The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-21
FEDERAL OMMANDER DECLINES
TO EVAcUATE--WlLL MAKE
esTRoNG DEFENSE.
DEMANDS D|Az RESIGN
revolutionary Leader Declares Peace
Will Not Be Considered Other
wise Peoples Rights
Must be Guaranteed.

FL Paso Tex, April 20.-Unless
the .federals make an attack on the
rebel army F. |. Madero says there
will be no assault on Juarez until
after o'clock Friday afternoon. II
by that time he has not received as
assurances from Daz that he will re
tire from the presidency Madero de
clares the Juarez fight will take place
at once.
"All the federas want is time to
bring up more reinforcements," he
said when asked if he would consider
an armistice, 81 will give Diaz "a
hours to resign" said Madero when
a delegation of FL Pesoans and Mexi.
| can citizens called upon him ana
| asked him to consider peace terms.
| The latter assertion was not only
q reply to the peace commission bur
also to Gonzales Garcia, secretary
general of the revolutionary junta
who carried a message from DR.. Go
mez in Washington asking for de
lay in the attack.
The volunteer peace commissioners
who visited the provincial president
went under permission Of the federais
and made the trip in automobiles.
Modero Makes Statement.
The Associated Press correspondent
was in the camp when Madero met
them After the conference Madero
die ated the following
"The peace commission cane un
officially and asked under what terms
! would make peace.
81 said l would agree, as have 81
- ready said to DR.. Gomez, that in tie
, interest of peace would resign rs
provisional president, but only il !
consider that the will OF the people
has been satisfied Otherwise the
revolution will continte.
. 81 know all the people want the re-
tirement of General Dlaz and no ~
election. For that purpose will ac
cept as provisional president any one
Of the members of the present cab
net who will call new election.
'In case this is agreed upon We
Iwant Juarez delivered to us and then
an armisiice will be Signed
81 will wait until tomorrow evening
; to hear the result Of the negotiations
directed by DR.. Gomez. If by tomor-
row night no answer comes | Wi
commence hostilities"
The pilgrimage was made up o
Felix Martinez, Of El Paso; Esquiba
Obrecon and Oscar Braniss, of MeXic3
City. Speaking Independently, bn-
for the federal government, Sylvester
Perrazas. of Chihuahua, DR., J. A
Saminez, Of El Paso, Lewis j.
sananiego, of Juarez, and Emilianc
i, Enrique of Chihuahua.
The conference vas attended b,
Madero in person, Col. Blanco, Lieut.
Col. Garihaldi, Raoul Madero an,
Frederick Gonzales Cara, sacretari
} general and head of the Mexica:
= revolutionary junta in El Paso.
VI Ipc,,rrnc4re unrn oa,,oI,t e., -,
! tempt to smuggle 10000 rounds 0
I ammauni ion across the border eas
! of El Paso. United States troop
: took possession. The 13 men partici
rating escaped.
g VIII Defend Jusrez.
General Juan Navarro, commandi1
q the troops in" Juarez persists in hi
s. declaration that he has received n
,e demand for the surrender Of the tow
d and says. he is ready to defend il
70 Americans still cross and re-cross III
N torder but suspicious Mexicans ar
" detained.
ly The town is closed tonight an
;r civilians are kept off the streets.
7 Rurales patrolled the outskirts an
IS soldiers are held in readiness to re
'd spond to the slightest alarm. NJ,
"a dero's army surrounds Juarez. Tn
u main command is back in The mouI
= tains near Rancho Flores, almost du
7 west of Juarez.
Garibaldis command OF more tina
zoo men is northwest OF Juarez, Will
tie insurrecto artillery is mounte
), there. The insurrecto chieftain an
his lieutenants have been meetin
during the day
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