The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-09
Claimed That It Proves Madero Can Not Con-
 tr0l Rebels
DIAZ'S MANIFESTO
 IS MADE PUBLIC
Presidents Answer to Madero's De- mands Is Far From Being What It Was Reported-Refuses
 To Resign Now

Mexico City, May s.-with no other inc formation than that secured in the Asso-
 ciated Press dispatches regarding tho kaleiooscopic changes at Juarez, govern rnent officials tonight are betraying a complete bewilderment. It was with the utmost complacency that they viewed the situation this morning. They were confi- dent that the manifesto would prove so satisfactory to Madero that peace nego- tiations would be resumed and at the for eign office It was announced this after
 noon that arrangements for the renewal
 of peace negotiations had been begun.
 Later came the news that an attack had
 been commenced and the uneasiness cre-
 ated by this gave place to satisfaction
 when 1t appeared that Madero had been
 able to control his men, and that he and
 General Navarro had arranged an arfnis-
 tiee That the peace negotiations. then
 announced for o'clock. had been ar
 ranged for. was piece of news received
 with distinct relief. This feeling. how
 ever, was dissipated when there came the
 report that a general attack was in pro gress and alarm was manifested when 1t was reported that General Navarro him.
 self had been wounded.
 Tonight General Diaz consulted with l the minister of war and other members | Of his cabinet regarding the new turn ot | affairs. In official circles 1t Is pointed out that Madero this afternoon demonstrated
 what the government has contended from the beginning was a fact-that he is unA able to control the army he has gathered and hot this account Is anarchy rather than civil war. It was suggested that if he is un- able to control the men under his imme- diate command there is little chance that he would be able to direct those bands now conducting their campaigns in other parts of the republic.
 In defense of the Diaz manifesto. offi- cials tonight stated that 1t was this an archieal condition the president foresaw and endeavored to avert.
 War Department Active The activity manifested at the war de- | partment this morning was still more ev- | ident tonight and the conversation of l army officers was of anything but peace. l In spite of disquieting reports from the | border they vet expressed confidence In | the ability Of the federal arnsy 10 meet | the general situation. At the department and throughout the city the coming of
 Gen Bernardo Reyes from Europe was a l topic frequently discussed. and 1t now | appears that official Mexico looks to that
 warrior more than to anyone else for the pacfcat'on of the country.
 The greatest excitement since the | beginnil of the insurrection pre- | vailed ir the capital tonight News boys crying extras rushed through the streets doing a thriving business Ex- tra after extra was issued and in the streets and In restaurants the news was eagerly read and discussed The apparent vacillation of Madero was tho cause of smiles and laughter every where. His conduct was approved by loyalists In the sense of It's being mistake by which General Navarro profited The more outspoken of the insurrecto sympathizers censured him roundly for not sei2ing the psycholog-
 teal moment which would have maa5 him military hero. Cooler heads were of the opinion that the rebel leader must have been acting under some impressive assurance that a satfsfac- tory peace agreement could be ar ranged without further bloodshed It is not doubted here that the Pres ident's frank statement of his inten- ton to resign impressed Madero. as 1t did everyone here. No other hypothesis can friends of the revolution account for what is considered the glarng mil itary blunder of failing to support ths initial successful attack on Juarez.
 
 greatest interest.
 Diaz's Manifesto
 The manifesto of General Diaz, issued last night and posted throughout the city this morning, after relating at length the details of the reforms already in course of enactment or planned, the events leading up to the negotiations for peace and the appointment of com missioner by the government, was in part as follows:
 'The result of this private initiative was, as 1t Is known. an agreement for the suspension of hostiities concluded between the general In command of the federal forces at Ciudad Juarez and the rebel leaders in that region, in order that during the truce thus arranged, the government might learn the proposed conditions or basis on which order might be restored The government named delegate in the person of a distinguished justice of the supreme court. to whom instructions were given conceived In as broad spirit of liberality and concord as was compatible with the dignity of the l republic and the stability of the very | pSace which it was sought to bring | about.
 "The governments good will and it's | evident desire to make ample conces- sions and afford effective guarantees for | the early execution of it's intentions were, perhaps, interpreted by the rebel chiefs | as signs of weakness or of slender faith | in the justice of its cause. But in any | case the negotiations came to naught | owing to the preposterousness of the de- mand formulated by the representatives 1 of the revolutionists as condition for the declaration of their own terms. de- l mand absolutely inconsistent with all
 ideas of legality.
 | If the demand of the reyortna~rlsta | that the President of the republic
 should resign in the, midst of the pres ent difficulties were to be allowed, s would expose lthes nation to all me | contingencies andB dangers of new elec- i tfons. which, s<ecording to constitu-
 tional pro,Srsfons. would have to be Iheld at csnce, while political passions | are fn.e4effervescence and before order coulo5 be re established throughout the
 republic.
 Drawbacks to Resignation
 ..,ya,r to fix given date for the resirnation would involve the same draw backs. seeing that It IS lmposstpie lto foresee when the disturbances VIII
 end and what is still worse. sucn .
 en,,rsa would impair the prestige and
 authority of the nations chiei at .ns n ' very time when those qualities arc Thseost needed to buttress the poiuea situsation of which the mainstays arc | the sxound sense of our people ana tn, attitude, of the army. whose brave ane
 exemplary. conduct has been . sourc'
 of pride to the republic It IS not, ehsre
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