Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-12

II is the famed hill where Montezuma had
his summer house, and it is one of the Won
derful palaces of the world. Located at
the end Of the Pasco, the fashionable drive
Of Mexico, park of ! 900 acres surrounds
Il. and these 1000 acres are filed with
the
Most Wonderful of Cypress Trees,
some Of which are over 100 feet high, and
many of which are 500 or 600 years old.
THE trunks of these trees are massive in
size and their limbs are gnarled, and they
spread outward as they 20 up until they
intertwine with other limbs at the top and
form a dense shade. They are clothed in
perennial green. and from them hang great
boards Of the beautiful, gray-silver, Span
ish moss which you see in the forests of
Florida and Louisiana.
4 drive through this park is like going
through the forests of fairyland, and in the
morning and the evening, when the sun
casts its beautiful shadows through the trees
and over the well-lept lawn, its sylvan
beauties are beyond description. Out of the
center Of this park rises a mighty rock, CO.
ing straight up for at least 200 feet. This
rock has a top of several acres and upon its
surface is built the massive castle of Chapul-
tepec There is only one stairway and one
road that lead up 10 it, and the building is a
wonder Of many kinds of Spanish architect
ure. II is, 1t seems to me, bigger than any
building in the United States, aud it covers
Rs much space as the Capitol at Washing
tor.
a Dream of Oriental Luxury.
II rises in terraces and these terr aces are
OF whir. marble with brass balustrades,
along v hich YOU see lovely flower gardens,
which make YOU think of the hanging gar
dens Of the Aztec emperors. The Mexican
rulers OF the past have spent fortunes in
improving and furnishing this castle and
President Diaz has remodelled many of the
rooms for his own use. The artists and
builders are repairing the rooms to-day and
the palace will be finer than ever.
One Of the bedrooms of the President is
especially fine, and Mrs. Diaz's private re-
ception parlor is iii pink silk with hang
incs OF bTocade and plush. All of the
rooms are beautifully frescoed and the in
terror of the castle corresponds in some
degree TO the wonderful, beauties of nature
which surround it. The view from this cas-
tie is one of the finest in Mexico. The
whole Of the Valley of Mexico is spread out
before YOU. the capital, with its many
cathedral towers and enameled domes lies
sr your feet. Silver lakes sparkle like dia-
nOnds amid the green in the distance, and
upoa al sides the great mountains of Mex
leo shine out like hills of frosted silver, and
away oil under the sun you see the white
heads of the two great volcanoes, Popocata-
pctl and the White Woman, which are ever
clothed in perpetual snow.
The Interview With the President
l was introduced to President Diaz by Mr..
Nariscal and the President shook my hand
and motioned me 10 a seat beside him. The
conversation was carried on through the
medium of Mr.. Nariscal, who translated my
English into Spanish, and the Presidents
Spanish into English. The President talks
easily. He is never at a loss for a word,
sud he knows Just what he wants to say and
Saws it in the fewest words The interview
which follows has been carefully revised by
him, and it is practically talk which he
kindly gives to the American people through
vhe medium of this newspaper.
l first asked as to the feeling of Mexico
toward the United States. President Diaz
replied:
1.-The MexicanS are almost unanimous in
The friendly feeling which they hold toward
She United States. Such feeling of mis-
trust which arose among the masses on ac-
count of the war of 1917 is rapidly disap-
pearing, and the convictions of the most en-
ightened classes of our people now is that
the United States does not believe that it is
in their interest to take more of the Mexi-
can territory, and that the mutual benefit Of