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Show DIAZ WILL ABDICATE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO WILL ACCEDE AC-CEDE TO DEMANDS OF THE LEADCR OF INSU f.RECTOS. lasuea a Manifetto to the People Ds-daring Ds-daring Hit Intention to Resign Presidency at Soon at He it Convinced Con-vinced That Peace It Restored. Me .lco City - General I'orflro Diaz issued a manifesto to the pe"de of Mexico Pitnduy night, declai Ing lilt. Inten ii,-.i to reslg-t the presidency as soon as pe n e I restored. It: tit's man' r t ie pre- i V-nt has vii lU'illv lici t tf tc hi. j. ;i , mils of Francisco I. M ' lero t int !; make itnuouin-e nieiit of ku. -a intention. As to when tace . aciuilly re stoicd, (ienetal ilia. n serviM the right to 1 1 the Judge in 1 1 1 words of Cie manileo, It will 1 e "when, according ac-cording to the dictates of I'-vmoii science, I am sure thai my roigna-i!om roigna-i!om will not be followed by anarchy." TI.e president b.i d hl-i ile'.-ruilti.i-tloa not t) lelimiuisli the pie-ldency at t!il:i tiiue was not due to v.u.i'.y or to 1 ve of uwer, because, as lie pi l..t il ot:t, power at this t n;e h id no :i't i ,i. ;io:, u oia anted as It Is by t: t :iii lull in rc p,.'iislblll les nil I jwoiry. lie sr'd l.e wa-i promptel j Ki.e'y by a d .lre in i unserve the be l interests' f bis counuy. '1'iie president laade It clear he docs tu t propose to abandon the presidency presi-dency while ..it country Is at war and that he would n H do so at any time under foinpuhdon. Only In a general way doe. the manifesto refer to the revolution. The government's position l-t that I General l1!::'. i oill.l not have made a j public statement at an earlier mo-ftnnt mo-ftnnt and It Is Indicate. 1 that the tevi-j tevi-j Unionists failed to oh. et ve the aim 11-i 11-i It e of the peace neg tlations by making mak-ing them public. I It Is atated ofTIcI il'y that M.clc'o and hia lulvlsers were gu iiy of be-! be-! raying an ngrcement by Injecting Into j the conference, either m eetly or ! openly, tho qeustlun of the pre i,!eiil's reslj'.nalion. It was de -Uni d thtit It bad been ugreed In co;tf. ren.'e that this pnlnt thould not be peiti ittel to become an l-sue. Profleriiig the tb c'tirai of his willingness to detl e. the pre I'eut llt;cus"ed the political condl'ion of the country and the efToits that i.ave been made by the government to establish es-tablish pence, lie called uttentioi to the progress already made In the dl rectlon of adopting the antl re election elec-tion law, and declared that the project pro-ject of the reform of the electoral laws and of the Judiciary were be ng atudled. lie ahowed further that the government In all its acta wlshel to conform to the demand of the people Insofar as It Is wise and for tho best Interests of the country. |