Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-04-22
NEGOTIATION
BROKEN OFF
Demands Of Mdder0 Not
10 Be Entertained
A WIRE FROM THE CITY
A Statement Issued by the
Federal Emiss ar i e S
Throwing the Blame for
the Coming National
Disaster Upon Rebels.

FL Paso. Tex, April 21-AH negO-
Mexican government were officially
called off late today. oscar Braniff
and ESquivel Obregon, two congress
men from Mexico City, who have been
attempting to get Madero to accept
some peace proposal. received tele-
gram this afternoon just after they had
sent messenger under a flag Of truce
with a final appeal To the rebel leader.
The message from Mexico City, al
though they refused to say who sent
it, informed them that the demands Of
be entertained and asked them to drop
their negotiations. Already the COM
missioners had practically given mp
hope and had issued statement
throwing upon Madero the blame for
failure.
About the time the telegram arrived
a cloud Of insurrectos drifted out of the
mountains and canyons headed toward
JuareZ and an attack was feared How
ever it proved To be only Panch0 Villas
command uniting with the main body.
Peace talk occupied the day in the
rebel camp. In Juarez the federals,
having nothing else to do, put in the
time erecting a few more fortitications.
All day Madero's UNMARRIED statement
to reporters and correspondents was
that nothing had developed To make
D,
open battle today He busted himself
with the receiving of messages from the
Fl PasO iunta and visiting with his
wife who came from san Antonio and
receiving callers. Among the messages
he received was a telegram from Globe,
Arizona. offering him a hundred Amer
leans for his army.
Messrs. Braniff and Obregon. the
peace commissioners today gave ont a
statement Of their proposal for settling
trouble They declare that they repre-
sent the perfectly defined public SEN
timent existing i'm Mexico" The state
ment says:
The public demands are: First
That concrete guarantees be forth
coming from the Mexican government
of its promises that other already part
ly executed psforms will be implanted
and developed as rapidly as possible.
Second that with this guarantee per-
fected the armed rebellion has carried
it's avowed principles on to triumph
and as a consequence it ceases there
after To be justified and its persistence
renders it dangerous To our future
peace and welfare and therefore un-
Il,
public support. Third-that the retire
ment of General Diaz is not necessary
to secure compliance by the govern
ment with its promises. but on the con-
trary. would reinstate a demoralizing
precedent of constituted authority.
yielding to force Of arms. F'Ourth-That
a compromise would not only demon
strate To the world the good sense.
coolness and patriotism Of the MeXi
can public and thus obtain complete
retrieval of its momentarly lost pres
tige and it's credit abroad. but would
result in the creation of two political
parties similar to those which have
brought about in the United States an
effective government by the people and
for the people.
We have presented the above to the
directors of the revolution and have
pointed out the terrible responsibility
that viii fall upon them if they cast
aside these public demands for cOncil-
iation and plunge our country into ca
lamtOuS adventures.
we know that those gentlemen are
patriots and that if left to think and
feel Tor themselves, they will listen
to the call Of their brethren and avoid
the dangerous rocks ahead and our only
fear is. therefore. in the possibility Of
their yielding to influences other than
their own"