Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-08
JUAREz BATTLE ON WAR MAY CONTINUE
Rebels Attacking City, De- Mexico City Is Not 0ptimistio
spite Gen. Madero's Orders. Over Peace Outlook.
ARMY EAGER FOR FIGHT DIAZ FAILS TO SATISFY
Believed Have Taken Advantage Too Many Lophoes
Of Armistce Delay. to Resign Office
PLANNED A NIGHT ATTACK REBELS WILL BE IGNORED
Ready to Government to
Begin Fighting Make Overture. tor R.vv., -,
Diaz Reached p..c. co,,.-.....
Mexico City Is Not Optimistic
Over Peace Outlook. /
DIAz FAILS TO SATISFY
Too Many Loopholes in His Promise
to Resign Office.
REBELS WILL BE IGNORED
Government Does Not Intend to
Make Overtures for Revival Of
Peace Conferences. q

Peace Conferences. 4
hcially there Is still hope here Of a re-
newal or the peace negotiations. the
| ohicfal view is that the exchange between
the representatives of President Diss ana
Francasco I. Madero. jr., the rebel chief,
il closed incident.
Francisco Carabajal, the government
commissioner at Juarez, has been ordered
to return to the capital, IT IL said.
III there are overtures for a new
conference they must come from the other
side. although the government officials
maintain. as before. an attitude Of will
ingness to listen to any proposition
which does not include the point over
which the recent negotiation broke.
and which was answered by President
Diaz In the concluding lines or his
| manifesto.
Position Of Government.
The executive stated clearly the gov
| ernments position when he said:
The failure OF the peace negotiations
perhaps will entail a renewal and aggra-
walton of revolutionary activity. II, un-
| fortunately. such be the case. the govern
ment on it's side will redouble its efforts,
relying upon the loyalty of our heroic
| army to quell the rebellion"
At the war department today there
was no intimation Of the plans for a new
| campaign. An official Of the war ONCE
said that he did not believe that Madero
was serious in the statement that he
would undertake the impossible task Of
The posting OF bulletins on the street
corners late last night setting forth that
| Diaz would resign at q date which he
deemed auspicious created much excite
ment. These bulletins also were distrib-
| uted by messengers from the chamber Of
deputies.
Too Many Loopholes.
Today the sentiment among the people
of the capital who by q large majority
are revolutionary in their sympathiss,
was that Diax's promise with reserva-
tions, while technically seeming to meet
the revolutionary demands. fell short ana
offered too many loopholes for poUt.
poning the resignation.
It is generally believed that the an
nouncement OF the president will not b
accepted as af y the rsSs
No explanation Of Madero's retirement
from the border is attempted by the
government further than the implied be-
former @ aasco % and and II that t % the rebel q CHIEF lief
| never intended q serious attempt to take
| the border city.
Not Love Of Power.
The president declared that his deter
mination not to relinquish the presidency
! at this time was not due to vanity or love
Of power. but because, as he pointed out.
power at this time had no attraction, &C.
companied as 1t is by tremendous respon-
sibilities ana worries. He said he was
prompted solely by q desire to conserve
the best interests of his country.
| The president made 1t clear that he does
| not propose to abandon the presidency
| while his country Is at war, and that he
would not do so at any time under COM
| pulsion.
President Diaz's manifesto was made
public this morning. but 1t will not be
sent officially to Jurge Carba1aI for
Gomez. The promise Of the president Is
made to the people OF Mexico and its
| receipt by the revOlutionsts will be Incl
| dental.
Discussed by Cabinet.
That 1t will be sent to them imms-
diately. however, by private individuals
4 and that it will be regarded as entirely
satisfactory by them is taken for grant
/ cd.
It was at a cabinet meeting yesterday
afternoon that Gen. Diaz announced to
his ministers his decision. For two and
one-h half hours they discussed the terms
| of the manifesto. and at the conclusion
Of the meeting there remained nothing to
do but to secure its official pronunciation.
| Only In q general way does the mani
| festo refer TO the revolution.
| The governments position is that Gen.
Diaz could not have made a public state
didated that the revolutionists failed to
| observe the amenities Of the peace nego-
tiations by making them public Ofhcially
It was stated that Madero and his ad-
visers were guilty Of betraying an agree
ment by Injecting into the conference.
| either secretly or openly, the question OF
| the presidents resignation It was de-
| clared that It had been agreed to IN con-
hdence that this point should not bs per-
mitted to become an issue.
! Progress Toward Reforms.
Prefacing the declaration OF his willing
ness to retire, the president discussed
| the political conditions of the country
| and the efforts that have been made by
| the government to establish peace. He
| called attention to the progress already
made in the direction OF adopting the
anti-re-election iaw and declared that the
project of the reform Of the electoral
| laws and OF tn e1udiciay was being
| studied.
He showed further that the government
| in all its acts wished to confirm the de-
mand of the public in SO far as it is wise
and for the best interests Of the country.
Events leading to the beginning Of ne
ROTATIONS Of peace were taken up. ana
| 4 was indicated 1t was the disposition to
take into consideration Propositions the
reyolutionists had to make.
Regarding the point upon which the
| ruptures Of negotiations occurred, the
manifesto declared that compliance with
the demands for Diax's resignation could
not be entertained for the reason that
his immediate resignation would doubtless
precfpitate q condition Of anarchy through
out the country, while. on the other hand.
| n his retirement was fixed for q future
| date. the government would not have SUI
ficient stability to assure the return oS
normal conditions pending the selection
of q new executive.
Appeals to the People.
In concluding. Gen. Diax appealed to the
patriotiem Of the people, calling upon
them to act together for the peace and
progress Of the nation, and eulogized the
army.
At NO place in the manifesto Is there
made mention OF q new election. Accord
a. c.tol fha constitutiOn reclamation In