Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-05-19
NEGOTIATIONS
ARE RESUMED
DEFINITE UNDERSTANDING IN
MEXICO IMeRoIGLIo MAY BE
REACHED.
PROSPECTS OF PEACE ARE GOOD
Guaranty That Reforms viii Be Put
Into Operation. 10 Main Conte"'
t,on.-Want to Appoint ~
Governors.

yuarez, May IS. - Peace heeo''"
,,on, unofticial but suspicious were
-o.um.d between the federal govern
m.nt and the insurrectos ana 'he
nroanects are that definite unde''
standing would be reached.
pa,ae, Hernandez, who was tho
.r,.;ral ee.between when EFFORTS were
srst made to bring the warning iac'
t,ora together a few months ago. mas
stunned to the front and TRANSMITTED
certain propositions which are 'oo os
unon favorably by both SIDES. Mes
saS.s we're passed back and forth
The PROPOSITIONS are somewhat amer
ont from those hiterto considered
thouxh similar in intent. Inc ques'
tion of tho resignation of President
Diaz. vaguely handled IN the n,as
manifesto, 1t is now felt is simpnneo
ard explained sufficiently by Minister
Limantour.
AK Guaranty Of Reforms.
What they really want. and nave
h..n wanting for some time. 10 guar
antv that tho reforms will be put into
onerat,on and that they will be aole
"a participate in the administration OF
the republic.
To satisfy both these conditions the
propositions include an immediate re-
organization Of the cabinet OF fresi'
dent Diaz, probably by q blanket
resipnation of that body and the In
PRODUCTION into the new cabinet OF
four members, one-half its member
shin from the revolutionist party.
president Diaz could remain in power
until complete tranquility be re-
stored.
The revolutionists have nothing per
sonal, they say, against the aged ex'
ecutiye, and are willing that he re-
tire decorously, so as to permit OF Q
new administration and a complete
change of policy in the republic.
To reinforce the effect of the change
in the cabinet, a second proposition is
under consideration, which. however
will cause little difhculty. as 1t al
ready had been tentatively agreed on
in previous parleys: that 10. to allow
the revolutionists to name the gov
errors of IA of the ~ states.
With the acceptance by the federal
government of these propositions,
which are prerequisite, arrangement
will be made for a general armistlce
throughout Mexico.
In event Of peace. tho EFFORTS OF the
provisional government to rehabitiate
the state governments in Chihuahua
and Sonora will not be in vain, as
these are two of the II states where
the rebels will be allowed to name
governors, and, 1t 10 believed. secre
taries of state also.
The provisional government has or
dered the reconstruction of the rail.
road and of telegraph lines. In the
customs house here the employees OF
the federal government have ben re
tanned Already about $1,000 has been
received for customs.
Oregon Eanished.
Notification from Provisional Presi
dent Madero to Senior Esquival Obre
gon. that his presence in this city no
longer was desired by the revolution
lists, is the elimination of what is be
lieved to have been a general plot to
influence the military chiefs of Ma.
dero to desert his standard.
Overtures were said to have been
made to General Pascual Orozco to
furnish him with any money he might
need for himself or his soldiers but
by whom these overtures were made
General Orozco would not say. Senior