Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-22
SIGNED.
First Peace Terms
Now in Force.
Chinese Shot and Killed by
Rebels al Torreon.
ThTee-day Battle al Same Place
WIN heavy LOSSES.
y l.
Madero Says Farewell TO His
Army al Juarez.
Going TO Mexico City TO Help Make
Permanent Peace.
Going to Mexico City to Help Make
Permanent Peace.

Juare2, Mex, May 21.-Officially des-
| ignated representatives of the Mexican
| government and the revolutionists at
| 10 O'Clock tonight signed peace agree
ment at the customs house here, in
tended to end the hostilities that have
! been waged in Mexico for the last six
| months.
| Though it covers only the principal
| points negotiated thus far. the agree
ment practically records the conces-
| sions by the government of those de-
| mands which started Nov 20 the armed
/ revolution in Mexico. kilograms an
| nouncing the signing of the agreement
was dispatched throughout Mexico to
| revolutionary and Federal leaders
alike. Constitutional restrictions pre-
vented the inclusion in the agreement
| of the fact that the rebels would be
permitted to suggest to various state
| legislatures the names of provisional
| governors and likewise the fact that
six of he eight members of the new
cabinet have been chosen by the rev.
olution.sts. but the agreement records
that President Diaz and Vice Presi-
dent Diaz and Vice President Corral
to concentrate its attentions ON desired
| reforms.
The actual signing of the agree
ment took place under most extraer-
| binary circumstances tonight on the
steps of the custom house. When the
peace commissioners arrived they
found the doors of the custom house
locked and no one there to let them in.
Accordingly they gathered on the
steps of the building and while news
paper men held matches. fountain
pens were produced and the document
signed.
Four automobiles turned their
searchlights upon the scene and when
the signatures were affixed the COM
mssioners of both sides embraced
joyfully. while a small crowd that had
collected shouted Viva La Paa!"
Judge Carbajal represented the feder-
al government and DR.. Vasquez Gomez.
Francisco |. Madero and Senior Pine
Suarez acted for the revolutionists.
The agreement follows:
IN the City of Juarez. on the 21st
day of May. 1911, in the customs house,
Senior Don Francisco S. CarbaJal.
representing the government of Gen.
Diaz; DR.. Francisco Nasquez Gomez.
Don Francisco l. Madero and Don
Jose Maria Pine Suarez, as the rep
resentatives of the revolutionary
forces, having gathered to treat about
the method of effecting a cessation of
hostilities in the entire national ter
ritory and considering:
'.1-That Senior Gen. Porfirio Diaz
has manifested his resolution of re-
signing the Presidency of the repub
lie before the end of the present
month, and
"2-That bona fide news is at hand
that Ramon Corral will resign the
Vice Presidency of the republisc with
| ing the same period. and
''3-That by the administration of
| law, Senior Francisco Leon De La
| Barra, at present minister of foreign
| relations of the government of Senior
Gen. Diaz. will assume for the in
term the power of the Executive of
the nation and will cali the general
election according to the terms of the
constitution and
| "4-That the national government
will study the conditions of public
| opinion to satisfy this condition with
| tho provisions of the constitution and
| will come to an agreement conducive
| to indemnifying the losses directly
| caused by the revolution, therefore
| the two parties represented in this
| conference in view of the previous
considerations have agreed to formu-
late the following agreement
From today on, hostilities which
have existed in the entire national ter
ritory of the republic, shall cease be
tween the forces of the government
and those of the revolution, thes
forces to be dismissed in proportion a.
liz each state the necessary steps ar,
taken to re-establish and guarante,
tranquility and public order.
"Transitory provisions
LAS soon as possible the reconstruc
ton or repair of telegraph and rail
road lines hitherto INTERRUPTED shall
be begun.
Agreed and signed in duplicate b,
"SENOR DON FRANCISCO S. CAR
BAJAL,
l"DON FRANCISCO vASoJfE;
, GOMEZ,
DON FRANCISCO l. MADERO.
don JOSE MARIA PINO SJJAREZ.
: The agreement was signed afte
three days of indecision. Francisco
Madero, Jr., leader of the revolution
expressed the view that peace coul
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