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

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 . today A general armistice of : . five days is now in effect '
 ' through out Mexico. < s<-<-<~-<%<<~ ~<->><-<<<<->-><<->-< Juarez Mex, May 17.--Judge Car bajal, representing the Mexican fed eral government, and Dr. Vasquez Gomez, Jose Pino Suarez and Francisco
 I. Madero. Sr., representing the pro- visional government, agreed at o'clock
 tonight to declare five day armistice throughout Mexico to take effect inn
 mediately on receipt by Carbajal of formal authorization from Mexico City, The insurrecto envoys called on Judge Carbajal at his room in an Fl Paso hotel, prepared to put the armistice
 Into effect immediately. but the fed
 eral envoy reminded them that the signing of an armistice was military prerogative and not included in his
 diplomatic instructions. He declared
 however. that authorization was merely | a matter of form and that he would affix his signature to the document. All armistices hitherto for northern
 Mexico have been signed by General Navarro as the federal military com
 mander and by Frincisco l. Madero, Jr,
 as provisional president and comman-
 der in chief of the revolutionists, but with the taking of Juarez, the repre- sentative military authority of the fed
 eral government was deposed. The
 armistice, however. is practically an
 assured fact and morally Is In effect tonight whenever the announce ment of
 the intention of the representatives of
 the two contending parties can be con- veyed.
 The arrnistice will be the first gen.
 eral cessation of hostilities since the
 revolution began last November and
 was decided upon by Provisional Pres | ident Madero this afternoon immediate ly after the receipt of an Associated
 Press dispatch from Mexico City say- ing that President Diaz had agreed to
 resign before the end of the present month.
 News of vigorous warfare in central
 and southern Mexico which Senor Ma dero considers unnecessary in view of the progress made toward a peaceful settlement of the revolt also induced the rebel chief to act quickly to pre- vent further loss of life. President
 Madero and Judge Carbajal expressed the belief tonight that the five-day armstice would be superceded by the signing of definite peace agreement calculated to restore Mexico to com-
 plete transquility.
 Neutral Railroads The armistice termsN include the ttr ral lizat of iI1Ua ta1 r,1, lines and the cessation of hostile troop movements.
 Madero was at work in his house here with Dr. Gomez and his father,
 Francisco Madero, Sr, on the peace agreement when an Associated Press representative brought him the dis patch from Mexico City concerning President Diaz's intention of resignng before the rlonth Is over
 What day is it?' asked Senor Ma dero.
 "The 17tl.," was the answer. "Sueno," (good), commented the rebel leade- as he begged to be excused to continue his work.
 Eearler today, Senor Madero con firmed the announcement of the Asso- ciated Press last night that General Gonzales Salaz, Senor Vasquez Tagle and Dr. Vasquez Gomez have been
 named by him for the portfolios of war, justice and gobernacion, respec- lively.
 He conferred today with his cabinet
 about the gubernatorial appointees for the II states to be controlled by the
 revolutionists and 1t may be several days before all the governors are se- lected as the rebel chiefs wish to get in touch with public sentiment. Some of the leaders have raised a technicality which tonight Is somewhat of a 1 Ia fn Vyh n bring about peace. It Is claimed by
 some of the rebel leaders, and they are supported by federal sympathizers, | that no peace agreement can dictate
 the appointment of governors. Pro- visional governors in Mexico are elected by the state legislatures, but hereto fore they virtually have been named by the president.
 It was asserted that the state legis- latures might suddenly be indisposed
 to follow the terms of the peace agree
 ment and there could be no guarantee
 that the federal government would carry out its part of the bargain in
 forcing into power the provisional governors chosen by the revolution | ists.
 | Madero, however has assured his chiefs who think that way that the
 state legislatures are by this time of
 strong Maderista political tendency and furthermore would be bound by
 public opinion to follow the terms oi
 the peace agreement
 | No real difficulty Is expected by con | servative revolutionists on that score
 and the prospects for the early signing
 of a peace agreement are increasingly | bright.
 Tomorrow the provisional cabinet here will act upon the peace conditions
 drafted today and in the afternoon 1t Is l expected the terms will be telegraphed | to Mexico City. Unless there is some hitch at the latter point the signing of
 peace agreement should take place on
 Saturday, May 20, which will be just six
 months after the revolution began. Pope Much Improved Roma May 17.-The Pope has i'm .