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Show PEACE PROSPECTS BRIGHTEN, AS BOTH f SIDES ARE DISTRESSED BY THE WAR -15, ' ' Madero Declares Be Never Insisted on the ;;i i Immediate Resignation of Diaz-Near Re 'ty t latives of Rebel Leader Dave Had ; Their Influence in Urging the "a I Granting of an Armistice 67J! f El Pnso, April 22. Prospects of -2i i pence In Mexico became roseate to- 73 - day wncn General Madero, In an inter- 7"il i v'cw w'tn Associated Press corre- ' Vi I spondenL declared that he had never Insisted, and does not now, Insist "" t upon the Immediate resignation of J , President Diaz as a necessary pre- f j Hmlnary to the signing of a peace 3 f pact .lW "n's Amission was so startling 1li fc' na'' tne ron)rter repeated tho gener-t gener-t M B wor('8 t0 General Madero, and Xfifi . asked If that was the statement ho 16? wished to make. He replied that tho laV I1 statement was correct and added: 18 "Itr naa teon sal(1 that sont an 'ft it ultimatum to President Diaz, Insisting J ? that ho must resign. I did not do so 1 """"J T I would like to see the revolution end- toj , od peacefully. I want no further J - bloodshod. I have always been will- . ing to make concessions" to bring tho 1 6n ' war to an enc' ftnc t-ncre 's n0 ncr' 'Iflfi' ' sona sacrifice I would not make. It !f i must he borne in mind, however, that 'lt93 there can bo no peace, tho terms of '2,94 '! which are not satisfactory to the Mex- a iJ ; lean people. All nn officers aro in lllfl I perfect accord with my 1ows. Not 1 -l one will try tb continue the reballlon .151 " If honorable terms are to he had and l.Jj ' the people will receive those rights l-' guaranteed by tho consiitutlon When 'V- r I say my officers agree with me, it in- ! eludes Pancho Villa. Villa, like the l-3jf y rest of us, Is fighting for a principle, ,fg fi not for the love of fighting." V& ' General Madero gave out the inter- -' ffj r view nfter an early morning meeting with his subordinate chiefs, Blan,co, ? Villa, Garibaldi and Onvco Villa 6IIS personally confirmed the statement, v that any terms acceptable to Madero japaj ,v "would bo accepted by him". 7Tj , With refereuce to Dr Gomez's oiv; announcement that an armistice is rr i. being arranged. General Madero said: 35jfj S "I telegraphed Dr Gomez that if an 59$ i armistice Is to be arranged it should 7Wl ' e 'or our or nvo "ays and should I . include the region between Juarez and . Chihuahua We aro awaiting a reply to this from the City of Mexico. We ( outnumber the garrison of Juarez two to one, and cannot relinquish this ad- vantage without assurance thnt the c government will not attempt to send reinforcements. If tho government I sincerely wishes peace on a basis of justice as much as we do, then there i can be no doubt that we will come to i" terms." i Tho rebel leader's statement indi-j indi-j calos that the batteries of pence talk J fired at him in the last mouth and i brought to a climax by a persoual T visit from his father, undo and (broth-?' (broth-?' cr3 last night and today, all urging fi that the time for discussing peace vt has arrived, have had their effect. The i struggle In the state of Chihuahua has 'j all but wrecked business and all aro ! weary of it. j Tho denial that he ever Insisted on 1 the Immediate resignation of Diaz is . t allowed to pass unnoticed by tho nu-wV. nu-wV. merous individuals who have Interim Inter-im vened. There is no disposition any JOJI where to put salt on the tail of the ji doe of peace The denial by Gen-jJ Gen-jJ oral Madero is taken as making his aOyl f present position more emphatic. win - 'Wl Waiting Word From Mexico. SjA S El Paso, April 22. "Gen. Madero "5i has agreed to delay his contemplated 7J attack on Juarez pending peace nego- fm J tiatlons, providing; the government (jjjjl . will, on its part, pledge Itself not to $, f move troops, particularly In the dl- y ' rectlon of Juarez Bofore It can be & said tliat nn armistice has been ar- rlsj ranged, word must come from the City (V j of Mexico that the movement of troops M1 t ln lne zouo oetwcen Juarez and Chi-. 3JJy huahua has been ordered stopped " jgi h In these words members of the -r"jj 5 reace commission toduj described the "3 jl situation when shown the anndunce- ft 1 ment made hy Dr. Gomez the Insur Wa 7 recto representative at Washington. iH $ Gen, Madero is now resting on his riS 7 trms, awaiting a reply from the McxI- 2m can P'1' as t0 'l8 willingness to en- i ?J ter into the prorosed armistice tl is Jl J believed that tho truce will bo arrang- -- ;i The next step on the program will 1 l be the appointment of envoys to dis- tQ0 curs terms of peace aa j Dawn today found tho two armies ;Yv j. resting within rlflo shot of each oth- Jfi er Each side had Its cannon in posl- J9yi T tIon and the soldiers lorpt close to JA their rifles Zh ij The rebels have hot chanaed their i ' rositlon They still occupy tho moun- A i tain range In a crescent shape about fc- I the city, one point of tho crescent be- f tofC northwest of Juarez and the other 1 ft southwest, the army extending around yl I the inside t' I The monntnlns, the draws of gullies Jj, I and tho foothillH aro full of dirty, un- jS lempt, half clad men, carrying arms - I of ovcry description and wearing jj? I clothc3 of an equally conglomerate ij I character Thev. thcmselvroj, wpHh fm ' the'r rnoaecr clothing supply at tho -&W' river but it Is noticeable that thoro Am i nro more Americans performing this Jit? A task than there are Mexicans bath- Ja ' ins their feet or berclng from the M Americans wno crowd along the Texas Jkk al(1 r u, r,vcr 1Mw Ag the stream Is not wide, the Am- 3j$. , cricans can with caso loss cigarettes. SjJ ' Email articles of food, bananas, or- f2& dnfrps and other things over the line. fgff, I The senior Mndejro spent th night tfWjj in El Paso after a fehort visit In camj. with his son, following his arrival last night. |
