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Show 1 1 ' IT OCCUR UNTIL LATE AT NIGHT i3 Madero Demands the Evacuation of Juarez Ml by General Navarro Before lie Will m I Consider an Arm isticeRebel Chief M l Boes NotTrust Diaz Government JI I QV ? El Paso, April 21. If the Mexican f T.Of1 1 government would avoid International .-,j3 conipllcaUons, It must order General o$ 1 NnGvarro to eracuato Juarez at once. sMrtj ' S This is the ultimatum sent by General. ce3 I Francisco I. Madero, Jr., to Dr. Vns- -j"! ft quez Oomez at Washington today to w ho communicated to the' Mexican gov- 1$ 2 ernnienL a ir$ 1 In addition General Madero sent j 11? 'A word to Dr. Gomez by way of the El iiSS J Paso Junta tuat ne was wel1 aware f JK ;4 the difference between an armistice nJ I x nnd peace negotiations, which It was I suggested would follow the armistice. t General Madero has taken the po3i- i tkn that an evacuation of Juarez Is essential before he will consider an ; armistice. He is desirous of ostab- ft- llshing a headquarters from which to ' conduct formal negotiations with the k Mexican government. The reply of the Mexican govern- - ment is expected to bo received here i from Dr Gomez at Washington, and J it is very probable that any attack 1 on Juarez will be postponed until St arrives. Allowing for the time of JI communication, it is believed an an- Jf swer will reach here befoie midnight. $ rl Washington, April 21. Confusion :1 as to the interpretation of an armis- ?i tice Is believed by Dr. Vasquez Mo- ' mez, head of the confidential agency of the revolutionists, to be responsi- K bio for the hitch in the truce which 1 had been partlv arrangca with iho I Mexican government and which Gen- eral Madero rejected. Dr. Gomez tele- graphed General Madero today not to ''WJin confuse the armistice proposition aggfi with a peace proposal which was to 4Vi follow. afonatol The- ultimatum Issued by General is brnifk! Madero that he would attack Juarez iccocl.Jij , today unless he was assured that BorofeiJ President Diaz would resign, has been the.Nw 1 formally communicated by Dr Gomez g'Rtdtfif to the .Mexican government. Dr. Go- "ijj j mez was not optimistic as to a faor- the ail! "j able response. fetsemrfl IflrfP!l"'1 E1 Paso April "21. The armies of court Mi j, Dlaz and Madero arc marking time iDlraijt th,s mornjngt Madero has given his I'' n iJ WOrd that he wl11 not atUlck before rMjl this afternoon unless attacked. His i !ll? J army is waiting just outside of Juarez K wel1 fitted and numerous. Inside Uie M l town, heavily fortified, arc the 750 S l loyal soldiers of Dlaa, waiting for the 'j I attack. The federals, after a quiet koH ' nifht, undisturbed by shots or war S affl indications of any character, are ylg, v ready for the battle" they declare, any $x I lime Madero opens it Outside the -- ; town Madero and his men are waiting ' -) for President Diaz to send word that t ay i! nc is will,nS to resign the presidency. Ilr 13 TaIs' lhoy declare, Is the only thing rnnSluC tnat w111 Prevent an attack on Juarez. rfi l Madero does not say positively that iPtrateO he W,U open hIs attack on Junrez tnIs ,Mm ' afternoon, nor does he set any time It i itLi'11 for the fiSM' but he declares that, if "fi5Sb; the retirement of Diaz is not an- tn .taflif' nounced, Juarez will be stormed. a !Sa; YeBterdav Madero sent notice to tmaSr lhe ro,eiBn consuls in Juarez that iHrZL "Juarez mav be attacked any time BrJ- after midnight. April 20." a6eB rt$ At the nice of the EI Paso jlinta 5 tXCQ'im thero appears to be no such Jubilation a6Mri3P as m,Snt D0 expected. If the, code 1 wSv messages coming from its confiden- r tnt Pro lial geut iu Washington were of a no Vbj'Jto character indicating a compliance eMfy' f with the wishes of tho insurrecto g Btore-afl president and his men. Jjfj v Juarez military officials appear con- iBi B fldont of the completeness of their utlfnl U j y fortifications, and American army of- ul 67 Uj ij ccrs compliment them as excellent good el. ; samples