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Show DE LA BARRA TO HEAD NEW DIAZJCABIHET General Reyes LiKely to Become New Minister . of War. WASHINGTON", March t7. Francis Z L Baxra, Mexican embassador to Mm Coitad 0Ufw nu been named nhustajr of oreijra relations of the Mas can eabinet " by President Dins. Bono De La Barm telegTapned hit iMsptanca to Mexico City. I nun ed lately after' telcraphine- his Aeamtan, Seaor De La Barra went to , the White Boaee and informed Preni deni Taft. The president expreaeed plansnre) at the ambassador' appoint ssemt and congratulated him warmly. ftsnor De La Barra also eailed upon cWratarr of State Knox and informed , him of tne appointment. Mr. Knox congratulated con-gratulated tha mbaaaador and bade him fod speed. Tha new aunts ter of forein relations is making the announcement to tha As-oeiated As-oeiated Proa of hi ppointment aaid ha did not know what bar aay other same-sr of tha new cabinet had baas decided apoa. Probably War lOniatar. ' AHbong-h no one ha rat boon select-"""ed select-"""ed by th ffovernment to take th place f Qeneral Manual Oouaiaa Cosio aa minister of war, there is a (Trowing belief be-lief that General Bernardo Reyes ultimata! ulti-mata! y will oectrpy that post in th new cabinet. der. However It la likely that they will attempt to confer with the revolutionary 1 president on the developments at Mexico City. Despite anxiety fHt for several days over the presence near the city of bands of lnsurrectos. Jus res today Indulged In , Its usual public festivities. However, soldiers sol-diers patrolled the house tops on ths lookout look-out for the possible approach of lnsurrectos. lnsurrec-tos. Oeneral Navarro sent out federal troops to scout In th nearby mountains. General Blanco, th lnsurrecto. who re- cent I y was operating In Mexico south of the Art sons, border, waa said to be near Jus res. Oeneral Navarro heard a report that Blanco to disguise sysq had been la El Paso. . MAJTETJVBEg ON BORDER. SAM ANTONIO. Texas, March 7. Major Ma-jor George O Squlrer of th signal corps returned to th maneuver camp Sunday after a week' horseback trip along the Rio Grande for the purpose of establishing establish-ing aeroplane scouting stations. He made no selections, but It Is thought that by stationing asmplanes at fen Paso, Del ! Rio, Presidio and Esgl Pass, a targe territory ter-ritory could be observed. As present plans stand, detachments of th signal corps would be stationed with each aeroplane. aero-plane. Recent successful flight along th Rio Grande and at San Antenlo by Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Foutote have demonstrated th ability abil-ity of the aeroplane as a scout. On additional Wright machine and two of the Curtlsa type have been ordered shipped hers, and Lieutenants Paul W. Reck, J. S. Walker and George E. M. Kelly have been ordered to report for duty In connection with th new plan of patrolling th border. The Eleventh cavalry. Colonel jam Parker com man ding, left Sunday for Leon Springs to Instruct four hundred new recruits re-cruits and on hundred and thirty men of somewhat longer asrvlca, In the new special target course, "B." Thla course consist of IS shots fired with service charge at miniature targets fifty feet distance, proportioned to represent service targets at too, SO and 10 yards, followed by skirmish runs, twenty shots par man. Th fat thai Xmkasaador Da La Bar ra wma s eandidata for tha post of nin itrtar mt for.iin raUtioM, had baai known by friaada la Waahinctoa foi sobm tima. Th nbsaadr, however, always had xprswd desire thst pnb-11117 pnb-11117 should not be given to sueh information. in-formation. His raason was that while ha would fi it a duty to his eonntry to Beeept th post if it war offered to him, he really preferred t remain in Washington, where, in th position of mbaaaador, he might eontinn in tha work of ee mantles; th friendly relation between Mexico and tha United Btntos. In disenasins privately with representative of th Aaaoriated Press th probability of his appointment as minister of forein relatione, th embassador em-bassador diseloMd th faet that his aam had bees mentioned by supporter both th federal govsrameat and the revolutionary movement. H - said he hoped, however, Preeideat Diss might eoafcr th hoaor of th premiership in his eabinet on someone elae, bit that if th post wars offered to hua h would feel it a duty to aeeept. A massage reached the embassador