The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-03
ENVOY CARAbAIAL ARRIVES AT PLACE OF PEACE MEETING MaderO and Peace Lieuten- ants Were Perturbed
 Over Delay NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE BEGIN TODAY The Extension of Peace Armistice Has Been Declared as It Was to
 Have Expired at Noon
 Today
ARMIsTIcE EXTENDED

' Mexico City, May 2-Announce- . . ment was made tonight that the z . armistice had been extended for : . five days more. It Is insisted that . % Judge Carabajal aas full power to . % act for the government irl the peace . < negotiations and that the doubts z < expressed by Madero are without : < basis. <%<%~%>%<>-l<<>
 El Paso, Tex. May 2.--Judge Fran cisco Carabajal, the official Mexican peace commissioner. arrived here to- night, surprising everybody connected with the negotiations as ne had not | cen expected for at least 24 hours more. He immediately went into con ference with Oscar Branift, Esquibal Cbregon and Rafael Hernandez, who have been acting as go-betweens in the negotia tions thus far.
 z At the conclusion of the conference senor Braniff stated that Judge Cara bajal has brought full and necessary powers" for treating with the rebel commissioners and that no hitch would occur on that score. Judge Carabajal refused to discuss the instructions given him at Mexico City.
 It was stated that the formal negotia- . tions would be taken up tomorrow in a tent to be erected in a willow grove on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, half way between Juarez and the insur- recto camp.
 T,,Ic (so orah ho al will qIOna S1 q pr. Vasquez Gomez will represent the provisional government advised hy Don Francisco Madero, ST., and Seno4 Pino Suarez, lawyer ard provisional gov ernor of Yucatan.
 As previously stated Judge Caraba- iars delay in Saltillo was due to a misunderstanding as to the meetin Z place and to thes lowness of telegraphic communication in aa. leo.
 Governor AAhumafga, acting federal governor of the state of Chihuahua. and commission, did not accompany the fed . eral commissioner.
 Prolong Armistice
 After tedious wait for news of the wherea bouts of Judge Carabajal, Gen. Francisco l. Madero, Jr., this afternoon finally informed General Navarro, in command of the federal troops in Juarez, that a three days prolongation of the present armistice, which expires at noon tomorrow would be accepta- hle If the federal government so de- sires. General Navarro telegraphed to Mexico City for instructions, particu- larly because the armistice extension suggested by Madero. would include Ojinaga.
 Restlessness and impatinence were written in the faces of the rebel lead CTS today because of the delay in the negotiations. The insurrectos point out that they have been prepared for several days to present their arguments General Madero however, was inclined to take into consideration the difficult ties of travel from Mexico City north ward.
 We shall prolong the armistice," he said, because we wish to be as reas- enable as possible. We do not want to be accused of having seized on any pre- text to break off the armistice. We WISH tO SHOW our 6dTHtStnSSS dnQ Sln- cerity"
 Senors Braniff and Obregon, go-be- rweens In the cause of peace, visited the insurrecto camp today for the first time since there has been a full gath ering of insurrecto chiefs.
 It was reported tonight they brought a proposition to neutralize the railroad between Laredo and Mexico City, which now furnishes the only route of entry into Mexico and which In the last few days has suffered from rebel activity. It Is said the insurrectos were amenable to some proposition for neutralizing the road, but would not consent to the sug- gestion. to allow the federal government to transport over the line sufficient troops to protect the inhabitants of the coun- try from bandits and outlaws. Some of the insurrectos at this point happened to remember, it Is asserted, that gov ernment officials early in the revolution had not infrequently characterized the rebels as bandits and outlaws, and feared a possible troop movement.
 Insist on Credentials
 There was a disposition, In the con- fererce today which Senors Braniff and Oregon attended, to insist on official credentials from these men before talk ing up their propositions or engaging in peace discussion.
 Some. of the rebel chiefs took the stand that all peace envoys. including Cara bajal. must have plenary powers to act on behalf of the government. Senor Braniff and Senor Obregon must have declared their unofficial personality in the proceedings and their desire to con- tnue their work as private citizens. The government is believed to have been disposed to name Senors Braniff and Obregon to the peace commission, but 1t is thought they will consent to act only in an advisory capacity.
 The rebel leaders today completed their party pletform, which contains the com posite ideas of all the governors and other officers of the provisional govern ment. This platform was neatly type- written in the Madero camp today and all the rebel leaders affixed their sigma tures They call 1t "an act' and admit 1t is analogous to a declaration of inde- pendence
 It contains the propositions for peace in a general way. The actual basis for peace which the rebel commissioners will sub init in the conference with the federal envoys is being written tonight by Dr. vasquez Gomez, head of the insurrecto commission, and will be discussed in an- other conference tomorrow.
 Much secrecy Is maintained about the