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Show I El Paso, May 8. Residents of Junr- I! ez awoke today to find that they had B - been spared a nightmare of real bul- 5i lets which might have resulted in Jjj one of the deadliest attacks of the fi Mexican revolution. i Creeping along In the thick of tho H L nlsht, the insurgent army, supposed- S ; ly on Its way south because It fear- ' : ed American Intervention if it attack- M cd Juarez, was about to dcljver : 25 it telling blow at the federal stronghold S i last night, when un Associated Tress C dispatch from Mexico City, stating 5 A that President D!nz had announced his 5 j intention to resign, was carried to the 5 I front. Like a governor's pardon to the vie-, I )' m r i ' tim on the gallows, tho dispatch changed the situation from one of great gravity to one of festlvo hilarity. Today members of the Madero family are sending messages to President Diaz, telling him what a fine man they think he is and how ho has saved his country. Negotiations havo been begun for another armistice with Gen-oral Gen-oral Navarro as well as a resumption of the peace conference which adjourned ad-journed on Saturday The unanimous opinion of the representatives rep-resentatives of both warring factions is that complete tranquility for Mexico Mex-ico Is now In sight. Arrangements for the extension of tho armistice to cover the entire country are expected to be made today. Peace negotiations will be hastened and no one anticipates any difficulty either, as the government's govern-ment's concessions on points other than the Diaz question have been woll known and acceptable for some time. Secret Attack Planned. Facts of the secretly planned attack at-tack on Juarez became known today. Francisco I. Madero, jr., the leader of the revolution, had announced his intention of marching his forces southward, south-ward, and abandoning the attack on Juarez for fear of international complications. com-plications. His military leaders had acceptedi the decision with silence. They gathered secretly, howevor, and agreed upon a plan of attack, notwithstanding notwith-standing their chief's orders. It was arranged that Gen. Madero would be persuaded to leave camp fir6t and proceed to Daube, 11 miles away. With their chief out of reach, they were to -have pursued the attack with all the vigor which has been pent up In their forces since the various armistices armi-stices began. Col. Garibaldi and his detachment had begun to move slowly in the early evening in one direction while Cols Villa and Blanco had sot out for an entirely different route, supposedly sup-posedly scattering for various parts of Chihuahua and Sonora. The insurrectos, insur-rectos, under cover of darkness, instead, in-stead, crept back toward the federal outposts, and lay In a position to open fire simultaneously, at midnight. Not a light was kindled, movements of the advance guard were slow and noiseless. It was an unusually thick nig'ht and a drizzle of rain fell continuously. con-tinuously. The advance guard of one of the rebel detachments, which moved southward, fired a farewell salute into the federal trenches, and the federals returned the compliment. The federals feder-als under General Navarro were on the lookout but did not expect an attack. The news that President Diaz had acceded to tho rebel demand de-mand by announcing his Intention to j resign came two hours before the time I for au attack and the insurrectos turned back io their camping ground, where today they are celebrating what they believe to be the triumph of the revolution. Conference Once More. Today the same cottouwood grove through which the insurrecto scouts skulked last night in their secret advance ad-vance on Juarez will be the scene of a resumption of peace negotiations between the rebels and the federal gov ernment, broken off after a single day's conference because the latter had not answered the principal demand de-mand of the robels. Rebel leaders read today the dispatches dis-patches from Mexico City in connection connec-tion with tho president Diaz manifesto, manifes-to, criticising them for including tho Diaz question in their demands after a secret undcrstaudlug had been reached that it would not be an issue is-sue In the negotiations. They admitted ad-mitted that such an undertaking once hnd existed, but when tho rebel chiefs from all parts of tho republic gathered here to discuss peace, they found it Impracticable to sidestep the question ques-tion entirely. They said they feared that negotiations by them without giving giv-ing the public information on the Diaz question would hardly Satfato the fight-thirsty rebels of other parts of Mexico. With the same argument