New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-06
ruE MASTER OF MEXICO.
,s1nrNT PoRFIRIO DIAz. WHO MAY
VISIT THIS COUNTRY.
,xrc,-rrvE WHO HAS WROUGHT POLITICAL
AND SOCIAL MARVEis AND IL SNiN''N'
HIS LAND TO RANK WITH THE MOD
rRN PROGRESSIVE POWERS.

rRN PROGRESSIVE POWERS
1vosh,ngton Feb. (SpeciaD-Though II IL not
,,ta certain that the President OF the hepuohc oi
e,ax,co will soon visit the United States yet many
.,,rgs point that way. At the Legation OF Mexico
che Minister. Mr. Romero. sao'
',. &c nosslble that President Diaz contempiates
-. 80 tb,s country but have received no
20 81 his intention to DO so. There Is no reason
,"vever why he should not visit the United states
=. this time far as his absence from MeN'Oo
sr-,ng his term OF office is concerned we nave ITO
60. tros,aent and our Constitution does not pro-
w g.. .ho +e,onorarv absence of the President
o.. ,na nrovision would be made by our congress
.ha -eouest OF the President for a leave OF alb
o,ce and at the same time he would designate
-.on,,er Of The Government 10 act as f'esIue"'
,.h,oc. 10 The approval Of Congress Nhen fresi-
a.. MAJ visited the United States in 1888 II was
st,s the interval between his first and second
.s while President Gonzalez was in ONCE the
- q, that time preventing President DI from
hs,ne his own successor. The law was mo'iii'eu u,
~. Administration Of President Gonztez anu
president Diaz has beeh 'he Sloice "a wv
,Aople ever since" .
NE Romero expressed great pleasure al the
r-oenect Of . visit from President Diaz. we
ebau be delighted II Il is true that PRESIDENT D"|
,s really coming" she said He VIII De sure l"
sing Mrs D!az who IS OF the most charming
,r,e, IN tho world and OF course, they VIII ne
our guests" .
The visit of President and Mrs. Diaz 70 the
1-ni,ed States in 1888 their wedding Journey
mo fair young bride IS well remembered as
,oost beautiful woman. and President DiaH as
s.rk,nely handsome man. Of partly Spanish type
M, with tho more splendid physique or lnhe'i'en
rugged Aztec strength. lie was hfty-iwo years oio
hut so rnarvellousy young in appearance thae ie
lacked not a day thirty-five Inc hNsa.'"
Asi6ance had not been built. ard me distinguished
e,,ests occupied apartments in the historic rev
-, Johnson house then adjoining and part OF
,ba Arlington Hotel. At the request OF fres'dehl
Arthur John W roster who had been the Amer
can Minister 10 Mexico. and Mrs. Foster went 10
:. Louis 70 meet Presden. and MIS- Dlan anu
acoononanv them 10 Washington. While In wash
,nston they were handsomely entertained ny fres'-
-. ar,bur and members Of the Cabinet, ana by
the Minister Of Mexico and Mrs Romero MT ana
Mrs Foster also gave a brilliant dinner party
tollowed by a reception in honor Of President ana
Mrs Diaz.
MEXICO UNDER PORFIRIo DlAA.
The v,s!: Of the President Of the Republic OF
,raxico would be an occasion Of more or less In
,erest under any circumstances. But the man
- has created modern Mexico has wrought the
-olit.cal and social miracle of the century. There
q ,o-hinc IN history which fairly parallels the
twenty years in Mexico under PorhTio Daz. lie
has done what other ruler or modern times mas
nvan dreamed Of being able TO do. No other man
pos taken such q dead weight of population and
81 unified and transformed H. From state OF
srarchv. brgandage and revolution. Mexico has
bacoroe one OF the most compact ana unified ma
-ione in The New World
The career Of Porfrio Diaz. II written. would be
a wonderful story. or his birth. on September To-
,sqo he has said over his hand: ut was In the
C,,, q. Osxaca street Of Ia SOleded, south side
No 10 In which house IS now a sugar factory
US father Captain jose Faustno Daz was or
Asturian ancestry. and on his mothers side three
generations back came the drop Of aboriginal
Tood He was destined by his mother for the
church but he himself decided TO be a lawyer and
no, a priest Thrown entirely on his own re-
sources he supported himself by teaching until he
,ras graduated and entered the law Office Of
renito Juarez, who later led the Liberals 10 sue
cess and whose p-otege he became HIS hrst taste
OF war was in the revolt against Santa Anna In
tho plebiscite young Diaz was the only student
who dared walk up to the tables and sign against
the usurper and for this he had 10 fly for his life
After forty years service. the hero Of fifty bat
Ties leader OF desperate charges and defender Of
foriorn hopes. half a dozen times prisoner. often
escaping by the narrowest hazards, General Diaz
crowned his military fame the time OF the
French invasion by his brilliant victory at Puebla