The Tomahawk., 1916-08-03
= IUDAD JUAREZ, the scene OF
the recent important events In
connection with the trouble
with Mexico. is situated on the

with Mexico is situated on the
ly opposite lei Paso, Tex, and lob
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-
fercnces 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 comnunity's
annals, says the National Geographic
society bulletin.
For more than 200 years Juarez was
known as FL PasO del NOrte (the pass
of the North), and it was not until
1885 that the city was renamed IN nom
or of one of MeXicO'S greatest states
men and patriots, BentO JuarcZ, who
established his capital here during the
troublous times when Napoleon III of
France was abctting the ill-fntcu Max
imilian in his effort to found an eln-
Dire in the western hemisphere.
Juarez, Il full-blOOdcd ZapOtcc 1ndi-
an, born in an obscure village near
Oaxaca, succeeded to the presidency
of Mexico when COmOnfOrt, weary or
the internal strife, ''quit the job and
went to the United States, leaving al
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 underworld to Dor
row money from the United States
and, as part Of the bargain, he
agreed to 4 treaty the terms or when
brought forth storm OF protest from
England and France. BY this treaty,
which was never ratified, the United
States was to have a perpetual ana I'M
restricted passage across both the
Isthmus of Tclunntepec and the north
arn states of Mexico, and the right TO
employ American troops to enforce
These rights as well as to protect
American citizens against levicS ana
loans.
Start OF MaximiIian's Attempt.
A short time later JuArcz Dreclpi-
totcd an international crisis by his de-
rision to suspend for two years the
Daymcnt 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
n
claims, and gradually Nhpolcon'S
scheme for n western empire began 10
assume definite form. His scheme
nvcnt,lntcd i'm the nbOrtivc attempt to
establish Archduke MaXimlian OF Aus
tria on the throne of the MOntczunhS.
1t was during the famous defense or
the city of PuebIa against the illVAd-
ing French army that Il young McXi-
ran soldier, who WaS to become me
most conspicuous figure in the history
IF modern Mexico, distinguished MINI
self by his bravery and his exception
IL powers Of leadership. This young
nero was Portirio Diaz now known to
rame as "the strong man Of Mexico
II was in the center of the interla-
-iOnal bridge which connects JuarcH
md FL paso that President Taft and
President Diaz Che who had been
Iuarcz's military right hand met in
1910 upon the occasion of the CEN
-cylarv celebration of Mexican indie
)nndcncc.
The traveller who passes through Ell
paso on his way to Juarez may choose
nv of four times by which to set his
yatch-Ccntral, Mountain, Pacific and
Mexican. Mountain time is an hour
slower than Central, while Pacific is
IN hour slower and MeEicnn is "A
minutes faster than Mountain.
Famed for Its Euil Fights.
On ac, cunt of it's bull fights and cock
lights, Juarez has long been city or
east day pilgrimage for Americans in
search Of q new sensation. The Span
ards, who became addicted to the bull
fight habit in the twelfth century, dur
ng the occupation Of the Iberian pen
insula by the Moors, introduced this
sport into Mexico shortly after their
overthrow of the AZtccS. 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 Aadal-
usia at cost, frequently, Of $l,NH
(MeXican) each.
On important bulI-fght days the
population OF Juarez tops the 10000
mark, while there is relative tenn