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Show OEPPIAI lAEVIPAM nCAPE EL PASO, Texas, May 2. Judge Francisco Carabajal, the official offi-cial Mexican peace commissioner, arrived here tonight, surprising everybody connected with the negotiations, as he had not been expected ex-pected for at least 24 hours more, lie immediately went into conference con-ference with Oscar Braniff, Esquibel Obregou and .Rafael Hernandez, Hernan-dez, who have been acting as go-betweens in the negotiations thus far. At the conclusion of the conference SenorBraniff announced that Judge Carabajal had brought "full and nee'essary powers" for treating with the rebel commissioners and that no hitch would occur on that score. Judge Carabajal refused to discuss the instructions which had been given him at Mexico City, lie said it was obviously impossible for him to disclose their nature at this time. It waa stated that the formal negotiations ne-gotiations would be takeu up tomorrow tomor-row In a tent to be orected In a willow wil-low grove on the Mexican aide of tho Rio Grande river half way between Juarez and tho lnsurrecto camp. Judge Carabajal will act alone, while Dr. Vasquez Gomoz will represent rep-resent the provisional government, advised ad-vised by Don Francisco IMadero, Sr., and Senor Pino Suaroz, a lawyer, and provisional governor of Yucatan. As previously stated Judge Caraba-jal's Caraba-jal's delay at Saltlllo was due to a misunderstanding as to the meeting place, and to the slowness of telegraphic tele-graphic communication in Mexico. Extend the Armistice. After a tedious wait for news of the whereabouts of Judge Carabajal, the federal peace envoy, General Francisco I. Madero, jr , this afternoon aft-ernoon finally informed General Navarro, Na-varro, in command of the federal troops at Juarez, that a three days' prolongation of the present armistice, which expires at noon tomorrow, would be acceptable to him if the federal fed-eral government so desired. General Navarro lelegraphod to Mexico City for Instructions, particularly because the armistice extension suggested by Madero would include Ojlnaga, for some time under siege by the rebels. Restlessness and Impatience were written in the faces of the rebel leaders lead-ers today because of the dilatory procedure pro-cedure of the negotiations. The in-surrectos in-surrectos point out that they havo been prepared for several days to present pre-sent their arguments. General Madero, Ma-dero, however, was Inclined to take into consideration tho difficulties of travel from Mexico City northward. Madero Wishes to Be Fair. "We shall prolong the armistice," he said, "because wo wish to be as reasonable as possible in this matter. We do not want to be accused, for instance, of having seized any pretext to break off tho armistice. We wish to show our earnestness and sincerity In the negotiations." S'enors Braniff and Obregon, go-betweens in tho cause of peace, visited the insurrecto camp today for the first time since there has been a full gathering of insurrecto chiefs at the camp. It was reported tonight that they brought a proposition to neutralize the railway between Laredo and Mexico Mex-ico City, which now furnishes the only rout3 of entry into Mexico, and which, in the last few days, has suffered from robol activity, Neutralizing the Railroad. It is said that tho insurroctos woro amenable to such a proposition for neutralizing the road, but would not consent to tho suggestion to allow the government to transport over tho lino sufficient troops to protect tho inhabitants of the country from bandits ban-dits and outlaws. Some of tho insur-rectos insur-rectos at this point happened to remember, re-member, It is assorted, the fact that government officials early in the revolution rev-olution had not Infrequently characterized charac-terized the rebels as bandits and outlaws, out-laws, and feared a possible troop movement. The rebel leaders today completed their party platform, which is a condensation con-densation of the discussion of tho last throe days of revolutionist principles and contains tho composite Ideas of all tho governors and other officials of tho provisional government-Peace government-Peace Propositions of Rebels. They call it "an act" and admit It is analogous to a declaration of independence It contains the propositions lor peace in a general way. The actual basis for peace which the rebel commissioners com-missioners will submit in their conference con-ference with tho federal commissioners commission-ers is to be written by Dr. Gomez, head of the insurrecto commission, and will bo discussed in another conference con-ference tomorrow. Much secrecy is maintained about tho contents of both documents, but there Is good ground for tho bellof tonight that the question of the resignation of President Presi-dent Diaz and Vice President Corral is taken up In iL Some Important questions, such as the exact time of the president's retirement, are said to bo contained in tho document as prerequisites to a complete ro-estab-lishment of tho government At first it was thought that the informal and indirect assurances which had reached reach-ed here about Diaz' disposition to resign re-sign might bo sufficient and before the peace conferees announce the result re-sult of their labors it is quite possible possi-ble that these questions may be omlt-tod, omlt-tod, but more radical of the leaders are very Insistent, in view of the reports re-ports of rebel nVilltary triumphs in other parts of tho republic. They say the negotiations at the Madero base of operations rauBt bring satisfaction satis-faction to the entire revolutionist party and not to any one parL Carabajal Will Not Talk. Just what Judge Carabajal has been Instructed to say In regard to the question of President Diaz' .resignation .resigna-tion can only be-conjectured at this time, but insurrecto leaders tonight did not deny that if he carries some : official assurance of President Diaz' retirement he will have brought a solution so-lution to (heir principal demands and that a peace agreement could he arranged within 4S hours. |