Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-08-11
A PEEP At MEXICO
The Country's Area Now anu
What It Was Originally.
HAS LOST A VAST TERRITORY.
Nearly . Million Square Miles Of II.
Land Have Been Added to the United
states-StiiI a Big Country, Though
and Has an Enormous Coast Line.


Land Have Been Added to the United
States-Still a Big Country, Though
and Has an Enormous Coast Line.
1t Is interesting to note that the area
Of Mexico u practically as great as that
Of the United States between the Mis-
sissippi river and the Atlantic coast
the great lakes and the gulf of Mexico,
varying in altitude from sen level to
1900 feet Its climate Is affected By
these elevations and by a range OF
eighteen degrees Of latitude. Twelve
hundred miles Is the distance traversed
In passing south from Juarez. on the
northern boundary. to the capital, and
900 miles more to the southeastern
boundary The gulf Of Mexico and
Caribbean sea coast line extends foi
LOO miles. while the Pacific ocean and
gulf Of California touch 1000 miles OF
Mexican coast.
Prior to 1890 Mexico. 40 q Spanish
colony. and the United States covered
approximately equal areas. but tht
Texas secession and the result Of the
Mexican war added nearly . million
square miles to our territory. and the
extent Of Mexico now il less than one
fourth that Of continental United
States. Mexico has still territorial ex
panse equal to the aggregate Of Aus
tria- Hungary. Germany. France. Great
Britain and Ireland. The total area OF
the republic. 787 .O00 square miles. II
less than that Of Texas. California
Montana. New Mexico and Arizona
combined.
The average density Of population
Of Mexico npprOximates twenty per
square mile the most thickly populated
parts. outside Of the federal district
being the states of Tlaxcala and Mex
ware In size and OF about the same
density Of population and the latter be
ing nearly az large as New Hampshire
but with more than twice the number
Of inhabitants. The federal district
nodded after the District Of Columbia
but of eight times greater area, Is sur
rounded by the state of Mexico. the
large population Of the capital, 100000
materially aiding in bringing the aver
age to more than 1900 per square mile
During nearly 300 years subsequent
to the conquest by Cortes. Spain domi.
mated Mexico A century ago bold
effort for freedom was started. which
eventually resulted in the republic Of
Mexico Of today. More than half of
the FIRST century Of Mexican independ.
ence was nbortive. one coterie after
another coming into temporary power
and a number of those acclaimed rul.
ers after brief regimes meeting igno-
minious death at the hands Of the peo-
pie they sought to govern.
The form Of government adopted by
Mexico follows In general that Of the
United Suites. having, executive. judi
cial and legislative divisions. Each Of
the twenty.seven states = represented
In two houses Of congress, composed OF
senator's and deputies. Congress holds
two sessions each year for limited %.
Rods Each state has IT, governor and
legislature and ID subdivided into dis.
tricts or counties. over each Of which
jefe politico 10 placed. the districts
having subsidiary municipalities with
magistrates, presiding officials and
councils. The 30 called autocratic fea.
ture Of the government may he largely
due to the fact that governors hold Of
fee with approval Of the president.
that jefe politicOs have similar rela
tons with the governors and that the