The daily sentinel., 1907-09-25
SEC. ROOT
GOES TODAY
TO OLD MEXICO
Very Significant is this Wis.,
ii Of Cabinet Member To
Land Of The nontezumas.
sentinel's Special News Service.


Washington, Sept. 25.-Secretaryl
Elihu Root boarded the private car
Signet this afternoon to begin his
journey to Mexico on a mission of
friendship and amity that is expected
to be as beneficent in its effects on
the future relations of the United
Statets with the southern republic as
was the secretary of states famous
tour of South America last year. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Roots itinerary, he
will arrive in st. Louis at 7:1O to
morrow. From there he will go to
Texarkana, Tex, and thence. via
Longview and Palestine, to San An
tonic. The train is due to reach the
Alamo city at 6:30 Saturday morn
ing. He will take a brief stop there
and will be given luncheon by
the International club. He will reach
Laredo, Mexico. where he will board
President Diaz's private train, which
will be seLt to meet him and trans
port him on his triumphal trip to
the capital city. The first important
stop in Mexico will be at San Luis
Potosi Sunday afternoon. He will
reach the city of Mexico at ESQ
Monday evening. Reports received
her from Mexico state that the trip
through the southern republic will
be a continuous ovation of the sec
retary of state. The program az
Mexico City includes numerous re-
ceptions, banquets and speech max
ing, to continue almost without in
Permission during the secretary's
stay. At the time of Secretary Roots
visit Mexico will also be entertain
Ing another distinguished visitor,
General Morteza Kahn, the Persian
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ed States and a world famous officer
of the Shah's army.
That Secretary Roots visit to Mex
ico is considered significant. as mark
| ing policy of bringing about closer
and more fraternal relations between
| the United Steates and its Spanish
American neighbors, is shown in the
| official announcement of the visit
issued to twenty American states by
the bureau of American republics.
II Is as follows:
"The visit to Mexico of Honorable
Elihu Root. secretary of state of the
United States and chairman of the
governing board of the bureau of
American republics, in response to
the invitation of President Diaz, will
be an important and logical compile
meht to his tour of South Amerisa
]
the Mexican government and the peo-
pie to make his stay among them not
able. show that there is great inter
est in this event of International
significance. 1t Will be another step
in the broad policy initiated by the
present administration of the United
States government to get into closer
| sympathetic touch with the govern
ments and peoples of the other Amer
lean nations. Although Mexico is
geographically nearer to the United
States than any other Latin-Americah
nation, the people at large of the
United States have not fully awak-
eped to the remarkable material
developments of that republic. and
to its general progress along many
different lines of political, economic,
educational 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 its mighty potentialities, so uow
there will be a corresponding di-
rectlon OF attention to Mexico and
Central America.