relieved only by