Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-26
MEXICO PLANS
OVATION To
ROOT
SECRETARY STARTS ON
LONG SOUTHERN TRIP.
Visit Marks Dawn of an Era Of
Closer Relations Between
This Country and NeighborS
in Latin America,

Washington. sept Secretary
Root left at 3:40 o'clock this after
noon to visit President DiaX. of Mex
leo. He travelled IN the private c1r
Signet. attached to the regular Penn
sylVania railway train. with him were
Mrs Root Miss Root and PerciNal
Gassett, his private secretary.
According to Mr. Roots itinerary. he
will arrive in 81. Louis at 1.1O tomor-
row. From there he will go tu TeXar-
kama. Texas and thence. Via LongNieW
and Palestine. 10 san Antonio. The
train is due to reach the Alamo city
a. 6;30 Saturday morning. lie Will
make a brief stop there and viii he
given luncheon hv The International
club He will reach Laredo, Texas, ON
the Rio Grandc. Saturday afternoon,
and will there cross To- Nuevo Laredo,
Mexico. where he will board President
Diaz' private train. which viii be sent
to meet him and transport him on his
triumphal trip 10 he capital, The
first important stou in Mexico viii be
at san Luis Potosi sunday afternoon.
He will reach the city of Mexico at
$50 Monday evening. Reports re-
ceiVed here from Mexico state that the
trip through the southern republic
will be a continuous ovation for the
secretary of state. Band serenades
have been arranged for every stopping
place. The program in Mexico City
includes numerous receptions, BAN
quets and speech ma king, TO continue
almost without intermisslon during
the secretary's stay. AZ the time Of
Secretary Roots visit Mexico will also
be entertaining another distinguished
visitor. General Morteza Kahn. the
Persian minister plenipotentiary 10 the
United states. and a worldfamous Of
ficer of the shah's army
That Secretary Roots visit TO Mex
leo Is considered significant, as mark
ing a policy Of bringing about closer
and more fTaternal relations between
the United states and it's spanish
American neighbors. is shown In the
official announcement Of the visit is
sued TO twenty American states by the
bureau OF American republics. II Is
as follows.
THE visit to Mexico of Hon. Ellhu
Root. secretary OF state Of the United
States and chairman of the governing
board of the bureau of American re-
publics. in response to the invitation
Of President Diaz, will be an impnr-
tant and logical complement to his
tour OF South America In 1905. The
prepa arations made by the Mexican
and people To make his
stay among them notable. show that
there Is great interest in this event
OF international significance. II Will
be another step in the broad policy
initiated by the present administra-
ton of the United States government
to get into closer sympathetic touch
with the governments and peoples OF
the other American nations Although
Mexico is geogra phically nearer to the
United States than any other Latin
American nation. the people az large
Of the United states have not yet fully
awakened to the remarkable materi2
Of that republic. and to
It's general progress along many dlf-
ferent lines Of political, economic,
and social development
Just as Secretary Roots journey to
south America turned the eyes of
North America TO that part of the
world and provided a clearer vision Of
It's mighty potentialities SO now there |
will be a corresponding direction of |
attention to Mexico and Central Amer |
lea"