THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8288, 17 September 1903, Page 4

THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO

iWw'iJiAa:. of Mexico, is a most rsaurkbl,- n. u. iiuler over a Cathmtc rouatrv. he L- ,i un «>£ a:at>.sauißl!K« •ritto a". wi-uM I '-"i him to ris« to prumtn- .... . L v\vfi-l' 1 " U' liUjiht, to be. -tor ji'iLv Dwz nas rukd ni»rc libo'an tuaw.-.-i ' ii-n- c:-:-..tfa i'reii-ient. 't iL - i:L.vityi the cuimof the" "Sow th-it he talks of ui, •• t-.e'iia- ot conscernatii'tT nil* th- .-..'U-ci-v. «;d iiie very iountla- • 7, rj ,-f fi. p-i> i..;. »a tiirc-iSi<Bcd. Jr'im rd for.-m'wit 'I General l>«iz crownui, ti::::t.'.i'y < ire*- by ;.u- r. pulse, ot Uw > !■( ii at 1562. AltnougU imbued v-.ta thv - General iias V. [■■; -. "i It to be as aL-te diplomatist " V,, L ;' " soldier. •I i.» rtfß Kr.T.v i-l i:.j departure irotn <• - r ' ( ruiitiiii? o£ ins c'U'i "" 1; r--. 11 e- carriage*. although tirst."u,...* 'J l-.ii.'i, is perfectly plain—the <;r:\.tr itv.ry-, aiid t-'.t horses wi;h- ---• i' 1 - -h- : ~ p» :; " <'•»•-• <1 In tliis tiie Prosid.nt, tl..- world*® luskionable i-rowd-d v.'t.h hunilrtdi ot e-K--tstfit t.-uiiiimge..'!. lit- oti.. a deserts even his c:u."ri,..£e eu-.i i.u-X- j of an or(•t!Wrv str.vt On ui'.e ocuuion, wiwn eid-.n: 'i tails d th-.- e-ar in which iie WiW* ridiu.'. lie tsiM. nu exception Jia-ild i,v■" n:.u-!-' m lui tavor, and sc. re-iruil:.'-d .V ! reBOl't.d to t.„- die or-.*i-r uvva to j-rwtvd. LsK-i Wash-iu-ton. 'Jea:r;-.l !)i:iz is too arduous a wo:K,r t!',' 1 - i>'- ; •■•luntry to allow of his e.wn prTv.'.te iawresrs b-.-ins properly t !ook--3,?;+.r. it io v;:j>-;rcect on gocd autuoritj cbtt siiould b- <:i- u;-jnorruw his entire pecy. ssioi.3 WD'.il'i r.,>t equal thec*e whicli the PrtriiJ-'at of the Cr.ited States. left to his heirs. Cen:r.il Diaz worko morning and eveninc. and t reti.K.s to his life he is aWe'to keep up a continuous strain on .his vitality far u'reater tiian would be possible to most men. He enjoys a birthday which is almost a public event, and he is deluged with present* of all kinds and descriptions. These he will not use. cor allow his family to use. and consigns theni annually .to a storehouse, wli-re "they lie accumulating—worth many cuouiaadts of dollars, iladame Diaz is a most rtgal woman —a-qneen whose crown, is the- sincere rvgatd and affect-ions which all classes tiestow oil Iter. The social leader of 11-xi'-o, as well as the first tadv of die liepublk-. she yet finds time to devote herself to works of charity. Always the centre of activity in special.missions of mercy, tlie wife of the President is known to ths common people as "Senorita Cannvlita" —the diminutive of Carmen ex•preisinj; tiieir affection for her. Falsely des<Tibtd by r.h,> American Press as an American and a Pro;estant, the Senora Carmen Bomero Kabio De Diaz is a Catholic lady m a Catholic nation, a Mexican by birth ard blood, and shs fiods enough work in charity to enable her to take no part in the politics of Mexico.