Evening star., 1914-07-19
CARbAJAL GREETED
BY THE DIPLOMATS
Representatives of Foreign
Governments Express Hope
for Peace in Mexico.

MEXICO CITY. July 1s.-The members
of the diplomatic corps greeted Francisco
Carbajal, the new president of Mexico.
in the national palace yesterday. Bernar-
do de Cologan y Cologan. the Spanish
minister, acting as dean Of the CORPS read
the following address:
I'VE have come, Mr.. President, today to
the national palace as the representatives
of the foreign nations in whose names l
have the high honor Of addressing you,
with the grateful impression and consol-
ing hope that Mexico is at last approach
ing that peace which Is SO earnestly de-
sired and which. too. is 30 indispensable.
And we hope it may be given to US soon
to witness the cordial embrace Of breth-
rem amid unbounded Joy. not unmixed
with grief for those who have perished
and with solicitude to stanch the coun-
try's wounds, and to pour into them the
saving balm of concord and charity.
Beset by Difficulties.
You have come, Mr.. President. to
this post in a difficult moment, but we
feel sure that difficulties do not daunt
you. You have laid down the highest
post in the judiciary. which you at
tained at an early age. your merits
making up for your youth. and II In
the supreme court you did your utmost
to safeguard your fellow-citizens and
all the Inhabitants Of the republic in
the enjoyment of the constitutional
guarantees you will not assuredly now
or as long as you have the honor OF
occupying the supreme magistracy OF
the country. omit any honest endeavoI
or any sincere effort to put an end al
the earliest possible moment to the
griefs and sorrows Of this beautiful
| land, SO that Mexico. entering once for
all on the path leading to normal and
| lawful conditions. may occupy in hei
upward and onward march the promi-
nent place which for SO many reasons
she Is entitled to among the nations OF
| this continent.
Such. Mr.. President. are our ferven1
and most cordial desires"
| The address of the Spanish minister
was approved beforehand by the diplo
matte corps. SO that there might be nc
question as to the extent of recognition
| which it implied.
Reply by President Carbaja1.
In reply the president said:
| II am truly gratided by this opportu
nifty of meeting your excellencies in my
/ Cdpitdi CITY DIS CIlici VI STATE. ueSlF{
fret of all to offer you testimony of my
highest esteem. together with my re-
spects to the governments which you &c
worthily represent in this republic.
Il have heard with profound satisfac
ton the generous desires which you ex
press for the re-establishment of peace
and the consequent union of all Mexi
cans. and you may rest assured that
shall omit no effort to realize that pa
triotic purpose, which is the only reaso,
had for abandoning the labors of tn.
judiciary and assuming the responsibili
ties of the position which 1 now occup,
Whatever may be the result of my ef
| forts, l desire to declare that 1 am no
guided by any interested motive. and tina
my personality will in no case be an OBJ
| stacle to the realization Of the task Of
concord to which 1 have set my hand
and which is so necessary to my countr,
in these difficult moments.
| Il. in my turn. express my desires fol
| the prosperity of your respective coun
tries. and hope that the cordial relation,
which they have hitherto maintained with
the Mexican republic will continue un
| altered