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Friday Evening,
April 21, 1911 12 Page
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ebel Leader Has Visit From His Wife; Also Prom Mrs.
HughesShells Taken luto Camp for Cannon In-
surrectos Move Closer. to C. Juarez.
"Ridiculous," said Francisco Made re, when gfaoivB the Associated Press
Tyashingtoa dispatch auetlng Dr. Games as saying that there sheHld be as
armistice until peace terms ceuld be arranged. "Why this waiting so Iangf
Madero asked. Then suddenly he said: "If they will sire hs JHares we
will Trait three or fur weeks." He tHrned to his brother, Raoul Madero,
aad to Guiscppl Garibaldi, sse of his chief lieutenants, aad showed then
the dispatch. They laughed at It. Madero was at the time discussing mat
ters regarding the fortifications of Juarez with his aides.
VISIT FKOM MRS. MADERO.
Mrs. Fraaclsce T. Madero crossed from El Pas to Mexico this afteraooa
to meet meet her husband, the insurrecte chieftain and commander of. the
rebel army. She arrived la El Pm this morning from San Antonio aad shortly
after 2 deck this af ternaen, crossed -the footbridge between the 1 Paso
smelter aad the El Paso brick yard, aad grot over the Rio Grande. Proceeding
west, she met her husband ia a small adobe hoasc eight or tea feet from the
"Xcrr Mexico Hue, la Mexico. Madera aad his staff walked from their camp la
the mountains to the meeting place. Husband aad wife had aot met for several
months and the reunion waK very teach lag. ,.
MRS. HUGHES GETS CREIGHTON'S SWORD.
XMiriag Friday morning, Mrs. Ernest Hughes, of EI Paso, was a
caller ix the camp, aad Madero dropped the flghtlng plaas long eacagh to
receive his caller -iery graeloHsIy. lie delivered to Mrs. Hughes the sword
aad pistol of Oscar G. Crcightea, the American, adventerer -who was killed
ia the Maderfcta raaks la battle near Jaarcz last -week. The provisional
president spake feelingly of the ysnng American. He Invited Mrs. HHghes
aad her escort to remaia in camp for laach, which was served oa a box,
with a clean white tablecloth over it.
SHELLS FOR REBEL CAXXON.
Shells for the cannon that the iasarrectos have stationed ia the hills
arc being smuggled across the river and into the camp of the insarrectes.
The shells were made in a machine shep in El Paso,-arad -were taken across
the river lastr-night. Ammunition is also beiag smuggled across whenever
possible.
The insarrectes began moving eat af the hills from the saain camp in the
mountain passes west of the smelter aad dews onto the flat bet-ween the river
aad the ' foothills about 21 ocloefc this morning.
The oatposts to the so nth east toward Juarez aad . opposite the Globe
mills -were moving back, apparently ta jeia the troops coming oat of tbe hills,
as If they were assuming their actaal battle pecitlens.
COVFEREXCE OF WAR.
A conference af -war was held ia Madera's camp Friday morning, attended"
by all e the chiefs. Maps and plaas of battle were submitted by the board
ef strategy and. discussed, at length by the commanders and by Madero him
self. The conference was still 1& progress at 11 a. m.
There -was considerable activity and "mllHag, as the cowboys say, among
the lnsurrectos after 11 deck.
Early in. tbe day, the insarreetas spent their time lazily lolling about camp
er ea the -water's edge down near the iaternatieasl line, -where they made their
toilets, washed their clothes, bathed their limbs aad watered their tired ani
mals. Mast af those dawn at the rlTer were rather poor looking specimens
of soldier material, aaasaally so, even, far men. of. their type. All carried
plenty ef cartridges aad were armed. A baad ef American adventnrcrs who
arc -with the iaaurrect&s, came down abeat $ oclack to the river at a point jnst
north af the eonnty hospital. They were at that time with the command near
est Juarez.
The saloons were closed in Jaarez at 12 o'clock, aad the greater nam
her af stores -were closed and the wl ndows barricaded. The kcae games
were stopped Tharsday night.
Washington, 3D. G. April 21. The ultimatum issued
at .El Paso yesterday by Praneisco I. Madero, leader
and provisional president of the Mexican insurrectos to
the -effect that he would attack Juarez today unless he
was assured that Diaz would resign was formally com
municated by Dr. Yasquez Gomez to the Mexican govern
ment. Gomez was not optimistic as to a favorable re
sponse. He is said to be of the opinion that, while the re
tirement of Diaz is an ultimate neeessiy for the complete
restoration of tranquility in the republic, a state of an
archy and lawlessness would be likely to follow any an
nouncement or assurances that Diaz would abdicate the
presidency.
it is said that Gomez believes an, assurance that
president Diaz would resign should be given only after
all other conditions of peace are arranged, which he
thinks would occupy at least a month, during which time
the country would be returniing to its normal condition.
Cenfaslon as te the interpretation of an armistice is believed by Dr.
