Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-05-09

General Maderos order withdrawn,
ibis forces from the border was re
ceived with JOY. This action removes
a source of great anxiety.
News Stops Intended Juarez Attack.
Residents of Ciudad Jnarez. thu
Mexican city across the Rio Grande
awoke today to find that they had beer
ispared, real battle which might have
resulted in one of the deadliest con
flicts Of the Mexican revolution Creep
ing along in the thick Of the night the
insurrecto army, supposedly on its
way south, because it feared American
Intervention If it attacked Juarez. was
about to deliver telling blow at the
federal stronghold last night when an
Associated Press dispatch from Mexico
City stating that President Diaz had
announced his intention to resign was
carried to the front. This dispatch
changed the situation from one o!
gravity to one of festive hilarity. To
day members of the Madero family are
sending kilograms to President Diaz
telling him what fine man they think
he is and how he has saved his
country.
| Negotiations have been begun for an
other armistice with. General Navarro
! as well as a resumption Of the peace
conference which adjourned on Satur.
Iday. The unanimous opinion of repre-
sentatives of the warning factions is
that complete Tranquility for Mexico
is now in sight. Arrangement for the
extension Of the armistice to cover the
ientire country are expected to be made
today. Peace negotiations will be
fastened and no one anticipates any
difficulty as the government conces-
sions on points other than the Diaz
question which has been we'll known
and acceptable for some time.
Attack Was Secretly Planned.
Facts of the secretly planned attack
on Juarez became known today. Fran
cisco I. Madero, Jr., the leader Of the
revolution, had announced his inten-
ton of marching his forces southwark
and abandoning the attack on Juarez
His military leaders had accepted the
decision with resignation. They gath
cred secretly, however. and agreed
upon plan of attack Notwithstanding
their chiefs orders.
It was arranged that General Madero
would be persuaded to leave camp first
and proceed to Bauche, eleven miles
away. With their chief out of reach
they were to have pursued the attack
with all the force which had been pent
in them since the various armistices
began. Colonel Garabaldi and his de-
tachment had begun to move slowly in
the early evening in one direction
while Colonels Villa and Blanco had
set out on an entirely different route,
supposedly scattering for various ports
of chihuahua and Sonora.
The insurrectos under cover of dark
ness instead crept back toward the
federal outposts and lay In position
to open fire simultaneously at night.
Not light was burning; movements
of the advance guard were slow and
noiseless. It was an unusually thick
night and drizzle of rain fell con-
tinuously.
The advance guard Of one of the
rebel detachments which moved south
ward fired farewell salute into the
federal trenches and the federals re-
turned the compliment.
The federals under General Navarro
an attack. The news that President
Diaz had submitted to the rebel de-
mands by announcing his intention to
resign came two hours before the time
for an attack and the insurrectos turn
ed back to their camping grounds
where today they are celebrating what
they believe to be the triumph of the
revolution.
Today the same cottonwood grove
through which insurrecto scouts crept
last night In their secret advance on
Juarez will be the scene of a resump- |
ton of peace negotiations between the |
rebels and the federal government |
broken of after single days's con-
ference because the latter had not an.
swered the principal demand Of the
revolutionists.
Rebels Answer Diaz critIcisin,.
Insurrecto leaders read today the
dispatches from Mexico City In con-
nection with President Diaz's mani |
festo criticising them for including
the Diaz resignation In their demands |
after secret understanding had been |
reached that 1t would not be an Issue |
in the negotiations.
They admitted that such an under
standing had existed but when the
rebels from all parts of the republic
gathered here to discuss peace they
found it impracticable to ignore the
question entirely. They said they
feared that any negotiations conclud-
ed by them without giving the public
some information on the Diaz question
hardly would satiate the hght-thirtsy
rebels In other parts of Mexico. With
the same argument the insurrecto
chiefs answered the criticism that a
breach Of official courtesy had been
committed by making public the de-
mand on the government for some an
from President Diaz.
Their reply today is that while they
were not DESTROYS of making the Diaz
question provision Of the peace
agreement the publication of their re-
quest to Diaz they deemed an abso-
lutte necessity to procuring the answer
he now has given. In line with the
report that the manifesto OF Diaz
would not, be officially communicated
to the rebels Is the fact that the in
chiefs do not expect it. They
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