Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-03-29
TEN DAYS
To PEACE
Statement By Father Of
InsurreCto President
IN A MONTH At FARTHEsT
The Foundation Laid For 1t
In New York Conferences
With Limantour; Nego-
tiations To Be Conducted
at San Antonio, Texas

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recent government changes in Mexico
City: the recall Of Senior Limantour
from Paris: the arrival of Francisco
l. Madero. Sr.. and his son, GustavO.
i'm this city. and the departure of
DE IL Barra from the ministerial
mansion at Washington to the new
position of minister of foreign rela-
lions. were all explained today in in
terviews with Francisco Madero.- Sr..
and Gustavu Madero.
Tentative peace proposals have been
made on the administration side and
have been acted upon. In the view
Of Don Francisco. peace is assured.
it not within ten days then at the
furthest within a month President
Diaz. il is reported in a message TO
the Mexicans. viii insist that peace
be concluded.
ON the one point. and the vital
one. of why they were so certain
that the tentative agreement would
in a set time result in a sealed
compact of peace the father and
son were silent They answered free
~ every other question.
When the elder Madero and Liman-
tour met recently the very meeting
was denied. let alone a discussion of
terms of peace Today il was adj
mitted. that the interview concerned
peace alone
Senior Limantour the Mexican fl
nance minister, responded To- a presi-
dental summons from Diaz to come
10 the United States from Paris.
Here he conferred with the repre-
sentatives OF the revolutiOnists, the
father OF Francisco l. Madero, who
is now in the field. and the head of
the revolutionists i'm front of Chi
huahua. Limantour agreed to obtain
every concession possible from the
government For the insurrectos.
Madero the elder promised likewise
Limantour moved first. The resgna
ton of the aged DiaZ cabinet fol-
lowed his first interviews with Presi-
dent Diaz. In itself il was not i'm
portant. but as concession 10 pub
lie opinion il mean everything.
Today Senior Madero and his son
arrived here They asserted positive
ly their belief that real peace is at
formal negotiations would take place
here
with only the resignation of the
cabinet as an evidence of good faith.
would YOU care to trust yourself on
Mexican soil To take up the question
of the cessation of warfare" Don
Gustavo was asked.
We'll. scarcely" smiled the latter.
on this point nothing more definite
was Obtainable. but the inference was
left plain that San Antonio is des-
tined to be. i'm a less important way.
another Portsmouth.
Borrowing a phrase from the Chi
nese. those being interviewed said
President Diaz would be allowed To
save his face" He will retire with
services Senior Limantour was firm
upon this point as the basis of pre-
negotiations
Senior Madero agreed. admitting.
however. that his aequiescence is
subject to possible rejection by the
vote of his son. Francisco. and other
army leaders. He does not fear an
adverse vote. however
The basic concessions, which it is
believed will be ratified later. include
the resignation of the Diaz cabinet
and the appointment of younger men
To their positions. which already has
been accomplished
The next is the resignation Of DiaZ
and the holding of an election. in
which the suffrage shall be unre
and free. This arrangement
includes the elimination of Vice Pres |
ident Corral
Corral is already out of the cabi-
net and his resignation of the see
ond highest office i'm the land is eX-
pected Limantour. minister of fl
nance or De la Barra, new foreign
minister pro tempore will exercise
functions of the office. The insur- |
rectos do not consider De la Barra
a strong man. and the Inference
Of the plain interviews today is that
Limantour is the leader relied upon
To- carry out the governments guar
antees
Diaz. according To the program.
will remain i'm office with new
unsatisfactory cabinet I'M
til the country is at rest When
the factory wheels are again turn |
ing and railroad trains are running !
without fear of a wreck because Of |
destroyed bridges. the Iron Man" |
viii step down and out. ii is be |
lieved Limantour or De la Barra |