the Insurrecto chiefs answered the criticism, crit-icism, that a breach of official courtesy cour-tesy had been committed by making public tho demand on the government for some announcement from President Presi-dent Diaz. Their reply today is that while they too wore jiot desirous of making the Diaz question a part of the peace program, the presentation of the request to Dlnz was deemed an cBsentinl to procuring the answer Ue now has given. In Jine with tho report that the manifesto man-ifesto of President Diaz would not bo officially communicated to the rebels, is the fact that the Insurrecto chiefs do not expect it. They will keep their early promise not to make the Diaz matter a part of the written peace pact. They are proceeding today merely on the announcement through tho press, which they deem a sufficient suffi-cient concession to their demand. The insurrectos, however are face to face with a tangle of procedure which may delay negotiations somewhat. Though Judge Carbajal, In his letter to Dr. Vasquoz Gomez, head of the rebel reb-el commission, on Saturday declared the peace negotiations "suspended" because he had no Instructions to treat concerning the Diaz question, from the insurrecto view-point. It meant a termination of peace negotiations nego-tiations and they dissolved their peace commission of three with a vote of thanks Instead, they have formed a new commission of seven. Including tho former commissioners, armed with new Instructions and what they believe be-lieve to be even drastic demands on the federal government. One report is that they will not consent to anything any-thing but the naming of their party of fourteen governors, four cabinet members and a host of subordinate officers of-ficers Whether the old commission will be reappointed and re-instructed is a question which rebel leaders were talking about at the Madero headquarters headquar-ters early today. It Is believed, however, how-ever, the trio will bo called Into a convention again and that the first conference this afternoon at "Peace Grove" will again j fmd Judge Carbajal representing Carbajal. representing the federal government, Dr Vasquoz Gomez, Francisco Madero, Sr., and Sonor Pinos Suarez, Insurrecto government, exchanging typewritten sheets of yellow yel-low paper covering the clean pine table in the big tent. "I am sure I would havo prevent 1 the fight last night," said Gen. Madero Ma-dero today to an Associated Press representative. "Gen. Orozco and the others were hoggin? me with tears In their eyes to change my resolution not to attack at-tack Juarez, and I would have convinced con-vinced them of the danger of foreign complications. "They would have obeyed me, I know, but your news from Mexico City was the telling argument. Speaking of the attitude of the United States, Gen. Madero continued: contin-ued: "I am sure that the relations between be-tween the United States and Mexico now are going to be more friendly than ever before. It was a test moment mo-ment through which we passed and President Taft and his cabinet showed show-ed unestimablo wisdom in their policy." pol-icy." Not Over Enthusiastic. The rebel political chiefs gathered at the Madero headquarters to dis- cuss the procedure for a resumption of peace negotiations and the arrangement ar-rangement of an armistice Senors Branlff and Obregon, the go-betweens, were on hand to smooth over anv hitches, and at noon today prospects were bright for a formal peace conference confer-ence between Judge Carbajal and the rebel commissioners. It was said that tho same trio who had represented the insurrectos before are to act. The rebels pointed to the fact that the other conditions of peace likewise like-wise were very drastic When Informed Inform-ed of Diaz's intention to resUn, they did not bubble over with enthusiasm over tho outlook. 1 The Insurrectos already are discussing discuss-ing the names of men who probably will be suggested by them for governors gov-ernors in fourtoeuvfu the twenty-seven states, and nofia little talk was heard concerning the four men who would represent the insurrectos in tho new cabinet of the provisional president who probably will be Minister Min-ister De La Barra. It was said on good authority that Dr. Vasquez Gomez would be one of thosoproposed hy the insurrectos for a cabinet portfolio. Fighting at Tla Juana. San Diego, Cal.., Mav S. Fighting began In earnest at 10:45 this morning morn-ing in the vicinity of Tla Juana. Lower Low-er California. The rebels advanced for the east and a detachment of federals fed-erals set out to meet thorn. Rebel bullets entered Tla Juana, which Is practically deserted with the exception excep-tion of an armed force of about 100. nn |