Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-20
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Rebels Set Up Provisional
Government in Judrez.
PEACE TALK AGAIN UNDER WAY
Leaders of Insurrectos Will Form.
ulate Demands They Will
Propose to the Diaz
Government.
PEACE TALK AGAIN UNDER WAY

Juarez, Mex, May 12.--After long
conference OF rebel chieftains the ap-
ointment of the following members OF
the provisional cabinet was announc'
ed:
Minister of roeign relations - DR..
Vasquez Gomez.
Finance-Gustavo A. Madero.
War-Venustano Caranza.
Interior-F Gonzales Cara.
Justice-Jose NJ. Pine Suarez.
Priyare secretary to President Ma
dero-Juan Sanchez Azcona.
With Juarez and all it's vast stores
of rifles, ammunition and quick-firing
guns in the hands of the Mexican rev.
olutionists, the insurrectos did honor
to the memory of Colonel Tamborel,
the federal leader, who was killed dur
ing the fighting, by escorting his body
to the cemetery on the bare hillside
and sounding taps over the grave.
With troop of insurrecto cavalry
as an escort and followed by a firing
squad on foot, the body of the dead
federal chief, laid on a stretcher in a
dilapidated one-horse express wagon
and covered with nothing but white
sheet, was carried past insurrecto
headquarters, then down the narrow
streets of the city to the cemetery. At
the head of the procession was mem
was given back his rifle for his last
ride with his dead chief.
Sightseers Invade Juarez.
The captured city was opened to the
focked to the rebel capital of Mexico.
Automobiles, bicycles, street cars and
every known method of transportation
was used.
While the town was filled with sight
seers panic was created when one
or two of the Madero soldiers, who
had been given drink by American
visitors, became boisterous and start
ed firing their weapons. Several wo-
men began to scream and run, while
men fought to get out of the way. The
situation was tense for a short time,
but the insurrecto commander arrest
ed the disturbers and soon had quiet
restored.
| Peace talk is still under way and
every effort is being made by Braniff
and Obregon, the two gobetweens, to
induce DiaZ to call truce temper
arily.
With the insurrectos in possession
of Juarez, the orders having been is
sued to the United States troops to
permit them to import provisions and
Medical supplies, they are not anxious
to start an offensive campaign at once,
but having knowledge that General
Rabago and federal reinforcements are
coming from Chihuahua, Orozco and
almost the entire force now in Juarez,
together with all forces he can call in
from the south, will leave to meet
Rabago and give battle. Obregon and
Braniff are attempting to have the
federals hold Rabago back while the
peace negotiations are continued Ma
dero is willing to reopen them, and 1t
may be that an armistice will be
agreed to in very few hours. Like
all insurrecto matters, however, such
\ statement is merely guess.
May import Provisions.
Colonel E. q. Steever, commanding
the United States border guard, was
advised by the war department that he
might permit food and medical sup
plies to be sent to the insurrectos in
Juarez. This settles a question that
has been troubling the insurrectos and
people of Ell Paso
The attitude of the rebels on the
question of the resignation of Presi-
dent dab hardly has crystallized yet.
DR.. Vasquez Gomez, one of the rebel
peace commissioners, declared it was
still the paramount consideration on
which all prospects for peace hinged.
The rebels have taken the stand that
their demand that President Diaz
make public merely his intention OF
resigning has been met with such
vague and naughty reply that they
now will demand the fixing of the
exact time for his retirement
! With reference to the contention of
nc EON LAldl
In the Madero ranks provoked the at
tack on Juarez and that General Ma
dero is not in control of his soldiers,
he rebels openly charge trickery on
the part of the government to dis
seminate the opinion that a state of
anarchy is prevalent in the republic
and that, therefore, it would be fatal
for President Diaz to abdicate under
such circumstances.
The rebels maintain that they are
asking merely for steps toward a
gradual readjustment of the admin
istration of the republic and they be-
lieve the automatic transfer of the
power to their own political party
soon will follow.
Say Noted Guerrilla is Still Alive.
Warrensburg, Mo-, May 12.-Accord-
! ing to a letter received by B. f. Ross
from w. o. Coleman, of San Brito,
Tex, William C. Quantrell the noted
guerrilla leader, is alive in Mexico.