The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-24
ARMISTICE EFFECTED AND DIAZ
 LIBERALITY PROVES SURPRISE
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 nawn of anew era he bids fair to be- come useful citizen. For three years Villa haunted the mountain passes for bullion trains descended on lonely haciendas for food, clothing or horses Then came the revolt and with his 2S men he joined. me pasture was rich for a bandit and after two months Of being good, Don Pancho, in moment Of exhiiiration, burned two grocery stores, drove a station rent from Padernales and generally let off steam. Pascual Orozco, the rebel chief, order ed his arrest, but could not catch him and the federal government placed d price of s2000 on his head
 Madero Peace Maker
 Then Madero came into the field and placated Don Pancho. He put ambition into the soul of the robbers and the lat ter began a recruiting campaign which presently gave him 300 men. He was no longer Villa the bandit. but Col. Don Francisco Villa, on service in the cause of liberty. One night at Bustillos he made a speech. With the stars gleaming on the lmitless brown mesa and the dim mountains in the background, Villa said: ::
 Tn Chihuahua they call me bandit They are wrong. The chiefs ip Chihuahua are the real robbers.
 Il am. d SentleIndn - compared With them. Compared with that outfit never knew the rudiments of robbery. With honest men in office there will be no bandits in Mexico" So Don Pancho-Pancho being short for Francisco-was highly pleased today and as an evidence of his new found re- srectabilty submitted for the first time in his life to having his photograph taken He is a big man physically, with the fiercest eyes in the world. It is not tealthful for bandit to have his photo- graph scattered about, but for a colonel fin righteous cause-that is very L..- ferent Finance Minister Limantour and For eign Minister De La Barra are under stood to be handling the government end or the negotiations at the City of Mexico. Late this afternoon, presumably in reply to the telegram sent by General Madero, long message was received in camp.
 General Madero has begun house. keeping in little adobe hut near brick yard and there he and his wife had their luncheon today on box cov- cred with a white table cloth few minutes after the signing of the armis- tice
 Madero said his friends and others who are engaged in the peace negotia- tions would continue their efforts to
 
 cedent to disbanding the insurrecto army, if an agreement is reached
 All those interesting themselves in the peace plans are jubilant tonight The father of the insurrecto leadef. Messrs. Obregron and Branif, unofff- cial representatives from President Dixz and others interested in peace appekr to believe that basis has been reacb- cd on which there can be a settlement.
 It Is said one of the conditions kof the disbandment of the insurrectos vAlj be that they be allowed to retain thelr arms; that 1t is not to be a surrendAr but merely a disbandment Madero \, to make the men speech, farewell address, and they are to all get up and ride off to their work and their homds to await the return of properity that all confidently expect is to come to Mex leo following the agreement that un- doubtedly will be reached within the next few days.
 Mexico City, April 23.-That the prJ- 5ected armistice was the subject of a1i- other conference today between certain of the cabinet ministers and the chief executive and that there has been Ia further examining of telegraphic conn munications on the subject between Mexico City and Washington was as far ns an official of the administration would go tonight
 Ministers De La Barra and Liman-