The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-05-26
PEACE AGREEMENT
SIGNED At JUAREz
Mexican ReyoIutionists Win in
All Points.
TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT.
Important Concessions Also Not
Written Down--Custom-hou at
Juarez is the Scene OF
Another Notable Event

Juarez, Mex. Officially designated
representatives of the Mexican gov
eminent and the reyolutionists at 10
O'Clock Sunday signed a peace agree
ment at the custom house here in
tended to end the hostilities that have
been waged in Mexico for the last
six months.
Though covering only the principal
points negotiated thus far, the agree
ment practically records the conces-
sions by the government of those de-
mands which started on November
20, the last armed revolution in Mex
leo. kilograms announcing the sign
ing OF the agreement were dispatched
throughout Mexico to revolutionary
and federal leaders alike.
Constitutional restrictions prevent
ed the inclusion in the agreement of
the fact that revolutionists will be
permitted to suggest 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 reyo-
lutionists, but the agreement records
that President Diaz and Vice-Presi-
dent Corral will resign and that the
government is to concentrate it's at
tention on desired reforms.
Judge Carbajal represented the
federal government and DR.. vasouez
Gomez, Francisco I. Madero and
Senior Pine Suarez acted for the revo-
lutionfsts. The agreement follows:
I'm the city of Juarez, on the
twenty-first day of May, 1911, in the
customs house, Senior Don Francisco
5. Carbajal, representing the govern
ment of Gen. Porfirio Diaz; Dr..
Francisco Vasquez Gomez, Don Fran
cisco |. Madero and Don Jose Maria
Pine Suarez, as the representatives of
the revolutionary forces, having gath
cred to treat about the method of eff
fecting cessation of hostilities in
the entire national territory; and
considering:
i That Senior General Porfirio
Dfaz has manifested his resolution of
resigning the presidency of the re-
public before the end of the present
month, and
q. That bona fide news is at hand
that Ramon Corral will resign the
vice presidency of the republic with
in the same period, and
3. That by the 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 according to the terms of
the constitution, and
-. That the national government
Will study the conditions of public
opinion to satisfy these conditions
with the provisions of the constitu-
ton and will come to an agreement
conducive to indemnifying the losses
directly caused by the revolution:
therefore, the two parties represented
In this conference, in view of the
previous considerations, have agreed
to formulate the following agree
ment:
From today on, hostilities which
have existed in -ne entire national
territory of tie republic shall cease
between the forces of the government
and those OF the revolution, these
shall be dismissed in proportion as in
each state the necessary steps are
taken to re-establish and guarantee
tranquility and public order.
"Transitory provisions:
AS soon as possible the recon
struction or repair of telegraph and
railway lines hitherto interrupted
shall be begun.
Agreed and signed in duplicate
by
Senior Don Francisco S. Carbajal,
Don Francisco Vasquez Gomez,
Don Francisco Madero,
Don Jose Maria Pine Suarez."