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Show ,'OTEdiiSTO DE GRANTED TOHflDERO Concessions Will Be Hade Non-Combat!, t Dissatisfied Dissatis-fied Public. LIMANTOUR SEEMINGLY PLAYING BOTH ENDS Finance Hi. ' Dedar; Relations With Diaz Are CordiaL MEXICO rTTV, March 23. Admit tU( that Maxica ia fariof eriils avsa greater thai k had believed, Minister of Fi Bancs I.imaatour jester day said tha edmloistratioa kad no deflnita rilaaa for (he solution of tha prnhlean confronting an alternative bat In continue the military pre era ia upon which it haa antared. KntsrithstaadiDa tha f orarnmant 'a arrressivs attitude, reforms which are intended ta remedy tha alleged f'iev a sees aamplatnad of are Bndar aoa (ideratioa. Tka moat Importaat Ik iha ravisioD of the electoral laws. Thla ii a eoacrsta ootline of tha sltnatioa as preeeatert by Senor Limaa tour to a representative of tha Ateo cisted Press, followiof a satin of the cabinet: That a vraat chsuas In the altltndr of tha people toward tha kdmiaistra tins haa tskra rises withla tha tirar that Mi Bister Limantonr haa been abroad, wag aiaaincant admUaioa made by him. Tha administratioB, ha aaid, wsa eonduetinff aearcbiB( la vest Ira tinn ta detsrraine tha aiact causa aad to tad a remedy for tha listing aeatiment. There la no disposition on Its part to onnnae any wise reforms dsmanded by a ressnnshls public. At tha aama tlma. the administration does aot propose to accede to demands backed up by arcumenta of arms Will Oraot Keforma. Tn a word, tha administration reme;. r-lsse two clssses In ths dlssatiafled pub' lie, one renreeented hv tha Intelllaent hiit non-combatant elsmsnt. and the cher by tha followera of Madera. For the latter, the administration had no terma other than thoae formulated at tbs sir depsrtmsnt. fturh Is ths proaTamma annoonosd by Penor I.lmantour aa tha reeult of confer, encea with the president and other mem-hers mem-hers of tha cabinet. lienor L I man tour frsnhly expressed surprtss at tha aa-tasonisra aa-tasonisra toward tha administration, ''Juat why thla la so, I csnnot undsr stand. ssld ths minister. "I am trvlna to find out. I have talked with a (real rrsnv paopla Btnce my return and I nave ri'-'-iried that there le a eerteln lack of act ord between thsm aad tha auvsra- nirnt. "I am told that thla spirit baa grown lsrslv alnca ths celebration af the centennial. cen-tennial. ! am told that then there was a niarked displsy of lovaltv. but t am f enk to aay that 1 aa not And It aa la-da la-da v. "f do not know aa ret how- widespread Is this sentiment, but 1 am trying to find nut. and I will find out. 1 am conducting n'W a careful Imiulrv for this purpose. "Mors than that. I hope to discover the reason for this chsnss. ia order that the rriedy may be found." . Eeylaa Electoral Law. I Already the mtnteter has dlaoovorad that the fuivtamental demand of the people peo-ple la that Utr be a revletoa of the electoral elec-toral lew. The mlnlater admitted that j h a revlakin la eaei.(il If tha crowlno d'iintnl la to be chet-ked, and aaid thla d uit. ti- would tie ona of the reiurma to b. rnei'tftd eoor. Tht exact character of thla meaaure couij not he outlined by tha mlnlater. who ei(l It would Involve a chanae In the roti.,tltutlt.a of the republic and would p-imi the elaboration of liinumer-atie liinumer-atie iiieilc Any new electoral law, In hia opiniwu. muat be the euhje-t of moat rerelui fn)ldratlon and would need to be ao framed aa to eliminate tha UUter-' kte vtHrra. Aitetufih thla propnaed change la not ltitr.ndMj aa any tx.nceasv.on to the rebela. It la iever:hiaa the haele of their de maniii, a ."ir.iinc to ataiemente made iw-pM;r,ily iw-pM;r,ily by Vi lno and hia aaeoctatea That any rvnncliiation can ba affected with th rebela tUnuc Ialmaniour oon aitirfd Improthable. Referring to hla re t'oi ted t-ortrrmee In New Torh with h r.in.uva Matiero. father of tit rebel lt jer. he aatd he had hope J through h m to rtrd aome meana of brinidns about a caatlon of h'atilltles. but aald he learned that the father h now no la- I Hue nee ever the Kit. round OaM HoptiCee. 1 "I m not acquainted with. l"Vanclae 1 MPdero." continued the mlnlater. "I have known hie father arv.1 Ma grand-fattier grand-fattier for many year and fnr a long tinio have belt their power of attorney. Tmouan theee nvea I had hoped that the iwn n ijrht te reached, but I found It hol''vaa. 'The on muat ahead and the tov-emnint tov-emnint ha no alternative other than to ne-t hla ufpoalUoA." One of t.. tlrat acta of the ronffreea. whi. h cunvenea In April, will be the con-elTtion con-elTtion Qt a new appropriation fr rarrvin on the war. Whether thla "'Mm an tncreajr tn the mllliary force Hennr I.lmantour did not a v. but It wilt he reca'led that It ha alrvvtv been offl-ciMr offl-ciMr announced that Mex.co'a war re otircea acaroely have been touched and that an armv of to oao men could b put In the field If eceaary. ToiK-hlnr on th reform relative tn the rT.vttton of the a-reat ewtat. which at i ready ha been largely discussed, th1 i minuter aaid the method of acquiring theee had not been worked out: that like Idea wa mrelv tn a formative atata. He reaffirmed hi Pane statement that such d.vUkoa of tba land would ba desirable. de-sirable. Refuting; rumor that there ovists between be-tween blm and tha preeldent any lack of accord . Seoor Lima ntor sa Id hla relations rela-tions with the chief eaecuuve are absolutely abso-lutely frank and aordlaL |