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Show P" i ' ' v . : AT THEiSUBRENDER OF NAVARRO. f i. " .-; x - . ' j (Jen, flPranctsc-!.-tadero, in -his hour of triumph. hn not losl lite head, "wMch is the strongest testimonial to his qualifications as a , leader -worthy to aepire to overturn the provernmeni of President Diny- "When Madero met tho conquered Navarro ami his fed oral s soldiers, ho congratulated, them on their lira very and then gener ously offered, the defeated officers parole on their own word of honor. Addressing tho federal prisoners, he gave them a choice of allegiance, vrftii the assurance that, even though they decide to remain re-main loyal to Diaz, tfoay "will be accorded every righ.1 of prisoners of -ww, rwtth. the prospects of being exchanged. It -wfll be recaHod that two months ago President Diaz caused to be issued, a proclamation -warning his people against encouraging encourag-ing tho resalt and. ordering bis gcnorals to give no quarter to the insnrrocioa. The order was externally brutal in that it instructed the soldiers hi the field, to take no prisoners, which meant the butobery of the helpless. Madero? in this his first opportunity to retaliate and put in. force the old Mosaic law of an eye for an eye, proved his superior manhood by refusing to be avenged, lie did 4a any man of brood conceptions of duty would have done in similar sim-ilar circumstances he extended tho hand of forgiveness and avoided avoid-ed the needless spilling of human blood. Tf there aro many Maderos in the rebel army, that, cause will ;wdn tho confidence of the Mexican people and finally triumph. |