Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-11
LATEST NEWS OF THE MEXICAN
REVOLUTION.

MEXlCO CITY, May S.-Generai
Porfirio Diaz last night issued man
ifesto to the people of Mexico. ieclar-
ing his intention to resign the pres
doncy as soon as peace is rest )red.
In this manner Diaz virtually has
acceded to the demands of Francisco l..
Madero jr., leader of the insurectos,
tnat he make an announcement of
such intention. As to when peace
will be restored Diaz reserves the
right to be lhe judge. :, The words
of the manifesto t .vid he when his
conscience tells him he will not leave
his country in anarchy"
President Diaz said his determine
ton not to relinquish the presidency
love of power because, as he pointed
out, power at this time has no attrac
tion, accomanicd as it is by tremen-
dous responsibilities. He said he was
serve the best interests Of his country.
The president has made it clear that
he does not propose to abandon the
presidency while his country is at war
and not under compulsion.
President Diaz'. manifesto was made
public today, but will not be sent
officially to Judge Carbajal, the fed.
eral peace envoy, for formal trans
10 H..
The promise Of the president is
made to the people of Mexico and the
receipt by the revolutionists is to
be only incidental. 1t was at a cabi-
net meeting yesterday that General
Diaz announced to his ministers his
decision TO resign. For two hours and
half they discussed the terms of
the manifesto and at the conclusion
OF the meeting there remained moth
| ing TO do but secure its official pro-
mitigation.
Ell PASO, May 8.-Residents of
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, awoke today
to find they had been spared night
mare of real bullets which might have
resulted in one Of the deadliest at
tacks of the Mexican revolution.
Creeping along in the dark Of night
the insurrecto army, supposedly on
it's way south because it feared Amer
lean Intervention if it attacked Juarez
was about TO deliver blow at the
federal stronghold last night when
the dispatch from Mexico City stat
ing that President Diaz had announced
his intention to resign was carried Ia
the front. Like a governors pardon
to a victim on the gallows, the dis
patch changed the situation from one
of great gravity to one Of festivity
Ell PASO, Tex, May "a gen.
eral engagement between the revolu-
ticnary forces of General Francisco ]
Madero jr., the insurrector leader, ant
General Navarro at JuareZ is raging
today ander a burning sun and {
heavy fusillade of musketry and can
non has been kept up since A o'clocl
this morning when the general attacl
Of the rebels oegan. The entire rebe
army had broken camp during th'
night and up to noon today is rapid.
warming into town.
The prospects of a rebel success i
dependent on the ability of the fed
erals to use their twelve machin,
guns within the town. The insurrec
tos, so it is reported, had silence'
some of them, but it is reported, tn
verification is only in the fact that tn
federals are not shelling the insur
rectos as extensively in the last fe,
hours as they did early in the morn
J ing.
Bullets have been pouring into +
Iaso since the attack began but tn
American troops have Beer keepin
s;ghtseers three bio ks away from III
river front Mrs. Josefa Garcia an
. her young son in Fl Paso were struc
: by bullets fired by the combatant
! early today, the former receiving
: wound in her neck.
At 8 o'clock this morning Colont
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