The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-06
He Will Yield to Clamor
/ and Resign Presi-
dency.
ANNOUNCEMENT
EXPECTED SOON
Government Realizes That Moth
ing but His REIMBURSEMENT of
Post Will Bring Peace to
Mexico-Senor de la Bar
"a Will Succeed to Place
Pending Elections.

Mexico City. May 5.-The resignation
OF President Porfirio Diaz as President
of MEXICO within a very short time Is
rcgar ded here to-day as certainty.
Should the announcement of his in
| tention to resign be made known to-
morrow or even Tonight, IL would
! cause no surprise TO members OF his
| cabinet. s
No authoritative confirmation of this
could be obtained, but there appears
little doubt that President Diaz, re-
cognizlng the seriousness of the stu
alton and responding to the popular
demand. Will retire when order is re.
stored.
At the Presidents oHce to-day no
statement could be had. and the Nom
bcrs of the ca binet. realizing that he
was the onI. man who could give a
direct answer to the demands OF
Francisco !. Madcro. Jr., the rcvolu-
tionary leader, that Diaz should make
known publicly his intention TO retire,
were silent @
eign Affairs de la Barra and Minister
OF Finance Iiniantour were percmp-
iorily summoned to the office OF tho
President
snid tn he ILL.,
Following n three hours conference
statements were issued by the foreign
ONCE saying that the reception TO the
Ch'iean minister Set for to- morrow and
nc banquet to the same official. sched-
nied for tomorrow night. had been
postponed until May IL The rea son
1or this change of plans was given as
The slight illness of the President.
ne PRESIDENTS indisposition is known
ne slight but on orders from his
physician he must remain indoors"
p . Tn or
erai Diaz is known to have been out
| ,automobiiing. This morning he was
APPARENT" In his usual health This.
an connection with the fact that the
conference was held, gives rise to the
peiiet that the announcement of his
intention to resign Will not be made
oeiore Tomorrow at the earliest
In the event OF his resignation there
| Will be no opposition of the present
government officials TO Senior de la
Barra's incumbency of the presiden-
taal post pending new elections The
question of Vice President Corrars res
| ignation Is not SO simple. 1t is known
.that before leaving for europe he
wished TO resign, and since reaching
there he has reiterated this statement.
But this is regarded as merely Incl :
| dental. The officials consider the res
tgnation OF Diaz the only solution to
| the trouble II
In the capital to-day the celcbra
| ton OF the anniversary of the takIn g
| OF Puebla BY Ignacio Zaragoza was
| characterized by dullness. For the first
time In many years the usual military
parade was omitted because the ma
TONS soldiers arc otherwise occupied.
| President Diez took almost no mart
| In the civil functions,
Calm Prevails.
Most OF the business offices and mer
camille houses were closed. and sun
| day-like calm prevailed Crowds OF
poems who wandered idly about the
streets furnished the only excitement.
They gathered in front of the nationa
palace. and. although laughing and
chatting. INDUCED in few cries OF
l"Viva Madero."
The police took no nea sures to dis :
persa the crowd, which filed into the
Garden of zocalo, the big squares in
! front OF the palace, or poured aimlessly
| In and out OF the principal streets OF
| the neighborhood.
! In Isabella La Catolica Street crowds
banked themselves before street car,
stopped IT. and tore from IT. one Of the
little Mexican flags which adorned all
J the cars to-day. Still the police fail.ed
to interfere, and II was only when the
| mob seized soldier, lifted him to It's
shoulders, and marched off with him
crying Viva Madero," that the mounted
police rode into its midst, The crowd
was not looking for trouble. however.
and dropped the soldier and fed. No
body was injured.
| Another crowd pushed down Caden a
street, and In passing the Presidents
house let out few shouts derogatory
to the government and lauda tory Of
Mad'ero and the revolution. The police
| also dispersed this crowd. again. how
ever. without any one being hurt
| Railroad traffic continues demoralized.
a train arriving to-day from the north
| brought a story of hold-np hy 500
rebAls at Lulu. a station ninety miles
south Of Saltillo. The rebels searched
the train. but did not modest the pas
sengers. From the express car the,
| took some thousands of pesos, however
! The rebels then held the passenger
train until the arrival of freight
train, the box cars OF which we're load
ed with rubber This was unloaded,
and the rebels, with their horses. got
into the box cars. The crew Of the
freight train was then told 10 get
| aboard the passenger train, which was
| permitted to proceed. ,l It developed
then that the rebels had their own train
crew and even telegraph operators.
They told the people on the passenger
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