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Show JPVES DIAZ NTIL TODAY I TO GET OUT I idero Proposes to Attack Juarez This Aft-fernoon Aft-fernoon Unless President Has Resigned Meantime; Outline of Mexican Note Dis-fpleases Dis-fpleases Washington; Veiled Intimation hFrom Taft May Be Threat of Intervention Interven-tion by United States. I LBELS SEIZING TOWNS IN' MANY PARTS OF THE REPUBLIC x , ; L ' Developments in Mexico i Situation in Washington y cMadero to attack ."Juarez this afternoon unless Diaz resigns the prcsi-'( prcsi-'( dency in meantime. President Taft decides to await text, of the reply of Mexico to his note regarding shooting of American citizens at Douplns before making comment. Outline of the Mexican note unsatisfactory, fcMinisUr De la Barra modifies his reply with reference to the cross-f, cross-f, inpr of the boundary by American officers, and requests JEmbas-k JEmbas-k sador Wilson to notify Washington. . 'Embassador Wilson asks the Mexican minister if he is expected to infer that the Mexican ecc-vernmont desires intervention by the $ United States, and Do la Barra replies in the negative. iDe la Barra reports to the chamber of deputies on the relations of S Mexico wii.i the United States, but his optimism does not impress I the members. KBebels capture Papasquiro in the state of Durango, and citizens of the J? capital of that, state expect rebels to capture it. ,'8ixt3' insurgents killed at Matamoras Izucar and ' many wounded. "Rebel hands cause of uneasiness in Vera Cruz. i 51 3E P PASO. Tex., April 20. Unless the srals make an attack on the rebel iV, Francisco I. Madcro says there be no assault on Juarez until after 'clock Friday afternoon. If by that St ho has not received assurances if Porfirlo Diaz that he will retire 'the presidency, Madero declares piihe Juarez fight -will take place at t Ul that the federals want is time to g up more reinforcements." he said iy, when asked If he would consider armistice. "I will give Diaz twenty-'. twenty-'. hours to resign," he said this after-a after-a when a delegation of El Pasoans Mexican citizens called upon him In Scamp In the hills near Juarez and id him to consider peace terms. The r assertion was not only a. reply to Svoluntecr peace commission, hut 7to Gonzales Garza, secretary general Jie revolutionary junta, who carried Iressagc from Dr. Gomez in Washlng-i&sklng Washlng-i&sklng for a delay In the attack. He JIt was his final reply to all attempts fccure peace: that Diaz must surren-tho surren-tho presidency. Jfe volunteer peace commissioners who SMed the provisional president and in-Sftecto in-Sftecto commander, went under per-oJRlon per-oJRlon of the federals and made the yRln two automobiles with whito flags. .""jyAssoclated Press correspondent was LJJthe camp when Madcro met them 5"r the conference Madcro dictated the &ij"itatement Dictated "by Madero. Cho peace commission came unof-fjp'ly unof-fjp'ly and asked under what terms I fjld make poace. 'kKsald I would agree, as I have al-"":Wy al-"":Wy said to Dr. Gomez, that in the rest of peace I would resign ns pro-onal pro-onal president of Mexico, but onlv consider that the will of the people tbeen satisfied; otherwise the revolu-JxslU revolu-JxslU continue, notwithstanding any to negotiations, :iknow all the people want the retire-it. retire-it. of President Diaz and no re-clec-p, For that purpose I will accept as Visional president anyone of the libers cf the present cabinet who will fja new eleet ion. b case this condition 5s agreed upon, want Juarez to be delivered to. us, When an armistice will be signed, K will wait until tomorrow evening War the result of the peace ncgotla-p, ncgotla-p, which are being directed by Dr. ftuez Gomez. If tomorrow night no fver comes, l will commence hostlll- (jr Parties in tho Conference. tie peace pilgrimage was made up of J Martinez of E Paso. Esquibel Obrc-;and Obrc-;and Oscar Uranift" of Mexico City, iking Independently, but for the fed-. fed-. government. Silvestro Terra zas of tiuahua. Ur. J. A. Samnniego of El p. Luis L. Samaniego of Juarez and lllano Enrique of Chihuahua. The rerencQ was attended by Madcro in ion. Coloiu'l Jose de la Luz Blanco, uenant Colonel Garibaldi. P.aoul Ma-). Ma-). and Frederic Gonzales Garza, pro-secretary pro-secretary of state and head of Mexican revolutionary junta In El o. arzi had not accompanied tlje volun- peace envoys, but had crossed the oot. near the El Paso smelter