Bisbee daily review., 1914-04-29
MEXICO IS VAST IN AREA AND POSSESSES
 MANY RESOURCES

WASHINGTON. April ?s.-The fol. lowing information concerning Mexico was given out by the National Geo. graphic Society in Washington, D. C., today:
 1t Is interesting to note that the area of Mexico is practically as great as that of the United States between the Mississippi River and the Allan tic coast, the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico. varying in altitude from sea-leyel to 1s,O00 feet. It's eli. mate Is affected by these elevations and a range of IS degrees of latitude. Twelve hundred miles is the distance trayersed in passing south from Jua- reg. 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 for 1 1000 miles, while the Pa clfic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico touch 1000 miles of Mexican coast
 Prior to 1886, Mexico, as q Spanish colony, and the United States covered approximately equal areas, but the Texas secession and the result of the Mexican War added nearly 100000 square miles to our territory. and the extent of Mexico now is 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 'Briain and Ireland. The total area of the republic, 767,00O square miles. is less than that of Texas. California. Montana. New Mexico and Arizona combined.
 The average density of population Of Mexico approximates 20 per square miles, the most thickly populated DOT ftions, outside of the Federal district. being the States of Tlaxcala and Mex ico the former being less than Della ware in size and about the same den sity of population. and the latter being nearly as large as New Hampshire, but with more than twice the number of inhabitants. The Federal district, modelled after the District of Colum- bia. but of eight times greater area, is surrounded by the State of Mexico. the large population of the capital, 70.0O0. materially aiding in bringing F the average to more than 1900 per square mile.
 During nearly 300 years subsequent to the conquest by Cortes, Spain uont ginated Mexico A century ago a bold offort for freedom was started, which eventually resulted in the Republic of Mexico of today. More than half of the first century of Mexican inde- pendence was abortive, one coterie after another coming into temporary power. and number of those ac- claimed rulers, after brief regimes, meeting ignominious death at the hands of the people they sought to : govern.
 The form of government adopted by Mexico follows in general that of the United States. having executive, ju dlcial and legislative divisions. Each Of the 27 states is represented in two houses of Congress, composed of Sen ators and Deputies Congress holds | two sessions each year for limited periods. Each State has it's governor and legislature and Is sub-divided in ' to districts. or counties. over each or which a 'jefe politico' is placed, the districts having subsidiary municipal ties with magistrates. presiding oft- icials and councils. The so-calied auto cratic feature of the government may be largely due 10 the fact that gover nors hold office with approval Of the President; that jefe politicos have sim liar relations with the governors, and that the officials of the municipalities are generally controlled by the jefe Ipoliticos.
 The church and state are independ- pent, and Congress cannot pass laws I prohibiting or establishing any reli' fgion. Of the l6.OOO.000 inhabitants two-fifths claim direct descent from ancient tribes or families which are accepted as the basis of Mexican his tory, two fifths are of mixed and Tor ,eign blood, the remainder being jclassed under the common appelation of foreign.
 The City of Mexico, 264 miles by rail west of Vera Cruz, and 7,4OO feet altitude. is reached by two rail routes
 climbing from the hot lands through difficult mountain passes, one of which
 closely follows the trail taken by Cor
 tes in l5l9, by Gen. Winfield Scott
 with American troops in lS47' anu over which, l5 years later, the invad-
 ing French troops passed. It is the most populous city. One-haif or the | railroad mileage of the country is be tween sea-level and 5.00O feet and about an equal amount between b'OOO and 10000 feet.
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