Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-08-03
IUDAD JUAREZ, the scene Of
the recent important events in
connection with the trouble
with Mexico, is situated on the

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the recent important events in
connection with the trouble
with Mexico, is situated on the
right bank of the Rio Grande, direct
ly opposite Ell Paso, Tex, and 1928
miles north Of Mexico City. The
very name Of the city of Juarez sug-
gests noteworthy events In the history
of the southern republic, and the con-
ferences which have been held there
recently by the representatives Of the
military forces Of both the American
and Mexican governments add another
interesting chapter to the community's
annals, says the National Geographic
society bulletin. =.
= For more than 200 years Juarez was
known as Ell Paso del Norte (the pass
of the North), and 1t was not until
1886 that the city was renamed In hon.
or Of one Of Mexico's greatest states
linen and patriots, BenitO Juarez, who
established his capital here during the
troublous times when Napoleon Ill., OF
France was abetting the Inflated Max
lmilian in his effort to found an em-
pire in the western hemisphere. .,sa
Juarez, a full-blooded Zapotec Indl-
an, born in an obscure village near
Oaxaca, succeeded to the presidency
Of Mexico when ComonfOrt, weary of
the internal strife, quit the Job" and
went to the United States. leaving af-
fairs In the hands Of his chief Justice
Immediately Juarez was embroiled In
CIVIL war by the assumption Of the ex-
ecutive Office by Zuloaga. 1t was
while trying to displace his rival that
the Indian patriot endeayored to bor-
row money from the United States
and, as a part Of the bargain, he
agreed to a treaty the terms Of which
brought forth a storm of protest from
England and France. By thfsStrsaty,
which was never ratified, the United
States was to have perpetual and I'M
restricted passage across both the
Tsthmus Of Tehuantepec and the north
ern states Of Mexico, and the right to
employ American troops to enforce
these rights as well as to protect;
American citizens against levies and
loans.
Start Of MaxlmlIlan's Attempt
A short time later Juarez precipl-
tated an international crisis by his de-
cision to suspend for two years the
payment Of interest on, the national
debt. England, Spain and France sent
fleets to Vera Cruz to force payment,
but. England and Spain soon withdrew,
while France, her soldiers once :. on
Mexican soil, decided to press her
claims, and gradually Napoleon's
scheme for western empire began to
assume definite form. His scheme
eventuated in the abortive attempt to
establish Archduke Macmillan Of Aus
tria on the throne Of the Montezumas.
e., 1t was during the famous defense Of
the city of Puebla against the invad--
Ing French army that a young Next
can, soldier, who was to become the
most conspicuous figure In the history
of modern Mexico, distinguished him
self by his bravery and his exception
al powers of leadership. This. young
hero was Porfirio Diaz, now known to
fame as "the strong man of Mexico"
" It Was ih the center Of the fnterna-
tional bridge which connects Juarez
aud Ell Paso that President Taft and
President Dlaz che who had been
Juarez's military right hahd)' met IN
1910. upon the occasion! Of the CEN
tenary0 celebration of Mexican indie,
pendence. .5
The traveller who passes through FL
Paso on his way to Juarez may choose
any. Of four times by which to set his
watch-Central, Mountain. Pacific and
Mexican. Mountain time Is an hour
| slower than Central, while Pacific rs
an hour slower and Mexican, Is "a
minutes faster than Mountain. ~
Famed for Its Bull Fights.
On account of Its bull fights and cock
fights, Juarez has long been a city Of
.feast-day pilgrimage for Americans In
search of q, new sensation. The Span
iards, who became Indicted to the bull
fight habit in the twelfth century, dur
ing the occupation Of the Iberian PEN
Insula by the MoOrs. introduced this
sport into Mexico shortly after their
overthrow Of the Aztecs. The fights
IN Juarez areinot so elabOrately staged
as those lin Mexico City. for native
bulls are used customarily, and these
have not the ferocity Of the animals
imported By theo capital from Andal;
usia at a cost. frequently, Of $1,000
fMexican1 each. an,i
on important bull-hght days the
population Of Juarez tops the 10000
hmarlH Dgwhile there ~ q relative TEN.
poelr1 decrease In the size Of The 4fti
rtit rTErY no N.,ftntil~fl