The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-03

Sir: The Mexican people who generous
" have covered me with honors, who pro-
claimed me their leader during the in
ternational war. who patr1oticaliy assisted tee
dustry and the commerce of the Republic
establish its credit gain for for It tae 6oper
able position in the concert of nations
that same people slT' 9 fatin TeV thaf IN
presence in the exercises of the supreme
executive power is the cause of this in
surrection.
An Exalted Sacrifice.
7 do not know of any fact imputable to
me which could have caused this social
admitting, that 1 may be unwittingly cul-
pable, such a possibility makes me the
cHIpabiiity. Therefore, respecting as 1
have always respected, the will of the peo-
the Federal Constitution, come before the
supreme representatives of the nation in
eodst 1G bresdent Of the repGbe
with which the national vote honored me,
order to continue in office. it would be
necessary to shed Mexican blood, endan-
gern the credit Of the fGuntT ~ dssPat
and exposing its policy to international
/ hope gentlemen, that when the pas
sions which are inherent to all revolutions
have been ealmed d, mo-, more Gops rs en-
sionai mind, a correct Judgment, which,
when die may carry g Era En- on MN, my
/ have devoted and will devote to my
Bargain for Peace.
The revolution led by General Fran
cisco I. Madero. Jr., had brought
about the aged presidents reported
pledge early in 1911 to resign mis- Of
flee in a bargain for peace, but on
May "a, the day on which the resig-
nation was expected, it was not forth
coming. Riots occurred that day n
Mexico City, during which many per-
sons were killed. The national palace
was stoned by mobs shouting Viva
Madero!" and demanding to know why
Diaz did not resign. The next day he
read his letter OF resignation to the
chamber of deputies. A large major
ity voted aye; the other legislators
rose and bower their affirmation as
their names were called.
The minister of foreign affairs,
Francisco Leon de la Barra, was inn
mediately chosen provisional president
and Diaz. of whom for thirty years all
Mexico had stood in awe, left the
capital secretly the next day, to em-
bark at Vera Cruz fer Europe Since
then ne had lived virtually an exile in
Paris and other European cities, a ST.
lent observer of still more troublesome
times in the land he had long ruled.
old Man in Grief.
The views General Diaz held of
these subsequent happenings were re-
ported mainly by rupor. He author
the main were those of an old man
grieved over his own misfortunes and
those of Mexico. He longed to see
peace re-estahlished, and was often
quoted as having urged the now for
mer President Huerta to quit to pre-
vent a foreign war. He was repeated
ly reported on the point of returning
to Mexico, but he denied that he ever
would, unless Mexico was drawn into
war with the United States, or unless
it was for him to die in his native land.
General Diaz was born in 1880 His
family were of old Spanish stock with
an infusion of Indian blood Left
fatherless at the age of 3, he was edu-
Gated at the expense of the Bishp of
Oaxaca with the intention of becom-
ing a priest. but he eventually turned
to law and then at the outbreak of
the war with the United States turned
to a military career.
He served throughout that struggle
in a militia company which he helped
organize, and after peace was de-
clared he made a special study of mill
itary scien &C. He and one other
were the only two in the country who
dared openly oppose the continuation
of Santa Annals d dictatorship. His
execution was ordered, but he scaped