Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-06
De La BdTTa and LimantOur Are
Summoned 10 Conference.
Minister Of Foreign Affairs TO
Take Office Temporarily.
Apprehension at Mexico City with
Rioting by Rebel Supporters.

Mexico. City, May 5.-The resigna-
ton of President Diaz within a very
short time is regarded here today as
certain. Should tie announcement OF
his intention to resign be made to-
morrow, or even tonight, it would
cause the members of his cabinet
no surprise.
No authoritative confirmation of this
could be obtained. but there appears
little doubt that recognizing the Sc
robustness of the situation and re-
sponding to the popular demand Pres
ident DiaZ will retire when order is
restored.
At the Presidents Office today no
statement could be had and the mem
bers of the cabinet realizing that Diaz
was the only man who could give
direct answer to the demand of Fran
cisco l. Madero. Jr, the revolutionary
leader. that Diaz must make known
publicly his intention to retire from
office, was silent. -, e4M
At l o'clock today, the minister Of
foreign affairs, Senior De La Barra,
was peremptorily summoned to the
office of the President On arriving
he found Senior Limantour, minister
of finance, who likewise had been sum-
moncd The three officials We're in
conference for hours. Immediately
afterwards typewriter statements
were issued by the foreign office to
all the newspapers saying that the re-
ception to the Chilean minister set for
tomorrow and the banquet to the
same official scheduled for tomorrow
night had been postponed until May
u. The rea son for this change in
the plans was given as The slight
illness Of the President. The Pres
idents indisposition is known to be
slight, but on orders from his ply
stefan he must remain indoors
Since the statement was issued, Gen.
Diaz is known to have been out rid
ing in his automobile This morning
he was apparently in his usual health.
This fact coupled with the fact that
the conference was held, gives rise
to the belief that the announcement
of Eis intention to resign will not
be made before tomorrow at the
earliest. In the event of his resigna-
ton there will be no opposition by
the present government officials to
Senior De La Barra's incumbence of
the Presidential office pending new
elections. The question of Vice Pres
ident Corrals resignation is not so
simple. 1t is known that before leav-
ing for Europe he refused to resign
and that since arriving there he has
reiterated this statement. But this
is regarded as merely incidental. The
officials consider the resignation of
l)iaZ the only solution to the trouble.
Reluctantly they admit the growing
strength of the rebels and realize that
peace is improbable should he an
tagonize them further.
Unconhrmed reports have reached
here of skirmishing in the neighbor
hood of Saltillo.
In the capital today, the eelebra
tion of the anniversary al the TAX
ing of Puebla by Ignacio Zaragoza
| was characterized by dullness.
In Isabella Catolica street crowds
! banked themselves before street
car, stopped it and tore from it one
of the little Mexican flags which
adorned all the cars today Still the
! police failed to interfere and it was
only when the mob seized a soldier,
| lifted him to its shoulders and march
ed off with him, CRYING Viva Madcro"
that mounted police rode into its
midst The police were not looking
| for trouble, however, and the mob
dropped the soldier and fled. Nobody
was injured
Another crowd pushed on to Cadena
street and in passing the Presidents
house uttered few shouts deroga-
| tory to the government and laudatory
of Madero and the revolution. The
| police also dispersed this crowd again.
| however. without anyone being hurt.
Railroad traffic continues demoral-
| lied. train arriving today from the
north brought an account of a holdup
| by 800 rebels at Lulu, station 30
miles south Of Saltillo.
/ The rebels searched the train. but
/ did not modest the passengers in
| any way. From the express car, how
ever they took some thousands of
| pesos They then held the passenger
train until the arrival OF freight
1 train, the box ears of which were
L loaded with rubber. This was unload
/ ed and the rebels with their horses
got into the box cars. The crew of
the freight train was then told to get
4 aboard the passenger train, which was
Il permitted to proceed. 1t developed
/ then that the rebels had their own
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