Gomez, who Is head of the confidential agency of the Mexican revolution
ists, to be responsible for the' hitch la the truce which had been partially
arranged with the Mexican gevernmen t, and which Madero yesterday re
jected. Gemex sent a long telegram to Madero today In which he pointed out
that it will be necessary not to confuse the armistice proposition with
the peace proposals whIch were to fell ow. He declared In this message that
neither side would gain or lose by a n armistice, tho primary conditions be
ig that the statu sue be Imposed upon nil military operations, which vtould
Include, of coarse, the shipment ef arms or In bringing up of reinforce
ments to the north ef Mexico. Jfeth lag which Gen. Madero yesterday said
was probably the Mexican government's idea in favoring the armistice.
Gomez ts said to have indicated to. the rebel chief the needlessncss of
an attack on Juarez new, in view of the fact that if there Is a disagree
ment in peace negotiations following the armistice, Madero still would
be in position te attack Juarez.
Washington, D. C, April '!. Ninety thousand citizens of the United
Stten petitioned congress today to withdraw United States troops from the
Mexican border. Three men iHgged the huge bundles of petitions to the
speaker's platform. They were submitted bj Victor Berger, Socialist memfcer
from Wisconsin, who said the names were from eHery state except Delaware,
every territory bHt Alaska.
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Final Peace Message Is Sent
Madero by G-omez and Is
Taken Out to Camp.
ARMIES READY
FOR THE FIGHT
Dr. Vasoue Gomez's last message
to FranclSco I. Madero, head of the
lnsurrectos, giving details for aa
armistice to which the federals are
willing to agree has"beea received. It
was delayed somewhere after it was
filed In "Washington by Dr.fGomex.
Gonzales Garza, secretary of the El
Paso junta, rccei-ved the message this
afternoon, and ha gone to Madero's
camp with it.
The armies of Madero and Diaz are
marking time. Inside the heavily for
tified town are 750 loyal soldiers ef
Diaz waiting for the attack. OHtsIde,
Madera aad his army are waiting for
president. .Pja-B-fo wrwd:.srdthst--he Is-
willing to resign or- at least to give
JHBrex to them. This, 'they declare, is
the only thing that will prevent an at-
;tak on Juarez.
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Diaz to surrender the presidency," said
Madero yesterday to delegation that
visited his camp, to endeavor to briag
about an armistice. Today he said
there hadbeen no developments -to
-make hlra change his mind.
American army officers comment fa
vorably upon the completeness of the
Juarea fortifications. The federal
1 forces have several field guns and
three or four machine guns posted
effectively. Col. 31. Tamborel, Juarez
commander, says of the rebels s "They
are cowards and liars."
The rebel army surrounds Juarez on
the northwes't, west and soHthwest.
It is officially stated ia Juarez that
I Gen. Rabsgo is en route from Chlb.ua-
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llexico City, Mexico, April 21. President "Diar today ordered the re
lease of Edwin H. Blatt and Lawreace Converse, American boys arrstcd by
the federal troops and now Imprisoned la Juarez.
H. C. Converse, father of one of the American bojs, called at the palace
this morning, accompanied by one of staff of the American embassy and
made a plea in behalf of both prisoners. Gen. Diaz, after considering the
matter, directed that a letter be addressed to the authorities at Juarez order
ing the release of the twe bojs. This letter was glvea to the elder Con
verse, who will leave w 1th it knight for Jnarez.
The boys were arrested on February 22, below Juarer, on Texas sell
"and, brought to Mexico and ailed. They had been la the Insarrecto army
but were returning to El Paso when arrested.
This Is received here as being the president's definite expression of a
desire to conserve the friendly statu of the two republics; it is deemed
probable that his action today Is done with a ilew directly toward reducing
the tendency toward" border frlc tion.
hua with heavy artillery aad cavalry
to reiaforce the garrison. To this,
the rebel commanders say: "We are
not afraid of1 bugaboos. We will take
Juarss -when -we can. It the federals
then attack us .it willfce our business
to defend ourselves."
United States troops that have been
camped near Fort Bliss have moved
down to the city and are now camped
close to the border.
Madero declares today that .If the
federals will evacuate Juarez, he -will
talk armistice and peace, bHt he wants
a town for headquarters and he wants
some place to house his mea.
During the day the insurrectoi army
has moved closer towards the city of
Juarez, but at 3 oclock there is noth
ing to ladlcate preparations for an im
mediate attack. The lnsurrectos .are
still in the hills northwest of oldFort
Bliss.
The Mexican peace commissionetrs,
'who are here from Mexico City and
Chihuahua labeling to bring about an
armistice, appear very much disheart
ened ever the prospect.
,GLOBE WANTS TO
SEND 100 FIGHTERS
A telegram from Globe, Ariz., -was
sent to Madero' this afternoon offering
to send him 100 fighting: men at a
moment's notice. -The message was
fo. warded through Sr. Garza,
Berne, Switzerland, April 21. A Swiss arms manufactory at Neuhnusen
is now turning out a big order of modern arms for the Mexican government.
A Mexican army officer recently left accompanying -the first consignment
of rifles to 3Iexico.
