Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-05-28
Government Already Preparing
Plans to At Once Indemnify
Those Who Suffered Loss
During Military Operations,
lNSURRECT0 ARMY TO
BE DISS0LV WE'D AT ONCE
Men win Be Paid Off On Same
Terms As Though They Had
Served Government They
Sought 10 Destroy,

iry M"rninr Journal special Leased wirsI
Mexico City, May 2T.-AIeasures for
the ultimate disposition of the insur-
reeto army and for payment of tho
costs of the war were the first NUT
ters 10 which the newly created execu-
tive devot d his official attention.
President de La Barra proposes TO
dissolve at once the revolutionary
forces. using a portion of them to
augment the ranks of the rurales or
ganized by General Diaz The re-
mainder will be given assistance to get
employment or to return TO their
homes and will be raid Off as though
having been mustered out of the
regular army.
President de La Barra is consider
ing a measure for immouiare paymer.
Of all claims made ana proved against
the government. II Is proposeu tnut
a committee of five be named % pas
upon all claims as soon as they are
breseAteu Dy those properly q lal,usi.
A clause will authorize the immediate
payment Of such claims as are ips
proved.
Diplomats estimate the war has cost
not less than A2v,v0O,U UNV go.u ara
that perhaps one-tenrh of this Is due
to damages sustained by foreigners.
Half of this amount is said on high
authority to be loss suffered BY AM
eiicans.
In the legations foreigners have
already begun arranging claims IL
thouRh the greater part remains 10
be filed The claims OF china VIII be
remarkable tor the number If lndi-
viduals demanding indemnity. At.
most all OF these will come irim 80.
nora an dcoahui,a, where the Chinese
We're victims OF mobs. Reports nom
Torreon received by the cninese lesn-
ton say the number or dead IN the
n.assaore on May 10, was 2sS.
Most of the victims were compare
tiy ~ poor aud those surviving have
found difficulty in supplying them
selves with food. The Cninese reform
association In the capital To-Day Open
I'd subscription list Tor FUNDS 10
aid their countrymen. The cIainls OF
Japan VIII be based on tpe deash OF
sey,n Japanese in 1orreon.
The second member of the new 'ah-
met was sworn In at 1880 today. The
po. tioi OF the department OF finance
was delivered to Ernesto Madero or
Monterey. whose nephew Is FrAl,o,sto
l.
charge of the department and has
ben entrusted with cash resourcas
OF the nation summarized as follows
in Mexico City.
ON hand in various government Of
fees, S22,69s,127.
on hand In treasury. S12,63S.095.
On nand IN banks and banking
houses S27l46,696
Total. s62.tS3,11S.
Among the sums In government Of
fees the largest Is s2l,019.S72, con-
Htituting the fund for the regulation
of tie city.
The sum in the general treasury is
$12.63S.09b.
Among the sums held by foreign
AM native banks are
Bank of England. S16,449,656;
Banque dc Paris ct Des Pays, Paris,
se45,691; Chase National bank, New
York. s2iS,2ai: National Bank OF
Mexico. sS,999,464.
Just prior to the administering OF
the oath to Mr. Madero the diplomatic
corps officially paid It's respects to the
new president.
Henry Lane Wilson. the American
ami sador. as dean of the corps. de-
llvered the address which was re-
sponded to by President de La Barra.