El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-14
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was to have crossed the border much
later than he did but was forced to
make the move as warrants for his ar
rest were issued in the United States.
er take the field in Mexico rather than
to risk the chance Of Imprisonment,
which would have been serious blow
to the revolutionary movement
OF his diplomatic work in Washing
ton, DR.. yazquez Gomez says that his
chief object was to bring about con-
government would recognize the revo-
luton as a belligerent and in working
to this end, he declares that he found
he had to undo practically all that Gus
tavc Madero, his predecessor in Wash
ington had done before him. He charges
that Gustavo Madero at all times urged
that Lfmantour was the only man who
could resolve the situation in Mexico.
This, the doctor declares, from the
standpoint of the revolution was silly,
as the American government knew that
Limantour was the handspring in the
government Of Diaz, and that If Liman-
tour were pushed forward as Mexico's
savior, 1t practically meant that. the
Diaz government was the right gov
luton could not be justified. Under
these circums tances, the defence goes
on to state, it could not be hoped that
the United States would be willing to
accord to the revolution the status Of
Worked for Recognition.
DR.. VazQuez Gomez says he work ed
increasingly to the end that the bel
ligerency of the revolution be recog-
nized by the Washington government,
and with that end in view when the
first peace commissioners from Mexico
made overtures and asked repeatedly
that he come to Corpus Cristi for a
conference he replied always that he
must insist that they bear proper-cre-
dentials from the Mexican government
The object, he explains, was not so
much that of reaching an agreement,
as, by forcing the Mexican government
to treat with the revolution, he would
have strong lever with which to work
on the American government to get
recognition for the Revolution.
When the peace Negotiations had been
opened, DR.. VazQuez Gomez says he OBJ
tanned permission from governor Ter
razas, of Chihuahua, to use the federal
lines to communicate with Madero,
then in the field, and sent him dis
patch in cipher In his defence DR.. Vaz-
Quez prints the text of the telegram as
1t shows his original ideas as to what
the demands of the revolution should
be. The portion Of the message which
bears directly on that proposition was
as follows:
Dispatch to Madero.
mi-officially the government de-
sires. to know through me how peace
can be arranged. Give me Instructions
My ideas are: Formal negotiations No
Corral, Limantour or Dfaz The latter to
go away after the negotiations leaving
Tie guy CT niilc4L III TIE ndnOS Oh de Ia
Barra and the cabinet Provisional gov
ernors Of our naming. Insurrectos to
serve as rurales, while congressman,
governors and a president are being
elected"
He continues by pointing out that by
the time Terrazas had received his mes
sage for transmission to Madero, that
Madero had left Bustillos, moving
west 1t was about this time that the
fight had taken place at Aqua Prieta
and DR.. Gomez wired Lie. F. Gonzalez
Cara, who was at FL Paso to send a.
confidential representative at once to
Aqua Prieta to urge the rebels who
held the town, If the federa1s attempted
to attack the place, to move the fight
away from the border line, as DR.. Vaz-
quez Gomez considered the time oppor-
tune to get the United States to recog-
nize be1ligerency and he did not wish
any casualties on the American side to
be attributed to the rebels. Three days
later Gonzalez Cara wired DR..
Gomez that Madero was at Bauche with
$500 men and was en- route to Juarez
DR.. vazquez Gomez then says that on
receipt Of this news he wired the Mex
Jean government at once, saying:
Suggested Surrender Of MADEIRA.
''Madero is near Ciudad Juarezz with