The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-18
Diaz Going to Ianan

| MeA1cO Clty, July lf.-trtI. Fellf
Diay has been named as special am
bassador to Japan to express the
thanks of Mexico to Japan for the lat
ters participation in Mexicos centen-
nial in 1910.
BY appointing General Diaz to this
mission President Huerta appears to
have eliminated him, temporarily at
least, from the politics of Mexico. He
is. expected to leave on Saturday and
the President when formally con-
ferring the honor ON him today, said
that he hoped that he would return
to Mexico in time to be a candidate in
the presidential election, which is
called for October 26.
General Diaz, however, would have
to plan his trip carefully so that time
would be left to him for the compile
tfon of his programme in the presi-
Dental campaign. Approximately a
month will be occupied in the trip to
Japan and another month in the re-
turn and it will be necessary not to
discredit the mission by too much haste
in leaving Toxic.
There never has been any secret
about the desire of General Diaz to
stand for the presidency and that he
should be a candidate was part of the
agreement entered into by him with
President Huerta as the price of peace
in the capital. Huerta was to be the
provisional President and Diaz was tc
name most of the cabinet, with the un-
derstanding that he should be free tc
work out his own political future. AL
most at once he was proclaimed the
candidate for the presidency of num-
erous political clubs but the growth OF
the rebellion against the Huerta ad-
ministration and the failure of Diaz tc
remain before the public in a spec
tacular light. in addition to the gen.
eral apathy of large part of the peo-
pie toward the election, resulted In
placing him in a position where even
many of his own partisans believed his
election would be impossible
Huerta Insists on Elections
President Huerta insists that the
elections will be held, but if they are
there is yet in sight no man whose
popularity is sufficiently general tc
make his election at all certain unless
it is General Huerta himself, who can
not legally become a candidate unless
he first retires from the presidency
The departure of Felix Diaz from
Mexico will remove the third of the
three big figures In the revolt against
Madero. General Reyes was killed in
action and General Mondragon was
sent to Europe as a delegate to the
exposition at Ghent
N'thtidl I'idL Will ne dCCOlll pdIltu Dy
five secretaries, two military attaches
one a lieutenant colonel. and one a
lieutenant, and honorary attache. ii
is quite possible that Senior Diaz will
go along. General Diaz will go by spe-
cial train to Salina Cruz, and thence
proceed by boat to San Francisco.
Bad fortune has attended Mexico's
efforts to extend thanks for Japan's
participation in the centennial cele-
bration. Porfirio Diaz, Jr., was first
named as Mexico's envoy, but the re
bellion of Madero caused his delay and
finally his flight with his father, the
former President.
Emilio Madero. brother of Francisco
was then named. The revolt of Gen
Pascual Orozco interfered on this oc-
casion. Emilio preferring to remain
with the army and fight.
Gustavo Madero who was executed
after his capture in the recent revolu-
ton, held the commission succeeding
Emilio Madero.
II has been rumored for long time
that Gen. Felix Diaz would be given
the commission, but this was denied
by both President Huerta and himself
The President is quoted today as say
ing that he felt confident that General
Diaz would know how to plan the TRIP
in a manner to please the executive
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