'Several other Mexican officers have arrived at Neuhausen to watch over
the execution of the balance of the crd 'er.
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Quebec, Canada, April 21. Recruits
for the Mexican Insurrecto army are
being sought at Quebec by a 'Mexican
-who has aDuroached several membera
of the artillery and infantry corps here, j
His campaign Is conducted secretly and
his success i. not known.
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REBELS OCCUPY THE
TOWS' OF NACOZARI.
Nacozari, Son., Mex., April
21. Antonio Rojas with 250
rebels entered this town today.
The operations of the big
copper companies were.not in
terfered with.
Nacozarl is the southern ter
minus of the Nacozari railroad,
which has Its beginning at
Agua Prleta. - '
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Eagle Pass, Texas, April 21.
There are unofficial reports
that Mexican rebels attacked
Pirras, Cbahulla, yesterday,
and blew jip with, dynamite the
church In which the federals
had congregated. It Is said
many federals were killed. -
San Pedro. Coahulla, was
captured by rebels.
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De La Barra Says Mexican Government Has Not Re
ceived the Communication Officially and Knows
Only What It Has Seen in the Newspapers,
Generally Believed It Gets Little Atten
tion From Mexican Officials.
Mexico City, Mexico, April 21. The xefolstionaxY,
situation apparently is unchanged as far as the govern
ment is concerned, by the ultimatum of the rebel leader,
FranciscQ I. Madero, jr., who declared yesterday that he
would give president Diaz until 3 oclock this evening to
resign, and so avoid-the otherwise inevitable rebel attack
upon Juarezr later in the day.
Officially nothing is kne wl of this latest phose of the
situation and accordingly it isnot being seriously consid
ered by the executive andliis advisers.
Upon leaving the department of foreign affairs for
his customary daily consultation regarding routine af
fairs with the president "this evening, minister de la
Barra said the only knowledge he had of Madero Js prop
osition was what he had received from the newspapers.
He would not state his opinion relativeto the attitude of
the adininistration toward the same if it were officially
pressed.
In other circles it is believed that the, expiration of
the time limit named by Madero will find the adminis
tration unmoved from its oft declared! position of ignor
ing the demands for Diaz's resignation. The subject is
freely discussed in the streets and cafes and is given a
prominent place in the newspapers, but the Maderc
threat appears to be generally regarded as constituting
another incident and not a crisis.
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Douglas Ariz., April 21. At U o'clock this morula Col. Chiasm with
5o men left Agua Prleta eastward. ,
It is reported that there Is a rebel force at Cealaa Springs, 1 miles
east of here, but It is believed Chiapas hs ordered overland to Juarez.
The federal garrison today began strengthening the fortification of
the town.
They are bulldlag heavy adobe breastworks and ramnarts south and
east of the city.
LIARS AND COWARDS--TAMBOREL
TO REBELS
They say they are coming In t his afteraooa, but they are liars and
coward." Cl. M. Tamborql, commander of the Juarez garrison.
That Is the way the doughty little Jefe de armas in Juarez character
izes the besiegers in the hills of Juarez. He was busily engaged in super
intending the construction of the barricade across Lerdo avenue and. shewing
the soldiers how to stack the sacks of sand. Var is his. business and he
us carrying on his daily business as if there was not a rebel -within 10,
OOO miles of Juarez.
i PUBLIC OPINION CAN
LIMANTQUR SAYS SO;
NOT RULE IN MEXIO
Mexico City. Mex.. April 21.jIn. an
interview -with a newspaper 'corre
spondent in this city last night, minis
ter of finance Limantour spoke in part,
as follo-ws:
"You Americans should understand
ft senor Francisco I. Madero, the
leader of the rebellion, is a dreamer,
a stubborn man, a doctrinaire in poli
tics, a man who has acquired his
knowledge of mesj from booits and
libraries, wlfo is not in touch -with
the people, ho-wrever vell versed he
may be in the classics and Assyrian
antiquities.
"Wc understand that he is a vege
tarian, who will not eat the flesh upon
which mankind has subsisted for so
many thousands of-years, and that he
is a spiritualist, listening rather to the
voices which'no one eise can hear-than
paying attention to the lessons of Jiu-
NDS TROOP
MADERO DREAMER
mac experience-in the difficult art of
government.
"If, as many claim, senor Madero has
though concealed a patriotic sidi
to his character, now is the time for
him to show It before all men.
"Senor Madero says that the govern
ment of the United States is the great
est on earth and that he will not re"
content until he shall have enriched
his country with precisely the same
form of government, resting on the
same liberal Institutions and popular
rights.
"Public opinion may rule in the
United States, but-Jiere. if placed in
charge of affairs, anarchy would be
the result.
"Of course, we 'elder statesmen. as
they call us, may have got into a rut,
and the younger statesmen are right,
of cours, in prodding us. That is
their privilege and we do not com
plain. The future belongs to them.
But they should do their work of con
struction upon the liberal foundations
which their fathers .cemented with
their blood and not destroy them anl
convert our flourishing country into a
wilderness."