Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-05-05
Useless to Proceed With Peace
Negotiations Unless Mexican
Dictator Gives Public ASSur-
ance of Intention to Abdicate.
MADER0 FORCED TO TAKE
DETERMINED POSITION
Pointed Out That Rebel Com
manderS in Interior Would
Ignore Any Agreement That
Left Present Regime in
Power.


IBy Morning Journal Special Leased wirel
Ell Paso Tex, May 4.-The peace
commissioners of the Mexican revo-
lutionists formally presented today
TO Judge Carbajal, the federal envoy,
statement signed by Francisco l..
Madero, Jr, appealing to President
Diaz to make public the assurances
given privately that he intended to
resign.
After offering his own resignation
as provisional president of the re-
public Senior Madero suggested that
both President Diaz and Vice Presi-
dent Corral resign and that the min
lister of foreign relations, Senior de La
Barra. become president for the in
terim until general election shall
have been held.
The statement, couched in the
most courteous Spanish phrases, in
forms President Daz that there is
no other way out of the present diff
Guilty and that word from him will
bring peace In a few days.
sonor Madero in his statement
calls upon President Diaz particular
larly to make known to the people of
Mexico his "irrevocable resolution to
retire from power. as soon as peace
hi
General Madero declares was made
TO go-betweens interested in restoring
peace.
The statement was presented by
the rebel commissioners at the nego-
tiations which began early to-
day only after a heated discussion
among the revolutionist leaders. Some
of them had declared that it was an
absolute essential for President Diaz
to make public announcement of his
intention to resign In order to bring
about complete tranquility. Peace,
they said, would not follow a peace
agreement backed up only by private
assurances which hardly could be
transmitted to militant leaders in the
south and central parts of the repub-
lie. Some of the rebel chiefs went so
far as to address a. letter to General
Madero stating that unless he asked
for the immediate resignation of
President Diaz, or at least a public
of future intentions.
they would not support the peace ne.
EQUATIONS. General Madero, himself
somewhat alarmed by the extent of /
the insurrection which he has created, |
and now deslrous of using every effort
TO save the country from a state of |
anarchy, finally wrote the following
statement constituting instructions to |
his peace commissioners, DR.. Vasquez
Gomez, Senor Francisco Madero. Sr..
and Senor Pine Suarez:
In general the conditions of peace !,
nave been accepted by me in tele- |
grams transmitted by the govern !
ment's unofficial agents, Senors Bran |
III and Obregon. | ought to tell you |
mat | have acceded to treat about |
those conditions because some gentle
men acting as -betweens have in |
confidential way indicated to me that |
General Diaz has made known to |
them his irrevocable resolution to re.
tlre from power as soon as peace is
established in the country.
This resolution appears to me to
be highly patriotic, because in the
present moment it is the only one
winch can satisfy public opinion and
am convinced that if General Diaz
makes public this intention 1t will per-
mt us to pacify the country in a very |
ie" days, a matter which is difficult |
70 OBTAIN in any other way.
From these reasons, and not |
uouotins the patriotism of General !
Diaz wish to present to the envoy
y the government the following
proposition:
IN order to assure the immediate
pacliieation of Mexico and to furnish
~ the world an example which will
increase the prestige of our country,
Do.h contending leaders, General Por-
lirio Dlaz as well as myself as provi-
s'ohal president, and the vice-presi-
uent OF the republic, Ramon Corral.
snall resign, and In the interim the
minister of foreign relations, Senior
r raneisco de La Barra, shall be pres
iueht' calling q general election ac-
cording to the constitution. As far
Us ! am concerned | am offering my
,,eslgnatlon with great satisfaction, as
only wish to serve my country as
circumstances demand. If General
''az is inspired by the same patriotic