of englneeilng work Not VoS-- (i I only ,s the town fortine(1 to defend It- jid u ; self, but It has several field guns and eye -dtsi jj three or four rapid-fire guns calcu- thea I'jj , lated to prove most effecthc In scat- J V&i M' toring the enemy when the guns are e them, Wy put In action. .ji, dnH. Jj The rebel army has now had Juarez this tonic t surrounded on the northwest west tv ; ' ad south-west for more than thirty-wear thirty-wear 8i ', six hours, and has been buEy sur-' sur-' w'' rounding the city steadily since last l P& Tt '" Friday, when the first detachment ar-worrJ-. "2 f rived.' It battled all the next day ed seal? ? twelve miles from Juarez with a ID8 jg d! ' email band of the defenders of the ttle, taMMl 2 town Since that time none of the To rrfori ' federals have ventured outside tho condll108' , i city limits, but they have been busy oooinK etefIi iafelde preparing for tho attack b caDlhif;i "t Ib officiallv stated in Juarez that sing a &L) I General Rabago is en route from Chi-cao Chi-cao P1 ', buahua with heavy artillery and cav-IdlnS cav-IdlnS 03 y nliy to reinforce the garrlbon, aud the ' oin1 ink i federals say the rebels could not hold a Wer dL tD0 town ,f tnov t00k ,t- -treadu' Colonel Gulseppe Garibaldi, chief of itains Zf staff to Madero, answering this re- arsef st!ii :' porl declared today: ote tte T "rc are not afraid of bugaboo3 Wo rooi Priti ' w"1 tnke Juarez when we can. If tho i& titi ' federals then attack us ngain, it will -jej&W g he our business to defend ourselves." r a The "United States troops that have J been In camp near Fort Bliss have " hsmt MtV ''- Ul0ved into the city and are now T jo Til'fji '. camped close to the border. TheBo 5 fit IQ J troops are in addition to thoso on active ac-tive border patrol. Juarez is Deserted. El Paso, April 21 There is no activity ac-tivity in tho Insurrecto camp up to 11 o'clock The lnsurreclos have been lazily lounging about tho river bank In the sun, washing their clothes, bathing their feet, watering their horses nnd following other peaceful pursuits. So far, no important messages mes-sages have been delivered to the in-' surrecto camp by the messengers from the EI Paso Junta. Mrs. Madero arrived here today from Snu Antonio, where she has been stationed since Madero went into Mexico. Flags of all nations again give Juarezz a Mardi Gras appearance. All shops windows have been boarded up, not to prevent breakage of glass, but to prevent thefts In case the glass is broken by bulletB. Few families remain re-main In Juarez and only Americans having business there are visiting the1 town. 'i 1 ' - s i ' t Brother of Madero Arrested. . San Antonio, April 21 Emilio Madero, ono of the "loyalist" brothers broth-ers of the revolutionary leader, has been imprisoned at San Pedro, Mexico, Mexi-co, according to advices received by members of the family in San Antonio. An-tonio. Emilio, they declare, has held aloof from the revolution, and relatives here express the belief that this explains ex-plains the cause of his reported arrest. ar-rest. Ammunition Seized. San Antonio, April 21. F.Qiir enses of arms and several thousand rounds j of cartridges consigned to II. C. Allen, Al-len, were seized yeBterday at Carrizo Springs, Texas, by a detachment of United States cavalry. Protest Against Troops. Washington, April 21. Ninety thousand citizens of the United States petitioned congress today to withdraw with-draw tho troops from the Mexican border. It required three men to clear the speaker's platform when the house convened, of huge bundles of petitions gathered by Victor Borger, Socialist cougrossman from Wisconsin Wiscon-sin "What Is all this?' asked Speaker Clark In surprise Mr. Borger explained that the petitions pe-titions had been received from residents resi-dents of every state except Delaware and every territory except Alaska. ' They declare that the presence of the troops is aiding) in the suppression of what the petitioners believe to bo a Just struggle for liberty. fr |
