El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-27

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peace proposals or conferences are IN
J true"
Would you meet the federal peace
commission if they would come here?'
Yes. I am willing to meet them"
IF the peace plans fail, will you
take Juarez as an alternatlveT
I have no plans for taking Juarez-
1 am here to see what the govern
ment has to offer. Should an attack
come from JuareZ I would resist 1
sent no peace plans by Gen BlancO.
This is positively the first time l
| have considered peace seriously II
the government wishes to talk peace
/ will talk-if it wishes to fight, 7
will fight Cleaning back in mis-
straight chair he rolled a hand made
cigaret, giving Harrel paper and Of
fering me his tObacco.)
How many men have you here?
4 have 300 with me here at Guada-
lupe but can summon 1000 in quick
order if necessary"
Where is OrozcO?"
I do not care to say"
MuderO's Resignation?
viii you ask for Madero's resigna-
tion?"
Il have not yet decided"
What viii be your peace terms?"
I have made no declarations and
: formed no peace plan"
Right there I was an applicant for
I the "in-b bad" club, with my next
question which was: Had you heard
that David de Ia Fuente had taken Pa
IOmas?7
4 took PaIomas. not De la Fuente."
the commander fairly groWled. I do
not know whether De Ia Fuente is
. coming to Juarez or not but I do ex
pect him here by way of Bauehe in
a day or two" he said in a milder
tone
do you know where Emilio vas
quez Gomez is?"
No
SaIazar Reads the Note.
Just then Tony Rojas. second in
command, came into SaIazar's head
quarters with the message from Cent
ceros- Salazar looked at Rojas out Of
the tan Of his eyes and doomed:
Dame el papel," meaning that he
wanted the paper I had brought from
Ceniceros and had given to Rojas
rather than Salazar- He read it
slowly and arose, saying that if we
would take him to the line he would
confer with CenicerOs. We were de-
lighted assured him in my best
kitchen Spanish We left his quarters
TO mis- bodyguard, who stood when he
did and removed their high crowned
hats when he passed through the low
door with a stOOp.
Outside in the adobe lined street,
Where all OF the rebels were 1Oungins,
l got a glimpse at Salazar, the man.
He walked across the street before
getting into the automobile called to
high hated Mexican wearing 4
screaming red sweater and a pair If
leather chaps and asked him for his
III this time The Mexican sheepishly
drew out a little 30 caliber. SaIazar
almost threw it ar him
Salazar Comes to Border.
Muy chlchlto; he growled as he
! reached for big As blue steel gun
on the hip Of another rebel He was
taking no chances and he did not
know but what We were in on
scheme to kidnap him, carry him across
Ine line and hand him over to the
United States soldiers at Fabens. This
was the meaning of the blue steel
pistol and 1 knew that If anything
happened, was due for a bunch CT
trouble Salazar rode in the back
seat with me- and Bentoncourt rode in
the front seat with red haired Raw
Harrell while SaIazar's secretary
dressed in denim Overalls and a weeks
growth of beard, rode in one of the
little seats on the side of the car.
On the way from Guadalupe TO the
line, Salazar was as communicative
as corpse l yentured the remark
that he was getting stout not to
say fat Gin my best Spanish.) He
showed his teeth and said Isl seubrr
like a regular person
Encouraged, I asked him of his
plan adding that Madero had the plan
OF San Luis Potosi; Gomez the one of
some other town in Mexico that
could neither spell nor pronounce. His
answer was 70 no say" which I could
TAKE either way, English or Spanish.
ne also told me that with him were
Nhd3lInO CaSulo. MaderO's old body
guard during the Maderista revOIu-
tlon, and reported by the federals as
hlIIed at Ojinaga when Orozco sr-.
was captured; Rogue Gomez, resurrect-
"a from the reported dead, and DemetrfO
EOhce- KID POrras and Careveo were
encamped nearby, just where. he did
nut are 70 say Tor strategic reasons.
says MaderO Asked For Peace.
An unusually rough bumD in the
road Jared the rebel general loose
from a bit of information that made
tlls peace plan business official He
admitted that MaderO had sent him a
telegram from Mexico Citv asking
MIN to await the arrival of a Deacs
commission and for him to please
near what the government had to Of
Ter before attacking Juarez or re-
suLlllhs operations in the field. This
ffIessage he said, had come through
from the Mexican consul in Ell Paso
9hd was the one that a messenger had
ueIIVered on Friday afternoon Sala-
car also said that while the truce
tfTS, 1nen IN effect and would con-
Iinue until Wednesday night he did
not wish to meet the commission he
lore ednesday morning This was
later explained by the fact that he was
eApSCUng David de Ia Fuente Sunday
or MONDAY and he wished him to be
present at this conference. He also
added that the request had been for
d SonIerence Monday but it had been
UeAerreo until Wednesday
Another Pence Party.
arriving at the bend in the road near
the line, 1 went ahead of the car 10
De sure that Salazar would not cross
tne nne, having in mind that big
SIX shooter in his hip pocket. The
car then proceeded to the line and
SaIazar was met amid much en-
oraclng and patting of backs by Cent
ceros and Estrada, all of which was re-
celNed without demonstration by Sala-
Ear. While they conferred in Spanish
under tree, Harre1 hustled ME to
FaDenss 10 miles away, and telephOned
In to the office and hurried back for
more talk with the rebel leader. As
We returned, a big automobile crossed
the river containing Francisco Ter
razas. a lawyer of Chihuahua; Jesus
CorderO, Enrique Cardona and Rafael
HorcaSitaS, who were going to see Sal
azar. They followed our car and. when
We reached the line, they all embraced
SalaZar. The newcomers took Salazar
off to one side in pairs and held wills
pered conferences with him as If they
did not wish the others to hear I
saw Cardona slip Salazar something.
which very much resembled a fat wad
of bills and which Salazar showed
into his off hip pocket They all drank
toast to the revolution. which was
DrODOsed nv SalaZar and drunk ore