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Show ALL NEGOTIATIONS OFF. Mexico Refuses to Accede to the De-,mands De-,mands of Madero. EL PASO. April 21 All negotiations negotia-tions between the lnsurrectos and tho Mexican government were officially called off late tridav Oscar Braniff and Esquicel Obrcgon, two congressmen congress-men from Mexico City, who have been attempting to get Madero to accept some peace proposal, received a telegram tele-gram this afternoon, just after they had sent a messenger under a flag of truce with a final appeal to the rebel leader The message was from Mex' ico City, although they refused to say who sent it It Informed them that the demands of Madero were such that they could not be entertained and asked them to drop their negotiations. I Alreadj the commissioners had prac-t prac-t tically given up hope and had Issued a statement throwing the blamo for the failure onto Madero. Mexico's Answer. Simultaneously with the receipt of the telegram from Mexico bv Braniff and Obrcgon, the Insurrecto troops began be-gan to march out of the hills and canyons can-yons by the hundreds and moved closer clos-er to Juarez, as If preparing for an attack, at-tack, but it soon appeared that they were not hum ing into any real ac-I ac-I tion. I Tho troop movement proved to be . Pancho Villa' command, coming up from its camp in the mountains to take Its position with the main body. J Peace talk occupied tho day in the t rebel camp. In Juarez the federals having also , nothing to do, put In the time on their fortifications. Messages were sent to ! Madero several times All day Made- ro's unvaried statement to reporters and correspondents was that nothing had developed to make him change his decision of yesterday to open the battle bat-tle today He busied himself receiving messages mes-sages from tho junta, visiting his wife who came from San Antonio, and receiving re-ceiving callers. Among tho messages received was a telegram from Globe, Ariz., offering him a Hundred Americans Amer-icans for his army. Messrs Braniff and Obrcgon, peace commissioners, today gave out a statement state-ment of their proposals for settling the trouble and declaring that Madtrro would bo to blame for the consequences conse-quences oC the war Inasmuch as he could at present afford to accept a compromise with .good grace. Thov declare that they represent "a perfecting perfect-ing public sentiment In Mexico." Their statement says "The public demands aro, first, that concrete guarantees be forthcoming from tho Mexican government, that the promises and partly executed reforms re-forms will be developed as rapidly as practically possible. "Second, that with this guarantee perfected, the armed rebellion has carried car-ried its avowed principles into triumph tri-umph and as a consequenco ceases thereafter to be Justified and Us persistence, per-sistence, which renders it dangerous to our future peace and welfnro and therefore unpatriotic and undeserving of further public support. "Third, that the retirement of General Gen-eral Diaz Is not necessary to insure compliauce by the government with its promises, but on tho contrary would reinstate the demoralizing precedent prec-edent of constituted authority yielding to forco of arras. "Fourth, that a compromise would not only demonstrate to the world tho good sense, coolness and patriotism of the Mexican public and thus obtain a complete retrieval of Its momentarily momentar-ily lost prestige and credit abroad, but would result in the creation of two political parties similar to thos" thai have brought about In tho United States the effective government by tho people and for the people. "We have- presented tho above situation situa-tion to tho directors of the revolution revolu-tion and r-olntcd out the terrihle ro- ' sponslblllty to fall on them if they cast aside these public demands for conciliation and plunge our country Into calamitous adventures. ""We know that tho ipnt'own arn patriots and that If loft to think and feel for themselves, will listen to the call of their brethren and avoid dangerous dan-gerous rocks ahead, and our only fear Is. the fore, In the possibility of their, yielding to influences other than( their own." ,'J Americans visited tho Insurrecto camp thrbughout the day and met'wlth a hearty reception. Mrs. Converse Receives News. Mrs. C. H. Converse, mother of one of tho American hnys ordered released releas-ed from the Juarez prison by President Diaz today, was greatlv elated this afternoon when shown the Associated Press dispatch from Mexico City, stat Ing that the boys had been promised their liberty. She Is worried, however, how-ever, lest her son men with Injury If the city of Juarez In attacked. It will take several days for the order for their release to reach Juarez and meantime the boys must remain in Jail. Ivawror.ee Converse and Edwin Blatt of Glendora, Cal., and Pittsburg, Pa-were Pa-were arrested February 21, east of El Paso and brought to Juarez by General Navarro Fobruary 22. The boys will go to tho Converse home in Glendora when released, to visit tho'Convorse home. Francisco Isabel Urlarte, Mexican consul at Douglas, Ariz,, passed through El Pao last evening on his way to Mexico City to report to Minister Min-ister dc la Barra regarding the fighting fight-ing which occurred at Agua Prleta. The consul said he had urgent orders to make all possible haste to Mexico City and it Is bellcTed that his trip will have an Important bearing on tho international situation which has resulted re-sulted from the killing and woundlngj of Americans In Douglas |
