The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-05-17
GENERAL ARMlsTicE IS EXPECT
ED IN MEXICO WITHIN
TWENTY-FouR HOURS.
REBELS GET CONCESSIONS
Three Cabinet Positions and Fourtssn
Governorships tho Price to Be Paid
by the Government, Along With the
Resignation Of Diax Within . Period
Of Two or Three Months.

Juarez. May i6.--Pcace, the feryent
hope OF rebellion torn Mexico. tonight
is almost an accomplished fact Judge
carbajal. the federal peace envoy. has
announced that, barring the unfore-
seen. "A general armistice will be de-
clared within "a hours. Provisional
President Francisco I. Madero. Jr., has
declared that mutually acceptable
propositions have at last been reached
and peace IL assured.
The formal signing of peace agree
ment will probably take place here
within the next two days. President
Diaz probably will resign within two
or three months. at any rate when
peace Is completely restored. The
principal questions alone have been
practically agreed upon--the number
OF cabinet members and governors to
be allowed the nsurrectos-but the
other conditions have for some time
been tacitly determined by both sides
and now 1t viii be merely a matter
OF technical detail to draw them sue
cessfully and arrange a modus on
erandi for the discharge of their pro-
visions.
The Price Of Peace.
The price Of peace paid by the fed
eral government Is three cabinet posi-
tions and II governorships. The price
paid by the Mexican people IN at least
1000 lives, untold suffering to other
thousands OF wounded. the aest rnctIon
OF uncounted millions In property and
the probability that starvation for
many months will haunt the inhab-
itants of possibly fourth Of the re-
public.
Up to 8 O'Clock tonight the govern
meht had aceeded To the insurrecto de-
mand for three cabinet PORTFOLIOS
thosa OF war. justice and g,ibernacion
and word was being waited from
Mexico city as to the exact number
or governorships To be allowed the
rebels. Last night the government Of
fered 10: on other occasions the gov
ernment is believed to have been In
clined to give II. There Is little doubt
'hht IL VIII be the final number.
IL was quiet day In Jnarez but
the fact that peace talk was in the
air was quite evident. Provisional
President Madero discussed with his
cabinet the proposals which he had
made to Judge Carbajal In his con-
fcrences last night and the cabinet ap-
proved. During the day Judge Car
baJal received encouraging news from
Mexico City. which made It possible
for both sides to admit that peace was
almost an established fact and that a
nation wide armistice would be de-
clared within "A hours. One condi-
ton OF such an armistice would. be
that the rebels could use the federal
telegraph lines and railway lines on a
parity with the federal government
where they now control the situation.
The minor conditions of peace In
clude the pensioning of soldiers, the
payment of indemnity out of the
treasury. arrangements for the re-
construction and repair of public utii-
tiles
The question of the resignation of
President DIaz has been diplomatical-
ly avoided. The revolutionlsts OBJ
tanned their demand that some public
announcement be forthcoming from
the president as 10 his intention to re-
sign when peace was restored. This
came In a manifesto from General
Diaz himself and was satisfactorily
amplified recently by Minister Liman-
tour In an interview 10 the Associat-
ed Press. The feeling is that General
Diaz will give way to Senor De In
Barra as provisional president within
two or three months, and that n gem
eral election win follow about a month
or two later, The provisional govern
ors will hold office until state elec-
tons shall haye been arranged
The negotiations which have almost
come TO a successful conclusion have
been effected without much pariey. and
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