The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-21
PRESIDENTS MEET
President Taft Receives President
Diaz and in Turn President Diaz
Has President Taft as a Guest.

Of the Republic of Mexico. occurred
at FL Paso. Outwardly il was attend
ed with display of Soldicrv. Il flare
OF trumpats, Il boom of cannon, and
Il pomp of ceremony suggestive of
supreme authority, but in the actual
handclasp of the two Executives and
III the exchange of courteous words
there was simple but cordial infor-
mality.
President Diaz was the first to
speak. He assured President Taft of
Ills warm personal regard and his
high esteem of the man who had ac-
compliShed so much in the Philip
pines. in China and elsewhere. and
who had now the honor to be the
Chief Executive of so great a nation
as the United States. President Taft,
Ill simple American fashion, declared
he was glad to meet President Diaz.
lie was glad to know the President of
Such great nation; especially glad
TO Know the present President who
had made the nation great.
Both Presidents dwelt upon tbc
cordlallty OF the relations existing
between the United States and Mcxi-
co, President Taft declared that this
meeting was not necessary to make
stronger the bonds of friendship: il
merely typificd the strength of the
bonds as they already exist.
There were less than Il score of
persons permitted To witness the
meeting of the two Executives. Even
these were excluded later when Presi-
dent Taft and President Diaz with
drew into an inner room of the cham
Der OF commerce building where th..
historic meeting occurred and was
only attended by Governor Creel of
the State of Chihuahua. former am
bassador to the United States, who
acted as Interpreter.
The scene of the days ceremonies
shifted from time to time from this
thriving little American city across
The Rlo Grande river to the typical
settlement of Ciudad .JuareZ.
In the customs house at .Juracz.
President Diaz received Il return call
from President Taft and in the even
ing entertained the American Presi-
dent and large dinner party at a
State banquet which in all lis sur
roundlngS of lavish decorations and
wealth of silver plate handed down
from the time of the Emperor Maxi
MILAN ,Nr,l,1l,. a.
bic feast ever served on the American
continent.
President Diaz. on his visit to Presi-
dent Taft, was attired i'm full dress
uniform. Secretary of War Dickin-
son rode beside him, and an aidc-de-
camp occupied the forward seat i'm
the carriage.
With President Taft when he
greeted DiaZ were Secretary Dickin-
son, Postmaster General Hitchcock,
Capt. Archibald w. Butt. Gen. Albert
Meyer, L. s. A.. Assistant Secretary
w. W. Mischlcr and {. =. Wagner Of
the White House staff
President DiaZ was accompanied
by members Of his Cabinet and mill
tary staff. The private interview be-
tween the Presidents lasted for -
minutes. 1t is officially stated thai it
consisted of but an elaboration of
their public utteranccS and that na
matters Of diplomacy were touched
upon.
Less than an hour after Presidenr
Diaz had withdrew. President Taft
was on his way to JuarcZ to repay
the call. He was received by Presi-
dent Diaz with the same honors and
distinction as had marked the visit
of the Mexican Executive to this
country.
President Taft and President Diaz
sat side by side at the banquet III
the evening. Their speeches were
given as toasts from one to the other.
President Diaz was the first to rise.
The Mexican Executive concluded
by proposing a toast.
81 toast for the hope said he,
"that the country of immortal Wash
ington may always enjoy all the hap
piness and prosperity which justly
correspond to the intelligent activity
and high civil qualities which char
acteriZe the many and cultured Am
erican people, and for the everylast
ing glory of its heroic founders. | also
toast for the personal happiness of
its illustrious President, who has
come to honor us with his friendship,
the manifestation of which will con-
tribute to cultivate the common inter-
ests which bind the two neighborin%
countries whose respective elements
of life and progress are reciporcally
completed and magnified by associa-
tion.''