The Alaska citizen., 1911-04-17
PEACE QUESTION UP
 ID MADERO
REBEL LEADER HAS LAST WORD BEFORE WARFARE CAN
 BE ENDED.

FL PASO, Tex, March 29 - Francisco l. Madero, president of the insurrectos and their leader in the field, has not been consulted about any peace terms. and no settlement of the war in Mexico would be ac- cepted without his final word, which alone would be regarded as binding. At the present Madero. disregarding recent political changes at Mexico City, is arranging his men about Chi huahua, the metropolis of northern Mexico, with view possibly of be- sieging the city.
 Insurrecto leaders gave out this information today with the stipula- tion that it was not intended to minimize the importance of asser- tions made by Francisco l. Madero, ST. and Gustayo A. Madero at San Antonio, Tex, that tentative plans now being considered may result in peace within month.
 That Madero's father and brother have some peace plans, backed up by assurances from Mexico City, Is not doubted, but it Is stated en- phatically that any action toward the settlement of the war without full participation by the insurrecto leader would not be popular among the men now In arms.
 Have Ciaz' Consent.
 The Maderos at San Antonio are believed here to have gone to the frontier with the express purpose of getting into communication with Francisco Madero, Jr., and possibly of meeting with him. Whether they would venture into the interior by way of Fl Paso, or by railroad to Chihuahua City, via Eagle Pass or Laredo, Tex, Is not known here, but a significant statement made at the junta today was that If the Maderos go into Mexico it will be with the consent of the Mexican government" This was taken to in dicate that Mexico City is willing that any peace oyertures shall be presented to the insurrecto leader.
 From Fl Paso, the trip to Madero would require several days of hard travel, as all the railroads from here south are destroyed. Madero is about one days march west of Chihuahua City, and 225 miles south of Fl Paso. The junta here has kept up as continuous communication with him as was possible by courier service. Madero thus has been in formed of all recent events, but it is not known that he has received | any late advices from his father.
 Attack on Chihuahua.
 Three of Maderos staff officers, in- 1 cluding Rafael Aguilar, former captain in the Mexican army, are now on the way to Fl Paso l.. Gutierrez de Lara, an insurrecto captain who figured prominently in the battle at Casas Grandes, arriv- ed today. He said the insurrectos were wholly ignorant of any peace plans. His opinion was the insur- rectos were enthusiastic and deter mined to carry on the war. De La ra reported definitely that Martin Ryan, an American of Albuquerque, N. M., had been killed.
 A message received today from 1 Chihuahua said:
 Great uneasiness is being felt over the increasing number of insurrectos about the city. Madero is at San Andres, to the west.
 Tt is believed that the insurrec- tos are planning either to attack or besiege the city, although the arrival of General Rabage and his endorsements has aroused some confidence"
 A gang of workingmen arriving on a handcar over the Mexico North. western railroad today, said the rail- road was rapidly being repaired from Casas Grandes northward. It was hoped soCn to repair the bridges to enable train service to be resumed
 Colonel A. c. Sharpe, commander of the Twenty-second infantry, today made a request to Washington that Fl Paso hereafter be constituted g regimental point, This would triple the force now here. Colonel Sharpe said no emergency had arisen to re Iuire the immediate presence oi more troops, but he considered a border city of this size should De better garrisoned: