New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-07
H. ". TAFT FEARS EXILE!
Homes REVOLUTION Here Won't
Be Like Diaz One in Mexico.
|CALERO GUEST AT DINNER
Ambassadors Presence Brings
Out Many Quips-Women
Smoke with the Men.

The brothers of Presidents found palataoie
AT the Astor last night some decidedly any
banter aimed at the political commissions
now shaking Mexico and the United States.
Julio Madcro. whose brother Is defending
his administration with the sword, contrib
uted only applause, but Henry w. TAFT,
whose brother has been using the stump
as his defensive weapon. contributed wit
as well.
Justice Gerard, in his capacity as toast
master of the dinner given by the Mexico
Society of New York for Don Manuel Ca
| lero. the new Mexican Ambassador, opened
the engagement with high tribute TO
Porfrio Dlsz, In exile" which was re-
ceived in absolute silence, and with word
or two comparing tho revolution In Mexico
with the Presidential campaign In this
country The speeches of the Mexican Am
bassador and Of John Barrett director OF
the Bureau Of American Republics, inter
vened before Mr. Taft grasped his oppor-
tunity to reply:
1T has pleased the presiding officer to
draw an analogy between the method OF
electing a President III Mexico by rovolu-
ton and the present campaign here for the
nomination. / am sorry no thinks our po-
ltical battle SO serious. / hope | shall
escape the penalty OF exile-in a certain
event"
Everybody laughed and clspped including
not only President Maderos brother. but
Francisco Madero. his father. and Saliva
dore Madero, his uncle. Then Mr.. Tart
proceeded with the rest of his speech, while
Justice Gerard lay In wait. AS Mr.. Taft
sank into his chair the POSTMASTER bobbed
to his feet with
1T wish to say to Mr.. Taft that In a
certain event will use my influence with
Amos Pinchot and Frank A. Munsey TO
allow him to remain I'm New York"
Pinchot and Munsey Smile.
Amos Pinchot and Mr.. Munsey both
graced the dinner as guests. their broad
grins being the cynosure of all eyes on
the completion OF these remarks. In all
about 80 men and women attended the
feast, including Nr. and Mrs. Henry w.
Taft, Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Charles r. Alexander. Justice Peter a.
Hendrick, Captain Philip Lydig, Sumner
| Gerard. Congressman and Mrs. Martin W.
Littleton. Mr.. and Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
John NJ Bowers. Mr.. and Mrs. james b.
Eustis james Speyer. William +. Shee-
han. Phoenix 1ngraham, Luis 7. Corea'
former Nicarsguan Minister Hamilton
Holt Miss Sibyl Douglas. Miss Helen
Coster. Ashbel Barney, Edward Bacon and
Mr. and Mrs. Beverly Robinson.
Ambassadors Calero's address treated Of
the misunderstanding here. due 10 faulty
! newspaper reports, OF the happenings In
his country. He predicted that President
Madero would soon bring peace. and he
added:
want you to understand this: Mexico
Is passing through the same ordeais In us
strife for liberty and democratic govern
lnent AS you would have passed II YOU had
not the advantage OF reapinS the dement's,
OF all the cunquests OF liberty made by all
| the English people In I'VE or moro CEN
turtles of struggles against tyrranical gov
ernments. When the Pilgrim fathers land-
ed on this privileged land they brought In
their baggage all the already conquered
English liberties
| Part ~ our population IL Indian. who are
very numerous and important, aud have all
| the traditions OF the tyrannical AItecs
! Spain, with many titles 10 tue adlniratioi
/ OF mankind implanted In It's colonies "A reg
! uar and rigid system OF despotic govern
ment which might prepare the Latin Amer
lean populations for everything except delIl-
| Ocfatlc ana Tree lHslltullOuS
! What YOU SaXonS or English Americans
! had obtained AZ result OF centuries oil
evolution We Latin Americans are tryln-
! TO conquer In less than one hundred ears.
| The results are admirable and prove the
great moral possibilities Of the Latin Amer
| lean people, but we have not arrived u
/ such a degree rs To make the operation oi
our constitutional laws normal and regular.
hence the frequent uprisings We nave 10
! lament so often In spanish America Hence.
! too the present struggle through whicn
| Mexico ~ passing.
! Hamilton Holt. Justice jerks. Of the APP
pellate Division. In Brooklyn, and Congress
man Littleton were other speakers. VI was
remarked that about half Of the fifty women
present smoked with the men during the
entire post-prandial programme. which last
ed we'll on toward midnight. one OF the
smokers was the Duchesse de Thau'nes'
daughter Of Theodore Shonts. who sat al
the table with Mr. Munsey