The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18


 Mexico City May 17.-President Diaz and Vice President Corral will resign before June 1.
 Minister of Foreign Relations De La Barra will become president ad interim.
 Francisco I. Madero, the revolution ary leader, will be called to the City of Mexico to act as De La Barra's chief adviser and as the greatest guarantee possible that every pledge made by the government will be carried out.
 As viewed by the public 1t will be virtually a joint presidency pending the calling of a new presidential cleo tion.
 The cabinet will be reorganized. The minister of war will be named by De La Barra. The foreign office will De Tn charge of a sub-secretary named oy De La Barra. Other cabinet members will, be chosen by De La Barra ana Madero acting jointly.
 new election will be called Withih six months.
 Political amnesty will be recommend cd to the chamber of deputies.
 These are the conditions upon whlch President Diaz will compromise. Nlr- tually they are admitted in hlgh quaI ters to be a complete surrender to the revolutionists.
 The resignation of Diaz and the joint regency" of De La BaTa ana Madero are said to constitute a guar antee so complete that the original h. surrecto demand for II governors no longer needs to be considered
 Cabinet in Session
 The cabinet was In almost continu- ous session for two days. despite the severe illness of President Diaz The foc ic from an ulcerated tooth. His upper lip Is swollen far beyond its normal size and his face is inflamed. He showed fever [ yesterday but this symptom was elim- mated today. He speaks with the great est difficulty, but while he is In se- we're pain. his condition is not regarded as cause for alarm al this time, despite his advanced age.
 The government conditions were tele- graphed to Judge Carbajal this afternoon with instructions to submit them to Gen eral Madero. If they are accepted. which is regarded as certain, an armistice cover ing the entire republic Of Mexico Will De signed Ihasmuch as the government be- lieves it has made every concession that \ the revolutionists had requested, it is firmly believed that treaty of peace will follow Without abating one 1ot their ad- miration for the man who has made mod ern Mexico, the public received the an- nouncement of his intended resignation with profound satisfaction. Since the !. battle of Juarez they have realized that )the presidents renunciation of his hlgh office alone could bring about peace. Busi- ness throughout the republic has suffered severely and the people generally were eager for an honorable peace
 It is suggested that in the conditions one point over which a quibble may occur is that regarding the selection of the min ister of war. The selection of this mem Der of the cabinet is left entirely to De La Barra He must be according to the agreement of the ministers and the pres ident, "a general who has the good will and respect of the army" sa { Reyes May Be Choice Many people see in this an intimation that Gen. Bernardo Reyes will be the choice. All the time General Reyes left Mexico it is safe to say that there was no man in the army to whom this de- scription applied better than to him. It remains to be seen, however, if he retains the good will and respect of the army. His former popularity was not confined to the army On the contrary his popu- larity was attested by perhaps S5 per cent of the people. He was the idol of Mex leo before he went to Paris. In his ap- sence of almost two years Madero has come to occupy the position in the hearts of the people which was his. Assuming ' that Reyes is the man the government has fin mind for the head of the war office and in view of Madero's open opposition to him, 1t Is reasonable to assume that he will not be acceptable.
 Gen. Jose Gonzales Salaz has also been suggested as minister of war. While the suggestions come from the revolution ists, it is not improbable that he may be fully acceptable to the government
 General Gonzales Is native of Chi huahua and son of Gonzales Porras. who was deputy for many years. Gen oral Gonzales has been given no active part in the campaign against the rebels. For many years he was in command of troops in the campaign against the Yaquis and now occupies the ranking position in the infantry branch of the department of war He has the good will and respect" of the army as well as of the administra- tion The reservation made regarding the <. foreign office will probably be acceptable Ito the revoluticnists. At no time has De La Barra incurred the personal antagon- ism of the recvolutionists, but on the other hand he has done everything in his power to bring the two factions together. It is almost entirely through his efforts that an understanding is so near. It Is considered here that 1t would be poor return for his services should the revo- lutionists insist upon the appointment of s new foreign minister while he is hold < ing the delicate position of referee The proposition that the affairs of his office be conducted by a substitute secretary named by MT De La Barra will in effect be filling the post with new man, and 1t is not improbable that this man will not be chosen until after Madero has been consulted, regardless of the stipulation made by the government. It is to be as- sumed that De La Barra will not name . man antagonistic to Madero
 Madero Trusts De La Barra
 Madero may insist upon appointing without suggestion or interference from . member of the present government a portion of the remaining members of the \ cabinet but officially and unofficially 1t V C not believed here that his opposition