Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-18
CARBAJAL GREETED
BY THE DIPLOMATS
Representatives of Foreign
Governments Express Hope
for Peace in Mexico.

MEXICO CITY. July 1S.-The member:
Of the diplomatic corps greeted Francisco
Carbajal. the new president of Mexico
in the national palace yesterday. Barnar
do de Cologan Cologan. the Spanish
minister. acting as dean of the corps, rea(
tho following address:
I'VE have come, Mr. President, today tt
the national palace as the representative.
Of the foreign nations in whose names
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 SO indispensable
And we hope 1t may be given to US soor
to witness the cordial embrace of breth
rem amid unbounded joy. not unmixet
with grief for those who have persisted
and with solicitude to staunch the coun
try's wounds, and to pour into them thu
saving balm of concord and charity.
Beset by Difficulties.
You have come, Mr.. President. tt
this post in a difficult moment. but we
feel sure that difficulties do not daun'
you. You have laid down the highest
post in the judiciary. which you at.
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making up for your youth, and If In
the Supreme Court you did your utmost
to safeguard your fellow-citizens 'ar16
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 epdeayol
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 fol
all on the path leading to normal and
lawful conditions. may occupy in her
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 fervenf
and most cordial desires"
The address of the Spanish minister
was approved beforehand by the diplo-
matte corps. so that there might be no
question as to the extent of recognition
which it implied.
Reply by President Carbajal.
In reply the president said:
ct am truly gratffied by this opportu-
nifty Of meeting your excellencies in my
capital city as chief of state. I desire
first Of all to offer you testimony of my
highest esteem. together with my re-
spects to the governments which you SO
worthily represent in this republic.
IT 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 Next
cans, and you may rest assured that /
shall omit no effort to realize that pa
triotic purpose, which is the only reason
I had for abandoning the labors of the
judiciary and assuming the responsible
ties of the position which I now occupy
Whatever may be the result of my eff
forts, 1 desire to declare that 1 am NOT
guided by any interested motive. and that
my personality will in no case be an OBJ
stacle to the realization of the task Of
concord to which I have set my hand,
and which Is SO necessary to my country
in these difficult moments.
IT, in my turn, express my desires for
the prosperity of your respective coun-
tries. and hope that the cordial relations
which they have hitherto maintained with
the Mexican republic will continue un-
altered"