File No. 812.00/1664.
The American Ambassador to the Secretary of State.
Mexico, May 8, 1911.
After long sessions of the Cabinet on Saturday and Sunday, President Diaz Sunday night issued a manifesto in which he declares he will resign when his conscience will permit and intimates that will be when order is reestablished throughout the country. He says that the present is no fit time for a general election and that to resign now would invite the reign of anarchy. Manifesto concludes with praise for the army and an appeal to the patriotism of the Mexican people.
Mr. de la Barra issued a statement last night in explanation and support of manifesto and stated to me to-day that he thought it would be satisfactory to the revolutionists.