The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-21
Returning General May Be the Mexican
"Man on Horseback"

| BY Leased Wire 10 The Tribune
MEXICO CITY. Nav 2o.-General Ber-
nardc Reyes, now In Havana. may be
| the Mexican Man on Horseback" The
| fact that the demands of the Maderoists
| have been met even to the retirement OF
| President Diaz and the declaration Of an
| armstice for the formal PRONUNCIATION Of
| the peace terms has put an end to the
insuIgeDt movements In the field only
| in the zone where Madero is personally In
command has convinced many of the
more conservative sympathizerS with the
revolutionary movement that it Will he
beyond the power OF Madero any OF
the leaders In the field 10 establish a
firm. stable government after Daz Is
out. These and the bulk Of the loyal Diaz
supporters are inclined to look upon
General Reyes as the one man in Mexico
strong enough to take the reinS of gov
ernment and bring. order out OF chaos.
II this is true. Mexico is in for further
period of bloodshed. for 1t is certain thai
the rebel leaders will not recognize Reyes
unless he Is strong enough TO beat them
In The field.
Stay in Havana Uncertain.
General Reyes has been stopping in
Havana and nobody here knows when he
Is, TO come to the Mexican capital II at
all within the next few weeks. De la
the important post OF minister of war
was TO give 10 the Reyista faction some
voice in the new government being
formed in which the Diaz and Madero
parties now have all the power. A new
name suggested for the war portfolio Is
that OF General Eugenio Rascon. In COM
mand of the soldiery Of the capitol.
One rumor has IL that General REYES
and Felix Diaz. nephew of Porllrio Diaz
are plotting TO put themselves in power
The difficulty OF transmitting the news
OF the Diaz-Madero general armlStice to
the outlying rebel bands, or the unwill-
ingness of the rebel leaders to stop fight
ing. is Shown by the news which keeps
coming into the capital concerning rebel
successes.
From Hidalgo comes the information
that 600 state auxiliary soldiers have
and plenty of ammunition. and that Pa
chuca is at the mercy Of the insurrectos.
Federal sappers have been ordered TO
dynamite the railroad bridges between
Pachuca and the capital.
In Tehuacan. state OF Pueba. rebel
bands have been looting, despite the fact
that ,ast week the town surrendered
without resistance to the insurrectos.
Figueroa May Consent to Peace.
Regarding the conditions in Morelos
and Guerrero. where General t'isueroa Is
in command. revolutionary leaders here
all say that Figueroa will undoubtedly
stand by the agreement made by Madero.
The announcement that Figueroa would
keep on gradually toward Mexico City
came these insurreco sympathizers state.
before he had received news OF Diaz's
determination 10 resign.
San Miguel de Allende, in Guanajuato,
has been attacked by rebels. who burned
the municipal building. robbed a number
OF stores and freed most Of the prisoners
in the place, The police went over TO
therebels and the treasury was looted,
The citizens are excited today over the
rebel bandits about the suburbs. One
hundred and fifty soldiers were rushed by
electric cars at midnight TO Xochimilco.
a suburb six miles distant. when the
authorities of that town reported that
large band Of rebels was threatening an
attack and had demanded the towns
surrender.
Reinforcements of 600 rurales have
been sent 10 the village OF Chalcoa,