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Show I INSURRECTOS I ACTIVE IN I . COAHIA I STATE j H I EL PASO, Tor., May 1. Co- i Incident with tlio arrival at tho -f-1 Madoro camp today of advices HI from Insurrecto leadors telling H of rebel activity Rt various 4-H 4-H points in the stato of Co&huila, HI particularly near Montoroy, Hl -4- appcalB -were received by Fran- H clsco I. Madero, Jr, from citi- H -f zena of. Monterey for an exten- H 4- alon of tho armistice- zone lo 4-H 4-H 4- that region. I' T H I j General Madoro aaid ho -would await R ppectfic information from his chiefs no H to the position of tholr forces 'before m i making any dcclBion. His advices H read: H i "Railway at Gomez Paloico, Colo- H nioa, Laredo and. San Paco in handa H i of revolutionists. Hard righting is on. H "The peace commissioners appoint- H od. Thnrsday Oiw thousand rebels are H longaging 600 foderals. Much damage Hi ' to property. H "Pablo de la Sanchez took 300 mon H from Sabinaa Hidalgo in the state of B ' i(Nuevo Leon and is marching on Mon- H toTey." H The peace commissioners appointed H by the revolutionists were in confer-H confer-H eoca for several hours today with the H political leaders of the insurrection, HI I tho program to bo presented to the H J federal peace nvoy, Senor Carabajal H (being the Bubjoct of discussion. Senor H Carabajal was expected to airivo to-H to-H sight, bat failed to do so. H Rebels Change Their Program. H I It is understood that soveral changes H (-were made today in the revolutionists' H-, program drafted yesterday. The ques-H ques-H Hon of method in tDo selection of pro-Hi pro-Hi visional governors for various states H occupied much of the day. The exact H number of states in which the revolu Hi ' ttonlnte will demand the right to name H' governors has not been agreed upon. H iThoy will mako It plain, however, to HM the federal peace commissioners that H they do not wish to place in power H Jjnen who havo taken an active part H ' , in tho revolution They are said to H favor capable men who are in sym-H sym-H I pathy with tho political principles of Hi tho insurgents and at tho same time H" popular enough to tranquil lzo their : " states. H I Tho insuirectOB wish to submit H three names for each governorship in H , the states in which the peace agree-H agree-H ment shall allow thorn, to name these Hi officials, the legislature being permits' permit-s' ted to choose any one. The rebels will insist, however, on one radical HI change from the procedure hitherto H , I followed in the appointment of goyor-H goyor-H nors. The candidates subraitted or H ' ' the men chosen must be natives or I i 1 l long time residents of the state in I which they are candidates, and on the I expiration of tholr terms n freeifelec-I freeifelec-I tlon shall be held. In some states the I election would occur at an early date, I I while in other cases an election would I not be held for several months. .The H revolutionists believe such men shall H j, bo chosen as provisional governors H who have sufficient strength to paclfl-H paclfl-H cato the people at the present time. H La Barra Is Choice for President. H i j After the selection of provisional H governors shall have been made and I the doctoral laws revised according j to the insurgent program, a general I i ' election shall be called to choose a I president, Tho exact time of Prosi. I dent Diaz resignation has been avold-I avold-I ed in tho present plans chiefly be-I be-I i cause the revolutionists believe ho I ; will resign after peace is rcstorod. It is agreed, howevor. that the Beleotlon Mj of a provisional president for the in- ' "I terim will not affect the putting into H fc operation of reforms in the separate Ijj states. Senor de la Barra, minister Hjj ! of foreign affairs, is the professed fa-I fa-I vorito of the revolutionists for pro-I pro-I 'v -visional president, H, ' A complete change of political ad- ( ministration is desired by the revolu- tionists is the program now being drafted, and there is good ground to believe the federal government has already given assurance of the ac-H ac-H ceptabillty of some of the relel de- mands. Senor Obrogon and Braniff, I j , tne federal go-betweens, woro busy I ' ' ; today conferring with some of the I ' i Madero family. Many concessions 1B are said to ho contained in the federal I Government's plan for ending tho revo- ' lutjon, whicii gives the revolutionists ondouragement In pressing strongly for their principal demands. |