Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-05-27
MEXICAN AGREEMENT Signed
AND HOSTlLITIES HAVE
STOPPED AT LAST.
Document Signed Near Juarez, Sunday
Iight-Small Crowd Present Shouted
Viva La Paz''-Pres. Diaz and Vice
Corral viii Resign-Summary of
Agreement Is Given Below

Juarez, Mexico, May 21-Ohicially |
designated representatives Of the Mex
lean government and the revolutionists
at 10 O'Clock tonight signed a peace
agreement at the customs house here
intended to end the hostilities which
have been waged in Mexico for The last
six months.
Though covering only the principal
points which have been negotiated
thus far it practically records the con-
cession by the government of those de-
mands which initiated on November 20
last, armed revolution in Mexico.
The actual signing of the agreement
took place under most extraordinary
circumstances tonight on the steps of
the custom house. When the peace
commissioners arrived they found the
door of the custom house locked and
no one there to let them in. Accord
ingly they grouped on the steps of the
building, and while newspaper men held
matches, fountain pens were produced
and the document signed. Four auto
mobiles turned their searchlights on the
scene, and when the signatures were
affixed the commissioners of both sides
embraced joyfully, while a small crowd
that had collected shouted "Viva la
PazlO
kilograms announcing the signing of
the agreement were dispatched through
out Mexico to revolutionary and fed
eral leaders alike. Constitutional re-
strictions prevented the inclusion in
the peace agreement of the fact that
the rebels will be permitted to sug-
gest to various state legislatures the
names of provisional governors, and
likewise the fact that six of the eight
members of the new cabinet have been
chosen by the revolutionists, but the
agreement records that President Diaz
and Vice President Corral will resign,
and that the government is to concen-
trate its attention on desired reforms.
In Histroic Room.
In the same room where President
Taft and President Diaz met in inter
national handshaking two years ago,
peace was formally declared.
Judge Carabajal represented the fed
eral government, and DR.. Vasquez
Gomez, Francisco Madero Sr. and
Senior Pine Suarez acted for the revolu-
tionists. The agreement follows:
The Agreement.
Gin the city of Juarez, on the 21st
day of May, 1911, at the customs house,
Senior Don Francisco S. Carabajal, rep
resenting the government of General
Porfrio Diaz; DIR. Francisco Vasquez
Gomez, Don Francisco Madero and Don
Jose Maria Pine Saurez, as the rep
resentatives of the revolutionary forces,
having gathered to treat about the
method of effecting a cessation of his
tilities in the entire national territory,
and considering:
First, That Senior General Porfrio
Dias has manifested his resolution of
resigning the presidence of the repub-
lie before the end of this month, and
''Second, That bona fide news is at
hand Senior Ramon Corral will resigns
the vice presidency of the republic
within the same period, and
''Third, That blythe administration of
law Senior Francisco Leon de la Barra,
at present Minister of foreign relations
of the government of Senior General
Diaz, will assume for the interim the
power of the executive of the nation
and will call the general elections ac-
cording to the terms of the constitu
ton, and
Fourth, That the new government
will study the conditions of public
opinion in the actuality to satisfy these
conditions with the provisions of the
constitution, and will come to an
agreement conducive to indemnifying
the losses directly caused by the revo-
luton; therefore, the two parties rep
resented in this conference, in view
of the previous considerations, have
agreed to the following:
Hostilities To Cease.
''From today on, hostilities that have
existed in the entire national territory
of the republic shall cease between the
forces of the government and those
of the revolution, these forces to be
dismissed in proportion as in each state
the necessary steps are taken to re-
establish and guarantee tranquility
and public order.
'Transitory provision:
GAS soon as possible the reconstruc-
9 tion or repair of telegraph and railway
lines hitherto interrupted shall be be-
gun.
"Agreed and signed in duplicate by
SENIOR DON F. S. CARABAJAL.
S DON FRANCISCO VASQUEZ GOMEZ.
2 DON FRANCISCO MADERO.
/ DON JOSE MARIE PINO SUAREZ. -
r Madero Is Won over.
The agreement was signed after
three days of indeeision, Francisco 1.
Madero Jr., leader of the revolution,
- a.,