The Alaska citizen., 1911-06-26


 ieau independence. OaNaca was his birthplace. His father was Spaniard and uis mother was of Indian ex- traction His mother al first intend ed that he should enter the church but finally yielded 10 his desires. so that he pursued the studies then re aured for a lawyers career
 While thus engaged the invasion of the Mexican territory by the American troops occurred and young DiaZ with other fcllgw-studcnts. of ferod his services to the Governor of OaNaca. The governor accepted their patriotic offer, but did not re qniro the students To go into the battlefield
 Diaz served in the revol against General santa Anna. and supported Jnarez ill his war ot reform. which began in lN55 and ended in 1S5S. At the age of 29 he was general of a brigade fighting the French when Napoleon tried to place Maximilau on the Mexican throne MaXimiIian and his generals were captured by him ill lS6I. and soon after Mexico City Capitulafed. DiaZ was regularly elected president of Mexico for the tirsD time in 1NI1. He was succeeded at the end Of his term by General Manuel Gonzales
 His crowning achievement ill the Gonzales administrator was the ab- r9gation of the law against pr,siden- tial reelection. and in lNNi he wa elected president for the second term
 There has been no other president ill Mexico since then. and until last summer the opposition 10 him never a'tained serious prOpOrti nS. He was elected president for tine eighth time June %, 1910
 President Diaz's first wife. daugh- ter of pr. Ortega Reyes. died during his first administration In iSS2 he married Carmen Romero Rubio. Il daughter of Manuel Romero Ru bio. a noted lawyer and statesman. He has no children by his second marriage. His children by his frs wife are: Armada (Mrs. Isacio de La Tgrrc). Lieutenant Colonel porfirio niH and Luz lMrs. F RincnA. Gal larlG}.
 Although the political campaign brought to light much dissatisfaction with his continued rule. the disturb ances which culminated in the pres ent insurrcction did not arise until af.er his opponents found them-elles e beaten al the polls
 Francis NadcrO. member of one of McXiCD's Wcalthiest families. was candidate for the presidency against Diaz, the principal plank iu his platform being anti-re-elcction in November. 1910. Madcro was con Sic,ed for melting the people 10 re belIion and put in jail. He escaped into Texas and called on his follow CTS to join in d general revolt ou November 20
 Already there had been scattered dist lrbances throughout the repub- lie but the insurrecti0n took its first definite form on this date
 The Maderoists ssued manifesto in which they said the recent cleo tion had been iniorced at the point of the bayOnet, charged Daz with responsibility for the uprising and declared his election null and void he principle of non-re election was said to be the supreme law of the republic and Diaz was declared d usurper.
 This manif, sto was dated October !. and was circulated privately for more than a month before it became public. On November 23 MadcrO proclaimed himself provisional pres ident of Mexico and was formally inauguratcl on his estate at Goa hui on December l, the same day that Diaz began his eighth term.
 On this day Dag made his first oyerturcs to the rebels, sending d commission to Chihuahua. offering terms, but declaring that the pen ally of continued rebellion would be death. These terms were rejected. he most important battles were fought Cn the northern border. bul the insurrcctos showed fighting strength ill twelve different states.
 The next formal efforts 10 secure peace, so far as the genera public knew. occurred on February 2G, but these, toe, failed. On March & Sc nor Limanlour, the Mexican minis ter of finance. reached New York from Paris and spent several days ill conference with the father and brothers of the rebel leader.
 Meanwhile the United States had massed 20,OO0 men along the MeXi- can border, while the fleet was or dered to rendezvous off Guantanamo on the east coast, and off san Diego and San Pedro. in the Pacific.
 Orders of this mobilization went out on March !. and the immediate activity Cf the msurrectos showed they were encouraged by the i'm portance which this government at tached to their movements.
 The fruits of LimantOur confer enCe with the MaderOS in New York were never definitely displayed. So far as an interruption of hostilities was concerned, however, they had no immediate effect. the rebel Cccu- patton of Agua Pricta and the move ment on Jua:eZ following soon after Limantour returned 10 Mexico City
 Late in April the activity of scat tered detaChments of rebels near the capital itself indicated that the Diaz administration was in more crt- cal position than had been supposed.
 On April 23. when Francisco Ma dero, with his army. was encamped al the gates of JuareZ threatening immediate attack. an armiStice ot five days was declared to enable