Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-12-21
MExloo.s PRESIDENT.
Diss Ranks with the Most Capable states
mon OF ms Time.

Diss Rsuks with the Most Capable States
mon OF ms Time.
In the gift OF true leadership. Of Or
ganizing capacity, of far-sighted, pa-
triotic and sagacious direction OF
country's policy, Porario Diaz ranks
with the great rulers Of the country.
As monarch of any European great
power, no would undoubtedly make
grand name for himself In history. But
his work In Mexico to-day q probably
of more value 70 tho world than any
thing man Of his character and traits
might accomplish elsewhere. For he
has brought order and prosperity to .
splendid country, that for nearlya CEN
tury had been ina chronic state OF tur-
moil, and has given II an honored place
In the family Of nations, with people
started securely on the way ofprogress.
To our own century his work 10 also
of value that has ~ yet hardly begun
to DO appreciated. Il Is Of immense
service TO have . peaceable and pros
porous nation developed In tho beauti-
full portion of our continent that ad'
joins US TO the southwark. Tho natu-
raj resources Of Mexico have hardly
vet begun to be realized. What has
been done In California under the stars
and stripes we may look to see done
there under the friendly flag OF o
ueighboring republic, for Mexico has
the materials for the making OF sew
eral CALIFORNIA; The opportunities
for profitable commercial intercourse
with such country are practically
boundless. and the work OF Gen. Diaz
Is assuring us steady development OF
their possibilities.
The peculiar way In which the prac.
teal basis of government differs from
the theoretical in q country like Mex
leo has made many friends OF repub-
lican institutions perhaps unduly
harsh in their criticisms OF methods
and results there prevalent and ar
rived at. Whatever the form OF gov
eminent people may possess, its APP
plication in practice must conform to
the character OF that people, and the
Mexicans. as nationality, are clearly
not yet fitted for republican govern
ment, as we understand It. But. 1t
may be doubted II, after all, the actual
government of Mexico Is not really rs
genuinely republican rs that OF some
of our own states-for instance, the
great commonwealth OF Pennsylvania,
which. to all intents aud purposes, has
for years been under form OF dicta.
torship in which the pretense Of free
institutions has been cloak for n
steady violation. defiance and abuse OF
their principles. Public sentiment is
something that has to be reckoned
with in Mexico of to-day, as in Penn
sylvania.
The II 'Sof Gen. Diaz are genuinely
republican. like those OF the lamented
and noble-hearted Dom Pedro, OF
Brazil. His aim is to make his coun-
try truly free. as well as materially
prosperous, but he sees that q strong
government and an intelligent people
are necessary preliminaries to free
government. 1t is great advance
that in country like Mexico
all reverence for monarchical in
situations has been destroyed.
The ground Is thus better prepared
for new edifce, and the sentiment OF
republicauism. so universally cher
ished In that country as an ideal. how
ever imperfectiy realized, furnishes q
strong vantage ground for true prog
ress. There Is much in name, and
Diaz. as president, has great ad-
vantage over the position that was
held by Dom Pedro as emperor, In
guiding his country toward its destined
place as self-governing nation. Mex
leo has been rich in statesmen OF
hi-h order. President Juarez was
pronounced by Secretary Seward one
of the greatest men OF his century.
II is fortunate for Mexico that Diaz
has been so long at the head OF affairs,
and that under his administrations a
wholly new economic order should
have been brought about As In Japan,
there has been a wonderful transition
from medieval to modern conditions
within n quarter OF century. The
people have forgotten the habit Of rev.
olution and domestic turbulence, aud
for the first time since their indie
pendence have experienced the bless
ings of internal tranquility. Diaz will
doubtless remain at the head of the
country while he lives and retains his
present wonderful individual and ad-
ministrative vigor. And when he re-
signs the helm 1t is likely that some
other capable hand will continue his
work. We may feel certain that the
Mexico OF the twentieth century will
continue In the course laid out In the
last quarter Of the nineteenth. Boston
Herald.