The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-29
IGENERAL REYES
 LEAVES MEXICO =
 Does Not Care to Become a Cause of Embarrassment LOOKS LIKE FLIGHT Mexicans Will Be Put on Their Honor on Election Day-General
 Madero Is Working Hard
 to Elect Suarez
LOOKS LIKE FLIGHT

Mexico City. September 2s.--Gen. Bernardo Reyes, who for brief period was the formidable rival of francisco l. Madero for the presidency, this after noon sailed from Vera cruz on the Ward liner Monterey for Havana. Just before the ship weighed anchor he told d newspaper man that he would | contifrue to New York although ms passage. booked in the name of aenaro Reyes, is to the Cuban capital. From the port city he sent mes tsage to President De La Barra, saying that he did not care to remain in the country and become cause of em- barrassnent; that. complying with his l duty as a retired officer, he would, in due tinrev advise as to his residence. I To Jose P. Delvall, chairman of the I central committee of the Reista party l he sent the message that he was leav- I ing the country to avoid incessant I threats and ,prattle. He said the party I of which he was chief should maintain its position of insisting upon guar antee of election privileges and in-
 crease its knowledge until he returns, ls offering protection to all with the ban l per of the law.
 l That the former nominee for the I presidency had decided to leave the I country was made known in the cap I ital by telegrams received. So care I fully had he planned his departure that l it appears somewhat like a precipitate | flight.
 The trip to Vera Cruz was made in a | nrivate automobile Wednesday night and on account of his incognito his I identity was not discovered until late \ today.
 Il Rodolfo Reyes, his son, denied that I his leaving was a secret from him or other members of the family, and Jose gl P. Delvall declared he was fully aware f of his chiefs infections.
 SkepticaI persons, however, regard it
 as odd that a message telling him why he was going should have been sent to him from Vera Cruz
 The general was dozing on board the ship when found this afternoon by an 4 Associated Press correspondent. Briefly \ he explained why he was leaving. DO you expect to stop in Havana, ! goneral?. asked the correspondent. No; I am going on to New York, l he replied. "I expect to return, but l cannot say when.'
 1 Further explanation of his departure l he would not give except to show copies lRof the message he had sent to the | capital.
 In Vera Cruz the same desire for privacy was manifested in the move- l ments of General Reyes. Holding l handkerchief before his face and shield l ing his eyes from the sun, he went on l board early and immediately went to l his stateroom. The boat sailed before IL she Inhabitants of the town became awzre that the general had shipped as | passenger
 1 Recalling General Reyes was pre-, ceded by General Diaz about two 1 mcr ths ago. the Reyes adherents said 1 both would be d passenger on the same 1 vessel, but even this irony and yelled l sarcasm had no effect in learning def-
 nitely the exact status otherwise con- i yeyed. In the capital General Reyes depar- \ ture was variously commented on. Many Maderistas are jubilant, declar- | ing the two men ran away and did 1t i once before when they were needed to | lead their parties. There are others \ who do not hesitate to express their be- I lief that General Reyes will attempt I ito return at the head of a revolutionary \ army, but his personal and political friends indignantly deny such asser- tions.
 In several quarters lnefe IS lti-
 dency to connect the departure of Gen.
 eral Reyes with that of Emilio Gomez,
 deposed minister of the interior He is < in Laredo, but friends explain he ex- poets to go to New York. He is the < nominee of three small parties for the f presidency. He incurred the dispieasure | of the provisional government by his \ diatory methods of mastering out the t revolutionary forces.
 I Mexicans in the capital will be placed I upon their honor to conduct the national election next Sunday in an orderly man. \ ner
 Ignacio Ravera, governor of the fed- & eral district, has issued a statement say \ ing that the saloons will not be closed
 earlier that day than usual and that no special measures will be taken to main- tain order Governor Ravera was led Q H adopt this method by the success of its l application on June 7, when Francisco I. Hx Madeio returned to the capital following h. the termination of the revolution.
 In public manifesto at that time the
 governor of the district appealed to the people to show that they were capable
 of self government and the results were
 wholly satisfactory to the authorities. Reports from the circle about which Madero is .swinging'' with Pino Suarez in his wake, indicate that the presi- dential nominee Is working with feverish activity to inspire the people with some of his confidence in Ptno Saurez's candi. E dacy for the vice presidency. Here in the capital. however, Francisco de la Barra and Francisco Vasquez Co., { mex, both dangerous rivals of the 'Yuca-