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CiaZ He'll Power for 80 Years
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Other 81 Years

t.Stt 80 es-i..>.
I'm the year 1921 the country WAS
et;n ruled Ivy the King of Spain. TIC
NsXirans then started to throw off his
yUks and TCn a partial sucCt IS in that
y"5-. Since then no country has had
two cmpCrors and - presidents 1nd
dictatOrs. Augustin de .turbide was
{ the first Of the long line OF MevCan
rulers 10 assume the powers which
had been welded ~ the viceroys CT
. Spain After him Santa Ana was pro
visional president OF the republic w.
til October 1924 Then Guadalupe
Victoria was elected to the Pros'd encv.
After period Of .narchy he was sue.
/ CeeG-d by Vicente Guerrero, in 1879.
| Then there was a revolution and Vice
President Pustamento assumed the
presidency.
Herrera Like Huerta
! Just before the United States made
war on Mexico. in 1886, General Her
rera. dictator very much. like Huer-
fta. was in power, but he was soon
overthrow by General Paroles. Then
! General Santa Ana, who, was encour.
aged by the United States and sup
! piled with arms, just as was MaderD.
! proclaimed himself president. He in,-
mediately turned against the United
States and made "Muerta a los Yam
! quis!" I"Death TO the Yankees.") HIS
| battlecry. He was crushed by us Ma
| riana Arista was the next president.
! He resigned in 1852 and was succeed
ed by Don Juan Ceballos. Santa Ana
| returned from exile, kicked the presi-
dent out and made himself dictator
In 1855 he abdicaCed and President
Cerrera succeeded him. He was fol-
lowed by General Alvarez, General
Comonfort and Felix Zuloaga
Juarez Assumes Power
Benito Juarez, the famous Oaxaca
| Indian, who held the office of vice
president, then seized the supreme
power and established his capital at
/ Vera Cruz. General Miguel Mirarlon.
! leader of the conservative or church
party, became rival president to
| Juarez.
JuareZ was made dictator in 1861 to
resist the invasion of French and Eu.
ropean troops sent to Vera Cruz to
enforce the payment of Mexicos
debts. When Juarez was driven out of
the capital in 1863. General Juan Alta
monte was appointed Regent of the
Empire until the arrival of Maximil-
ian, the Austrian larchduke, who was
placed at the Mexican imperial throne
by Napoleon Ill. -
Macmillan Ordered Shot -
Macmillan was shot by order Of
Juarez in 1867. Then Porfirio Diaz,
who played such a prominent part in
Mexican troubles for 40 years, first
came into prominence. He was can
didate for the presidency in 1872, but
was defeated and promptly headed an
Instruction against Juarez. Gen
Riveras, Negrote and others fought for
the presidency. Diaz was twice de-
feated and accepted an amnesty after
the death of Juarez Lerdo de Teja-
do, who had been elected in 1872, was
candidate to succeed himself in 1876.
He was declared reelected by Con-
gress but Diaz raised revolution and
forced him to leave the country
Diaz Rules Long IT,. i.
Diaz elected himself the following
year. Under the law he was ineligible
to succeed himself, and in 1880, after
he had defeated his rival, Iglesias, and
suppressed several rebellions, he had
his secretary, Manuel Gonzales, elect
ed. In 1884 Diaz had himself reflect
ed, and remained despotic ruler un-
| til overthrow by Francisco Madero
in 1910. s.+ ".-.
Poor Mexicans had suffered under
Diaz. He ruled by military power,
made many concessions to foreigners,
while small group of rich Mexican
families were permitted to acquire
vast estates covering millions of acres.
Francisco Madero proposed to remedy
all these things and the people were
greatly impressed by his promises.
Immense numbers flocked to his sup
port, and old President Diaz saw that
he could no longer maintain his rule.
Old Ruler Criven Away
On May Z, 1911, President Diaz pro-
fessed willingness to retire after
peace is restored" Eighteen days Ia
ter he found himself obliged to flee
from Mexico to save his life Dr.
Francisco de la Barra became Provi-
sionaT President pending an election.
Madero is Elected H..
On October 1, 1911, the people Of
Mexico elected Madero president.
There was slight opposition. AS soon
as he was in office, however. his
troubles began. lie had promised SO
much to the poorer classes thar he
could not satisfy their demands. He
appointed his uncle to head the treas
ury and paid his own brother S7O0, 900
for moneys advanced during the revo-
luton. -.
At the end of six months there was
a rebellion against Madero by the
same people who had fought for him
against Diaz. This first rebellion
failed
When Madero had ruled nearly a
year Felix Diaz, nephew of the for
mer president, started rebellion at
Vera Cruz. This was suppressed and
Diaz thrown into prison. Any other
Mexican ruler would have shot Diaz
promptly, but Madero was trying to
be humane
Felix Diaz Escapes