Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-26
PEACE IN SIGHT IN MEXICO.

for an armiSticc with the DlaZ GoV-
eminent, Francisco i. Madero, Jr., ap-
parcntlv removes the last obstruction
t. al adjustment i'll Mexico. he
rebel chief stood out against treating
iur any settlement which did not i'll
clude the resignation of Diaz, but he
seems to have waived this point in
the projected negotiations. As was to
hc expected. active mediation came
from, the diplomatic end of the in>ur-
rccli, il. and originated in Washington,
though our government, of course,
mad 10 direct part in inStigatlng IT,.
So far as ll, been learned, our AT
thpritivs have maintained as strict Il
neutrality in the quarrel as have our
troops in Texas. The Diaz regime has
been given no provocation for fault
finding by anything which our ma
tional administration has done or has
left undone. From the beginning. the
United States government has ham
died the difficult situation with good
deal of tact. DR.. Gomaz, the man
who represents the insrrrectos in
Washington, seems to have taken the
initiative in inducing Madero to con-
sent to the negotiations with Diaz.
He opened communication with Senior
de la Barra, the Mexican minister of
foreign, affairs, several days ago, and
the outcome will be known to the
world probably some time during this
week.
Nevertheless, the action of the
United States has been a large factor
in bringing a cessation of hostilities.
The movement Of troops to Texas a
month ago was warning that we
would be ready in intervene in case
the situation in Mexico got away from
Diaz and the rebels. In the case of a
man of over 30 years of age, who is
beset as Diaz is, physical collapse or
death at any moment is a possibility
which has to be reckoned with. As
the rebels appeared to be divided into
several independent groups, no one OF
which would be able to exercise con-
troll if Diaz's authority should fall,
there would be serious danger of an
archy in Mexico In such an eventu
ality the lives and the property of the
Americans and other foreigners there
would be i'll serious peril. Under such
conditions our government felt I'M.
PEELED to prepare itself for active in
tervention in the cause of peace and
order if this course should become
necessary. The situation justified the
step taken by the president in sending
troops to the Mexican border, and ap-
parently nobody in Congress will raise
any objection to it,
Apparently the national as we'll as
the insurgent chiefs are pleased with
the new turn of affairs. They believe
that it foreshadowS some sort of an
accommodation which will end the
war; 1t is only Just to Diaz to say
that he has shown for several weeks
a disposition to listen to the demands
OF the insurgents, and to make some
concessions to them. Equally just is
it to say that this attitude was not
taken until after the American troops
had reached Texas. The concessions
took shape i'll the reorganization Of
the cabinet through the retirement Of
members particularly Objectionable to
the insurrectos. and in Diaz's offer to
use his influence in favor of legisla-
ton to have free elections. to divide
the large estates so that the poorer
class could have an opportunity to
buy land, and to make presidents in
eligible for election to second terms.
1t may strike some persons that a
president who is 81 years of age. and
who has served half dozen terms il
the presidency. does not make much
OF a personal sacrifice in conserving