The Sentinel=record., 1911-03-23
REAL CRISIS
 IN MEXICO
MINISTER LiMANToUR SAYS CON. OPTIONS ARE WORSE THAN
 HE THOUGHT.
Says Government Has No Plans Be- yond Continuing War, but Ac.
 knowedges Reforms Are Be- ing Considered.

Mexico City, March 21.-Admittin, that Mexico is facing a crisis ever greater than he had believed, Minister of Finance Limantour today stated that the administration had no def nite plans for the solution of the prob lems confronting the government.
 It has no alternative. but to contin ue the military program upon whicf it has entered. Notwithstanding the governments aggressive attitude, re forms waich are intended to remedJ the alleged grievances complained q are under consideration. The most i'm portant of these reforms is that rela. tive to the revision of the electoral laws.
 This is concrete outline of the sit. uation as presented by Minister Lf- mantour to representative of the Associated Press today following Q meeting of the cabinet.
 That great change in the attitude of the people towards the administra- tion has taken place within the time that Minister Limantour has been abroad. was a significant admission made by him. The administration, he said. was conducting a searching in vestigation to determine the exact raiise and to find a remedy for the existing sentiment.
 There is no disposition on it's part to oppose any wise reforms which are demanded by reasonable pubic. At the same time the administration dk&s not propose te accede to de- mands backed up by argument of arms.
 In word. the administration rec ognizes two classes in the dissatisfied public; one represented by the intel ligent but non -combatant element, and the other by the followers of Madero For the latter the admins tration has no terms other than those formulated at the war department.
 Such is the program announced oy Mir. Limantour as the result of con ferences with the president and with other members os the cabinet MT Iimantour frankly expressed surprise at the antagonism towards the admin hstration. which he has discovered.
 Just why this l. so, cannot un- derstand," said the minister. T am trying to find out, That 1t is so can not be denied l have talked with a great many people since my return and have discovered that there is a certain lack of accord between the people and bae government. am tod that this spirit of opposition has grown largely since the celebration o1 she centennial am told that at that time there was a marked display ol loyalty, but 1 am frank to say that don't find it so today. l don't know as yet how widespread is this senti- ment, but I am trying to find out and l will find out. 1 am conducting now a careful inquiry for this purpose
 More than that, 1 hope to discover tba e.. t1. tu <s,aa in Orlpl that the remedy may be found 7
 Already the minister has discovered that the fundamental demand of the people is that there is to be a revis ion of the electoral Jaw. The minister admitted that such a revision IS es sential if the growing diseontent is te be checked, and said that this doubt aess would be one of the reforms te be enacted soon. The exact charac' ter of this measure could not be out lined by the minister, who stated thal 1t would involve change in the con stitution of the republic and wouie hecesSitate the elaboration Oi ihfui' erable details. Any new electoral law would in the opinion of the minister have to be the subject of most care ful consideration and would need te be so framed as to eliminate the Il literate voter. Although this proposed change in the elecoral laws is not in tended as any concession to the re Dels, it is nevertheless. the basic Tea ure of their demands, according t statements made repeatedly by Made TO and his associates.
 That any reconciliation can be ef fected with the rebels, Mir. Limantou' considered improbable. Referring < his reported conferences in New fori