The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-03-21

vas, by the crowd, the reception CIV
en- was high tribute to the minister's
President Diaz' greeting was con-
veyed through one Of his ofiicial fami-
ly, the meeting between the two most
talked of men in the republic having
been deferred until later.
The ovation over. Senor Limantour
and the members of his family went
at once by automobile to the Liman-
tour home in Mixcoac, q nearby sub
urb, where later the minister receiv-
ed the representatives Of the press.
Senor Limantour asserted the state
ment that he was the bearer of con-
ditions for the establishment of peace
placed In his hands by the Maderos
In New York. was an absurdity.
His Statement .-s
with bad grace could I be the
bearer of such q paper, when publicly
l have declared that the government
could never enter into negotiations
with individuals in arms. A gov.
ernment should do that which q rea-
sonable public opinion demands, but
it should not and can not, on pain of
extinguishing itself, accede to the
armed pressure of group of mis-
guided sons Of the country. They
must lay down their arms II they
wish to bring about the reforms that
may be necessary.
OF the insurrection itself Senor Ii
mantous had nothing to add. he said,
to what he had previously said, that
It constitutes q treason,
1T is crime of 'lesa Patria' that
tNsQse Mexicans who are fighting in
"a ranks of the insurgents are COM
M e. because every day the dan
ger ternational complications in
creases. 0cthope earnestly that those
misguidea szens who have taken
part In this> 1ment will soon open
their eyes to lght Of reason and
not remain Longer deaf to the per-
suasive voice Of patriotism"
In reply to suggestion that great
results were expected to follow his
return to Mexico, he said:
1T is q heavy burden that public
opinion would place upon my shoul-
ders and no one man can carry 1t
without the cooperation of all good
Mexicans. / furthermore cannot un-
derstand why such an effort is de-
manded of me, when the direction of
the policy OF our government Is in the
hands of less man than the illus
trious statesman who has formed the
country, who has developed 1t, and
as given it a high place among the
nations.
I'VE must then, place our confidence
in the expert helmsman who In the
past has skillfully met the greatest
dangers, and lend him all the aid of
which We are capable, each in his re-
spective sphere of action, doing all
possible to end that harmony may
reign again among all Mexicans for
the removal to q greater distance of
danger from without, as for the
close at hand for a method
Of implanting the reforms, more or
less urgent. required by the present
political situation"
"There was published this morn
ing" it was suggested, "a dispatch
from New York in which Gustavo A.
Madero declared that you had re-
turned to Mexico to take charge tenn
of the presidency of the re-
public"
another absurdity," said .senor
ALREADY In times past,
when some of my friends have be-
sought me to become a candidate for
the vice presidency, declared by
firm resolution not to accept any po-
sition in the militant politics Of my
being disposed to lend my
services to the administration in the
event they might be considered USE
full by the majority of my fellow
Since then the times
have only served to confirm and
my determination in that
direction. Not having been willing
then to accept militant political
post, when it would have been easy
for me to acquire it and when I could
count upon the elements which Of
fere 1t, much less would I think of
such a thing at the present time when
It is the duty Of all good Mexicans
to rally about Gen. Diaz to avert the
dangers that menace our common
81 do not aspire to a post In high
politics, but even II should
80 aspire, have always believed that
The salvation of Mexica depended first
upon the union of all Mexicans and
second. that every one should have,
as the rule of his conduct, the sub
of everything to the high
est interests of the uation."
Truce Proposed
Io Paso, Texas. March 21-Ar
armed truce will be established in
northern Mexico as soon as develop
ments in Mexico City warrant and