Arizona republican., 1903-07-20

feared and the greatest care is taken to see that it cannot be exerted.
 Public religious dem onstrations are discouraged. It is not permitted that the churches may be illuminated on saints days, as in other Catholic cOun- tries. but it is required that they shall be illuminated on national holidays.
 At the time of the death of the king of Italy services were held in the Cath olic churches of the city but neither the president nor any officer of his government attended. On the occasion of the public services in honor of the death of President Mckinley, Presi- dent Diaz and his cabinet attended publicly.
 Crime of all degrees is swiftly and severely punished, and in consequence there is no such thing as lynching in the republic. The people know that the law will act with promptitude and that it seldom makes a mistake. The government has done much in the way Of concessions for the encouragement of railroad building, but it reserves for itself not what is known in this coun- try as government control of the roads but sort of management of them. Rates are fixed and altogether they are surrounded by regulations which would be irksome to the roads of this | country. There is one thing that is not generally known, and that is that members of train crews who are not | subjects of Mexico must expatriate themselves while in the performance of their duties in that country, so that if an American engineer or conductor or brakeman is arrested and thrown in fof f1,- -s,l, he cannot appeal to his country as an American citizen. The railroads throughout the republic are numerous and growing much faster than those who have not kept themselves well in formed imagine. The Tehauntepec road, extending from ocean to ocean, will shortly have control of the isthmi . an trade. Facilities in the way of harbors and docks and for the unload ! ing and loading of vessels are being | increased. In the opinion of MT. Far ish that road, on account of the sav- ing of time and distance, will be a strong competitor of the Panama canal if it should ever be built
 There was printed some time ago In one of the periodicals of this country | a statement by native correspond ent that the election of Diaz, who has since been nominated. would take place and that shortly afterward he would resign in favor of Limantour, minister of finance. MT. Parish said that mat ter had been discussed in the City of Mexico. but that there was no proba- bility of the succession of Limantour. He is lacking in popularity and the objection has beside been raised to 1 him that he is not a native of the country. It is believed to be improba- ble that President Diaz would adopt such plan for putting him at the head of the government. The impression seems to prevail there that the place which he occupies as member of the international exchange commission was given him by the government in order to get him out of the country, for time, at least
 Regarding the adoption of d gold standard, MT. Parish says he believes there will. be no early change in the monetary system of the republic. At the close of the last congress the sub ject was discussed by the president, who said, he believed that the adoption of the gold system would be a good thing for the government and for the railroads and many other interests. but he was not sure that it would be a good thing for the people at large. The work of the commission, which was afterward appointed. is to inves-
 tigate only one phase of the question, the relation of Mexico to her neigh
 bors. In the meantime the effect of
 the proposed change upon the people of the country will be studied.