nad ridden to Madcro's headquar-ifon headquar-ifon a horse sent to the river by the arrectos. Jle had first talked across hTlver from American soil to Madero. ,"3uL1',c-", chieftain and several of staff officers rode down this m&rn-" m&rn-" t0 war- their horses and get 10k at Juarez through field glasses. jr 4 uive scsult of Their Mission. i fivrl t1,ie.8e,f'aPP,nle(I ),-nc'- commls-l commls-l SIL ,,,ld '"'turned to El Pn.so Felix 5 .V",, ,ou- ho following state-W, state-W, !J of their trip- i ;.?,1no1 ,wnnl the Presidency." Ma-5 Ma-5 r ,u, repeated frequently during t nami. V'S5, wea,". I'OBltlon, fam- i2 525 an.?l 0vt HCo for the cause S MHpI ;.Dhlz ?u.KhL nt t hesitate to i ffiv wC, ')0-,lti,) mat ho ha3 held gj .V1' J cars for the cause of his coun- 5 BUrLbnirf0l?rcJon- who- with Senor Os-W Os-W Wasl ?i,,hBd4 K0" from Mexico City! W g1EG" t0 t!,0"8uU with Dr. Vas-eaep Vas-eaep MnnJos,ardLn? JU,y Possibilities mramAm1 ?ki " belmlf of " federal ;tw MS3Lan,1l,l,SI'ec,1 10 fnnsmlt ""X mt at Atnvi eMf "BUeot to the pres-Kfonlv pres-Kfonlv ,lCX,c? CllJ'- They wore act- nLf ialU citizens bent upon iBr m i,. ful condition of arfalrs In MVe h vet'ZnU'y- U,ey lo,,i Madero. HUt e ,.nr,as:o l" -r,,ul " Obrogon Slay Vha wnfo,r?"e,- A wo want Is the bloodshed and destruction of 1 property. The Mexican government has granted all of the concessions you (Madero) (Ma-dero) have asked for and the moral victory, vic-tory, for which all big battles are fought, has already been won. Why cause further fur-ther suffering and misery among the peonle that are your people and my people?" peo-ple?" Oscar Branlff said: "I am President Diaz's best friend, but I am not speaking for him. but for myself my-self alone. I feel sure, personally, that President Diaz will arrange for an armistice." ar-mistice." Befers to Broken Promises. "But Diaz has made similar promises before and has failed to keep them," Madero Ma-dero broke in. "All I care for Is to get the bono of contention (Diaz) out of the way. Then let the Mexican nation rule Its affairs. T have said before that I do not want anything. I will do anything, go anywhere, any-where, so long as this end Is accomplished. accom-plished. That Is all I ask." Felix Martinez, speaking as an American Ameri-can citizen Interested in the peace and prosperity of Mexico, said: "As an American citizen my only purpose pur-pose Is the welfare of Mexico, from which my country would got the benefit. bene-fit. You have heen fighting for a principle. prin-ciple. That prlnclplo has been gained. All the questions have been answered. If bloodshed can bo stopped It should be done in the name of liberty and humanity. hu-manity. "The government might be prevailed on to let you have Juarez and settle the details later." "You must all agree that it Is time for Diaz to do some sacrificing on his own account and step out," Madero said at the conclusion of Mr Martinez's speech. Americans crowded along the river northwest of El Paso today and conversed con-versed with the insurreclos. Many In-surrectos, In-surrectos, especially Americans, sfipped over the line to El Paso for baths and food. Ammunition Intorcopted. Insurreutos were caught today in an attempt to smuggle 2i;,000 rounds of ammunition am-munition across the river east of El Paso and United States troops took possession. The thirteen men participating escaped General Juan J. Navarro, commanding Juarez, persists In the declaration that he has received no demand for the surrender sur-render of the town and says he Is ready to defend it. Americans are still permitted to cross and recross the border, but suspicious Mexicans are detained. The town is closed tonight and civilians are kept off the streets. Rurales patrol the outskirts and soldiers are held in readiness to respond re-spond at the slightest alarm. Madcro's army surrounds Juarez. The main command Is In the mountains toward Rancho Flores, almost due west of Juarez. Garibaldi's command of more than 200 Is northwest of Juarez, where the Insur-recto Insur-recto artillery In mounted and where the Insurrecto chieftain and his lieutenants have been meeting during the day. nauche Is now occupied by troops that arrived from the south last night. In case of an attack the only danger to El Paso from bullets will bo from the men at Bauche If they should attack from the southwest. The insurrecto cannon will fire parallel with the Rio Grande past El Paso Into Juarez. Jiciuses to