Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-05
Official Program of Meeting
Announced in Mexico City.
CHIEFS OF TWO NATIONS
President of Mexico to Leave for
Ell Paso 18th Instant.
AN EXCHANGE OF COURTESIES
Following Reception on American
Soil, Similar Function Will Oc-
cur in Juarez.

MEXICO CITY. October 1.-The official
program of the Mexican government rela-
tive to the meeting of Presidents Taft
and Diaz Saturday. October 16. has been
given out at the department of foreign
rela tiOns.
Mr.. Mariscal. minister of foreign az
fairs. viii precede the presidential party
to Juarez and there arrange the final
details for the meeting of the chiefs of
the two nations Accompanied by Jose
Lmantour. secretary Of the treasury. and
Gen. Manuel Gonzales Cosio secretary
of war. President Diaz will leave Mexico
City on the evening of October II. For
two days he will be the guest Of the
people OF Chihuahua and then proceed
north to Ell Paso.
In the arrangements for the meeting
made between the foreign department
Of this country and the State Depart
ment at Washington the region of the
Chalnizal was declared neutral territory.
thus allowing the Mexican troops. if they
so desire to cross the international bridge,
accompanying President Diaz into neutral
territory and there await the return o.
President Dag after his in iervieW with
President Taft in Ell Paso.
At International Bridge.
Siioi lily beIOTe IL % CLOCK on the morn
ing of the 10Th President Diaz will pro-
coed to the international bridge, which he
will cross. accompanied by an escort, as
well as by members of the presidential
staff, who will go with him to the house
where he will meet President Taft. Presi-
dent Diaz Will be welcomed at the north
ern end OF the bridge by Secretary OF
War Dickinson and other personages
mentioned in the program as arranged In
Washington.
After the act of greeting President
/! Diaz the party will proceed to the
place arranged for the interview of the
two presidents. At the conclusion OF
the Interview in Ell Paso. which will be
about IL o'clock. President Diaz Will
return to Juarez.
Immediately thereafter President
TAFT will go to the south end of the In
ternational bridge and Will be met al
the terminus of Avenida Juarez by
Minister of Finance Limantour, accom-
panied by Brig. Gen! Gregorio Ruiz,
with his staff, a regiment with a mill
tary band and a battery of field artil-
lery. Minister Limantour will proceed
in a presidential carriage and will re-
representative of Gen. Diaz, together
with the governor of Chihuahua, En-
rique c. Creel, and the Jefe POlitico of
the district of the Braves.
Minister Welcomes President Taft.
Minister Limantour is to welcome
President Taft in the name of the fed
eral government, while the Governor Of
Chihuahua will present the greeting of
his state and the Jefe Politico of the
Braves district will extend a welcome
for Juarez. The band will play the
Star Spangled Banner. President
Taft will be escorted to the carriage
awaiting him by Minister LimantoIr
and Gov. Creel. AS he enters the car
rage salute of twenty-one guns will
be fired by the Mexican battery. Min
lister Limantour will accompany Presi-
dent Taft in the carriage. The Ameri
can troops who accompany President
Taft will stop at the northern end OF
the bridge, except the personal escort
OF the American chief executive. The
Mexican troops will be disposed about
the approaches of the house in which
the interview between Diaz and Taft
will take place.