Jar On Mexican Peace.

New York Times 100 years ago today, August 12, 1912:
Senator Fall Denies Obstructing Madero's Failure to End Revolt.
    WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.— Both Senator Fall of New Mexico and Senator Diddap, Washington representative of the Mexican revolutionary party, countered to-day on President Madero's declaration attributing to the Senator the Mexican Government's failure to come to peace terms with Gen. Orozco, the rebel leader.
    "I thought some time ago that I might want to see Orozco to ascertain his authority for certain statements," said Senator Fall, "but I have had absolutely no communication with him. Orozco declared that certain Americans had been putting up money for Madero and gave names and other details. I wanted to find out what information he might have as authority for these statements and so telegraphed to the Mayor of El Paso. But nothing came of it. I have had nothing whatever to do with Orozco."
    Senor Diddap said he had been instructed to state that the Madero Government made the first demand for peace to Gen. Zapata on Aug. 3, and sent a Cabinet Minister to propose peace to the chiefs operating in the north. Diddap contended that the failure was due, not to Senator Fall, but, so far as Zapata is concerned, to lack of official instructions of the Madero official commissioners and their insistence upon ignoring the civilians composing the Revolutionary Committee.