surrender. Unless he receives orders from Mexico City to the contrary. General Juan Navarro has no intention of surrendering surrender-ing Juarez to tho insurreclos. This was made plain tonight hi his reply to the demand of Francisco Madero. forwarded bv American Consul T. D. Edwards to Gonzales Garza, secretary general of the insurrectos In El Paso. Garza sent the nolo to Madero tonight by special messenger. mes-senger. The letter follows: "Juarez. Mexico, Arpll 20, 1011. "Ser.or Gonzales Garza. El Paso. Tex. In reply to your note dated yesterday, in which you ask mo In the namo of the citizen, Francisco I. Madero. for the evacuation of this city, I have the honor to Inform you that It is Impossible for me to grnnt your demands, because I have not the authority to do so. "I extend to you my consideration In I the name of liberty nnd the constitution. constitu-tion. JUAN J. NAVARRO. ''Brigadier General," The appearance of Pascual Orozco In El Paso tonight almost created a riot and police reserves and a squadron of cavalry had to be called out to prevent tho rebel general from being overwhelmed by admirers. ad-mirers. Orozco had no nrins and was not molested by army officers. Orozco's Identity was discovered while dining In a local rcHtauraut. 11 became known Into tonight that Continued on Page Two. I GIVES DIAZ NO TIME TO REINFORCE JUAREZ j Continued rrom Pago One. IOroTCo liold ;i conference with Gonzales C-irzii while hero. This led Jo speculation specula-tion lit! to whetliKi" he represented Mndero it Ik iihitnt lo brenlc awy nnd Join th peare advocates, The most nnthorltntlvc opinion Inclines to the belief thai he rep-renrcsented rep-renrcsented Mndero. as he and Gnrza have been in ihorough accord through- Mfnm president is patient. BMBwl Mr. Taft Awnltfnp Full Text of Mexico's HnjHjl Reply Before Malllnfl Comment, 9ftfiil WASHINGTON". April 20 A detailed K29mh report of the incidents nlnns the Amcrl-KBffi Amcrl-KBffi border In oonneillon with the. battle aKflW of Acua Prlela. Me.vico. was lomiesicrl KWH by tiu war department today from Colo-1 MMM nel Shnnk of thr deparLniept of Colorado. fUUflR wh was In command nt Douglas. Ariz., lilHIu whi-n the bailie was fought. 'wBBH 11 'H helieved the Kovernmcni hero, will :KHn make a thorough fnveslicatlon of the JMHffl events at Douclas. so as to be prepared IHHM Io nnswer various ohnrces as to details llBHW supposed to be contained In the Mexican IbuUm reply to the American Rovernment's pru- 'IRU testations. UmBM The state department today, in com- HHH nieniinp: on (he summary of the Mex-Iean AijB reply, which hail been received through WfQH American Embassador Wilson at .Mexico lB City, declared that "II la inferred from HhH the embassy's telegram that there Is WjfHH some discrepancy between the nows BBhD which had reached the two capitals as HQR to various particulars connected with the MHfB Douglas . Incident." wjflMH Coincident with the wnr department's 1 action was the announcement, from the White house that the president was Inclined In-clined to uwalt the receipt of a full copy of the Mexican reply beforo mawlnpr any comment. The president's advice today was to be patient and to accept, the situation In a tolerant spirit. "Wo have promised the president our hearty support." said ReproKcnlativo Sulzer of New York, chairman of the house commit loo on foreign nlfalrs. fol-IowIiik fol-IowIiik a conference between his sni-commlttee. sni-commlttee. Secretary of State Knox and the president. ILmbasnador de Zamacona declared today to-day that the Mexican government's reply iu tho l-nltcd States would be found lo be friendly In form and ussonce. In the midst of today's discussion over the situation crowlnc out of the Douglas. Ariz.. Incident. Die possibility of a repetition repeti-tion of such events nt Rl Taso 1 .. opposite Juarez. Mexico, created futthei ""Dr.' vnsnuer. Gomez, head of tho confidential confi-dential agency of the revolutionists, who was eocninanl of the way the pendulum swunc in Mexican affairs hero todsiy. in several messages counseled General Mndero. Mn-dero. the Insurrecto chief, to be cautious, pointing out the already crave situation between the l'nited States and Mexico and tho necessity for a continuance of friendly relntlons between the two countries. coun-tries. Dr Gomez, besides his attempt to thwart tho attack o;i Juarez, is believed to have sent additional Information to his chief concerning armistice propooals. |