Saturday night from Renor Creel, who had resignsd as minister of for- sign relatione, ia whieh the latter an-aooaeed an-aooaeed to Senor D La Barra that it waa President Diss's wish that he aeeept ae-eept th post of minister of foreign relatione. re-latione. Th embassador wired his acceptance at on nnd immediately ealled on President Taft. Tha. embassador said ae had not th slightsst idea who won Id succeed him in hi post at Washington. Asked if aa thought Seaor Creel,, who one waa th Mexican embassador her, might return, a answered h had ab-eoletsry ab-eoletsry so iaformation th aobject. Tloliiiin s Ko raettoa. BesunT Da tat Barra ha not been Identified Iden-tified with any particular political party ia Mexico sad th sirnifi eases sf his appointment is that it is expected to moot with th hearty approval of all faetiona. H has dsvoted himself chief ly to the foraig relations of Mexico, having bees ambassador to various eon n tries. . '. Wham H bseama knows that Ben or Creel would resign th ministry of foreign for-eign relations, thos eonvrasnt with Mexican affairs without' hesitation picked Soaor D La Barra a th most likely sueceseor beesus of his fsmilisr-ity fsmilisr-ity with th eouatry'a foreign affairs. H always haa takes deep isterest In arbitration aad Bsivsrsal pose snd baa taken a leading part ia furthering ta eanaa of arbitratioa aaioag Wash-ingtoa Wash-ingtoa diplomats. TIs hss ssada a special study sf lnt eras. er-as. tionaJ law aad waa for many years a prcfeeeor ia jurisprodeae and logic s. th UnJversrty School in Mexico City. yVr five years be wss a member of the Vexieaei federal songress, and la ISO! was appointed miaistor to th Booth American republics oa th Atlaatie sids. Ia llrOs he became Mexico 's represen-tatrv represen-tatrv at Belgium and Th Netherlands and la his four years la Europe sueeeae-fnjlr sueeeae-fnjlr nogotantod treaties for hi country with Italy aad Holland. He repreeent-d repreeent-d Mexico at Ths Hague conference Is 1MT and became smbaador ts ta United State 1 190. . Xmbsaasder D La Barra is ti years Id aad about a month ago maxrisd a mstar si IsU wifs. . - - - JTJirrA tBADBM DECLAIM s aTSW OaVBIMST ANTAarONlBTIO BX PASO. Tsxaa, Maroh ti. On InU-e InU-e direct from Francises L Uadero, It Is gdvea out In lnsurrecto el roles here that th eetectloa of - PreaMeot feu's Sew cabinet, la SS- (as- SS ha. sees Kea sat. m regarded as astir, r us-indly us-indly to the reforms for whlck tne Mexloaa Inamrrsetlon la being- wased. Snd as a oonaequence the war probably will go oa unttterruptsdlr. It B pointed out that sasonsT tne men selected for' the cabinet, sons kt distinguished for say sctjvity In the reform movssneot for which Mad ere Is la arms. , A rather peastmlstle view Is taken by the funtav here, although hop for the tn-stltotlea tn-stltotlea of la tarns) reforms, eucs ss the I eei n i el of many of the governors of gtatss sad the dnruriou of extenstvs land hoedlnsa. has not entirely been sbanttoned The promlee of Joes Tree Llmaauxir that "na entire change of poll CI re In Mexico, slisa to the revolutionary agente In New Tors. Is still looked to by the Ineurrectoe. disss Irs Oaraa, the Insurgent sacretsry ef siata. In direct correspondence with hinder, the eo-csJId revolutionary prool-ent. prool-ent. said today he did not believe the piowitos of Llmantour referred only to s ehans-o ha the cabinet. Senor Llmantour. by meeting the Ineurrecte agent and. quoted ae saving their demand had some reasonable ftmndattea. as reaareled ss the chief friend of the tnairrrectos sow In "Mexico City. Whatever he does, the In-eurrecSM In-eurrecSM unit will be sn sfrort to bring sbout peace ss soon ss poeelble. - Tet It m known, that Senor Llmantour ooee not grmpsthlse with th demand that Dies shall retire aad that any peace eas-otls-tlons gasJI ha conducted snder sa srsaad lTSenor Oaraa and other rnsurrecto lead-ra lead-ra therefore g-lve It as their belief that an hnnvedlat tarmindtloa of the war le not probable. Senor Braulla Rcrnandes. - th tnsar-reeto tnsar-reeto eecretary of stele of the state ef Chihuahua, left for 0)lna-m. "Sex., which ta reported to be besieged by Insurrecloa. From there but deetlaauon la believed te hs San Antonio. Texas, where be expecta to confer with Franrteco L Madero. Sr.. the father, and Ouetavo A leaderc. s brother of the revolutionary presiaent- It Is stated that the le -roe are merely mere-ly gulng to eu AaSuulo u be near lite bur- |