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Diaz Held Power for SO Years
and Sc Others for the
Other 81 Years

had 81 rulers.
In the year 1921 the country was
EtiH ruled by the King OF Spain. Tie
Nexicans then started TO throw of his
yoke and wOn 4 partial success in that
year Since then the country has haf,
two emperors end - presidents mi.
/, dictators, Ausustin de Iturbide was
/ the first Of the long line of Mexican
rulers to assume the powers which
had been welded by the yiceFoys CT
Spain After him Santa Ana was pre-.
visicBaI president of the Tepublic III
Ill October 1924. Then Guadalupe
Victoria was elected 10 the presidency.
After a period Of anarchy he was sac.
4 ceed,.d by Vicente Guerrero. in 1879.
| Then there was a revolution and Vice
President Bustamente assumed the
presidency.
Herrera Like Huerta
|, Just before the United States made
war on Mexico in 1916, General Her
rera, a dictator very much like Huer.
Ia was in power, but he was soon
Ioyerthrown by General Paroles. Then
l General Santa Ana, who was encour-
aged by the United States and snp-
piled with arms. Just as was Madero.
| proclaimed himself president He I'M
mediately turned against the United
! States and made "Muerta los Yam
quis," C''Death to the YankeesnD his
| battlecry He was crushed by us. Ma
riana Arista was the next president.
He resigned in 1862 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 abdicsred and President
| Cerrera succeeded him. He was fol-
| lowed by General Alvarez, General
\ Comonfort and Felix Zuloaga
Juarez Assumes Power
4 Benito Juarez, the famous Oaxaca
Indian, who held the office of vice.
president, then seized the supreme
| power and established his capital at
4 Vera Cruz General Miguel MiramoR,
leader Of the conservative or church
party, became a 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 Mexico's
/.
the capital i'm 1863. General Juan Alta
monte was appointed Regent of the
Empire until the arrival of Maximil-
ian, the Austrian archduke, who was
placed at the Mexican imperial throne
4 by Napoleon III.
Macmillan Ordered Shot
H Macmillan was shot by order of
Juarez in 1867. Then Porfirio Diaz.
4 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
l was defeated and promptly headed an
/ insurrectiOn against Juarez. Gen.
Riyeras, Negrote and others fought for
the presidency. Diaz was twice de-
feated and accepted an amnesty after
the death of Jharez. Lerdo de Teja-
i do, who had been elected In 1872, was
a candidate to succeed himself in 1876.
| He was declared reelected by Con-
gress but Diaz raised a revolution and
forced him to leave the country.
oiaz Rules Long
i Diaz elected himself the following
Il 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 UNI
I til overthrow by Francisco Madero
Il in 1910.
Il Poor Mexicans had suffered under
L Diaz. He ruled by military power,
i 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
4 greatly impressed by his promises.
Immense numbers flocEed 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-
4 fessed willingness TO retire after
Il peace Is restored" Eighteen days la
ter he found himself obliged to flee
from Mexico to save his life. DIT.
i Francisco de la Barra became Provi-
sional President pending an election.
Madero 10 Elected
On October I, 1911, the people OF
Mexico elected Madero president.
There was slight opposition. AS soon
as he was in office. however, his
troubles began. he had promised so
much to the poorer classes that he
could not satisfy their demands. He
appointed his uncle to head the treas
| ury and paid his own brother 100000
/ for moneys advanced during the reyo-
luton ~
At the end of six months there was
i a rebellion against Madero by the
same people who had fought for him
4 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 Aiadero was trying to