The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-07-28
ITDAD JUAREZ, the scene OF
the recent important events in
connection with the trouble
with Mexico. is situated on the

the recent important events in
connection with the trouble
with Mexico, is situated on the
right bank of the Rio Grande. direct
ly opposite FL Paso, Tex, and 1923
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 thar 200 years JuareZ was
known as El Paso del Norte (the pass
OF the North), and it was not until
1885 that the city was renamed in hon
or of one Of Mexico's greatest states
men and patriots, Benito Juarez, who
established his capital here during the
%tronblous times when Napoleon III Of
France was abeting the Inflated Max
imilian in his effort to found IN en-
pire in the western hemisphere.
Juarez, a full-blooded Zapotec Indi-
an. born in IN obscure village near
Oaxaca, succeeded to the presidency
of Mexico when COmonfGt, 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
he Indian patriot e~ndeavored to bOr-
row money from the United States
and, rs Il part OF the bargain, he
agreed to Il treaty the terms OF which
brought forth a storm Of protest from
England and France. BY this treaty,
which was never ratified, the United
States was to have Il perpetual and I'M
restricted passage across both the
Isthmus of Tehuantepec and the north
ern states of Mexico, and the right to
employ American troops to enforce
those lights rs we'll as to protect
American citizens against levies and
loans.
Start Of Maximilian's Attempt
A short time later JuareZ precipi.
tatea 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 Q Q withdrew,
whhe France, her soldiers once on
Mexican soil, decided to press her
claims, and gradually Napoleon's
scheme for 4 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
It was during the famous defense of
The city Of Puebla against the invad-
ing French army hat Il 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
NJ powers Of leadership. This young
hero was Porfirio Diaz, now known 10
fame MS the strong man OF Mexico.
II was in the center Of the interna-
tional bridge which connects Juarez
and FL Paso that President Taft and
President Diaz Che who had been
.Juarez's military right hand) met ! u
1910 mon the occasion of the CEN
yenary celebration Of Mexican inde-
%pendence.
The traveller who passes through I'll
Paso on his way to Juarez may choose
ony Of four times by which to set his
wntch-Central, Mountain, Pacific n
Mexican. Mountain time is an u
slower than Central, while Pacific Is
m 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 a new sensation. The Span
iards, who became addicted to the bull
fight habit in the twelfth century, dur
ing the occupation Of the Iberian pen
insula by the MOors, introduced this
snort into Mexico shortly after their
overthrow of the Aztecs. The fights
in .Juarez are not SO deliberately staged
as those in Mexico City, for native
bulls are used customarily. and these
have not the ~ferocity Of the animals
imported by the capital from Andal'
usia at a cost, frequently, Of $1,000
NMexicNn) each.
On important bull-fight days the
,%populutlon of Juarez tops the 1O.OOC
mark. willie there Is a relative tenn
pos4.y decrease in the size Of the MT