The age-herald., 1899-03-25
THE NEW MEXICAN
 REPRESENTATIVE SonOr ASpirez, ROmero'S Successor,
 Reaches Washington. WILL RANK AS AMBASSADOR Talks on Questions Concerning United
 States and MeXlCO. TO STRENGTHEN GOOD RELATIONS Will be His Aim, and to Promote the Friendly Feeling Already Existing
 Between Citizens of the
 Two Nations.
TO STRENGTHEN GOOD RELATIONS

Washington, March 24.-The new Maxlcan ambassador, Senor Don Manuel Azpirez, who succeeds the late Senor Romero, ar rived in Washington today. He left Mexico City on the 11th, stopping at El Paso and St. Louis, where he was handsomely enter tained by the commercial bodies and the Spanish-American citizens Senor Azpirez will be the first representative of Mexico to present credentials of the high rank of ambassador, for while Senor Romero was commissioned to that rank, he died on the day set for the presentation of his ere dentials.
 The new ambassador was seen at the Mexican embassy shortly after his arrival today, and talked interestingly on current questions between the United States and Mexico. He speaks English fairly well.
 Naturally my main purpose in coming to Washington" said the ambassador, lis to strengthen the good relations between the United States and Mexico in every way possible, and in particular to develop the trade and commerce which two good neigh bors should have with each other. notice that your papers reproduce Mexican press comments on the recent utterances of Cecil
 
 United States of Central and South Ameri- can countries.
 Comment on Cecil Rhodes
 "But this press comment is purely un- official and in no way reflects the views of the government. MT. Rhodes is an inter esting character and the papers were quick to seize upon his utterance and give it much significance. But it is nothing more than the opinion of any private individual and receives no serious attention beyond that Throughout Mexico the press and public are sincerely friendly to the great republic to our north.
 The ambassadors attention was called to the statements of Correo Espanol published at Mexico City, in regard to the American depravity in Cuba
 That is a Spanish paper" said he, land the views expressed are merely those of the Spanish element Under our liberal laws, giving freedom of speech and freedom of the press, considerable latitude is allowed in editorial discussion, just as 1t is under the enlightened laws of the United States. But no significance should be attached to the utterances siply because they are made in Mexico City.
 Only Few Pro-Spanlsh
 "Only a small element of our people are pro-Spanfsh by reason of ancestry or re- lationship. The great bulk of the people treat such matters with indifference and regard the United Statess as their nearest and best friend"
 Referring to President Diaz, the ambas- sador said:
 ''The president is enjoying the best of health. He has remarkable vigor for man of his years. Although now about 69, he looks twenty years younger, and he has the same vitality of mind and body that has served to give Mexico such wonderful inn petus under his administration. It is not too much to say that the country has made more progress in the last twenty years than she made in the entire period of her existence before then. And this great stride has been made largely through the statesmanshp of President Diaz. It may be said that the United States and Mexico are walking hand in hand one represent ing the highest type of Anglo-Saxon and the other of Latin civlization.''