The daily morning oasis., 1920-07-25
EDITORIALS.
DIAZ'S ENEMY NOW ENVOY

(By C. DE FORNARDO In New York Tmes)
A few days ago envoy extraordinary with am
basadorial powers arrived in Washington to repre-
sent Mexico until the time arrives for the United
States Government to recognize the new Govern
ment officially.
Senior Fernando Iglesias Calderon is a repre-
sentative man of Mexico in the fullest sense of the
word He belongs to one of the oldest families and
IS descendant of the noble Calderons of Mexico
Although of blue blood his education has been very
democratic for all his life he has fought politically
against mperialists tryants, dictators demagoeres
and mflitarist. A gentleman by breeding, he has
fought against caste privileges, and as a scholar
againss any but constitutional government
Every party in Mexico knows his fearlessness.
honesty and integrity in personal as we'll as in poll
tfcal matters.
During the bloody Huerta regime, as Iglesias
Caideron refused to acknowledge the Indian Cen
erafs dctatoria powers he was thrown unceremoni
ously INTO the filthy dungeon Of San Juan de Ulloa
After the American occupation of Vera Cruz
lglesias Calderon came to WASHINGTON where he was
on or two MeXicans received by President Wilson
In the thirty years of the regime of Porfrio
D1az, one by one, all the old enemies had acknow
edged the supremacy of the old tyrant But Iglesas
Calderon never admitted his constitutional rights as
PRESIDENT of Mexico and that one of the few bit
ter disappointments of the remarkably successful if
unjust regime Of Porfirio Diaz.
Igiesias Calderon was offered honors political
advantages, sinecures and even a considerable sum
In the shape of back pensions due to his father but
ne stood persistently aoof and consistently ndepen
dent in his attitude that Porfio Diaz's success did
rot make his constitutional usrrpation any more
right or justified 77-1~
The reason for this unbending attitude was the
LOYALTY of to a fathers political nrincinles
"Dont forget" said his father on his death he'd
that Porfiro Diaz is an usurper who has DESTROYED
"our constitutional law to ride into power'
Den Fernando Tp1esias Ca11nron nnvor forro+
his fathers last words and when everybody in Nav
leo was trying to attract Dazs n+tnrtion for fhn
he,eft of his own political and financfal fortune
1oesias Caderon devoting his time to the study
OF Mexican history
His father, Jose Maria Iglesias, was LAWYER Of
national reputation author of reforms and of sew
eral constitutional and historical works. When in
1867, Napoleon ILL., sent French army to invade and
conquer Mexico the Liberal President Juarez had to
lice Mexico City, and he was accompanied in his
hight to FL Paso, on the American border by Lerdo
and lg'eslas These three represented practical
r. the executive legislative and judicial powers in
Mexico, under whose orders the army fought until
Macmillan and the French were beaten After
Maxlmiian's death, Juarez vas reeected President
until he died. Lerdo and followed him in power I'M
I'll 1876, when Daz rebelled, ca1mno that the cleo
tons had been fraudulent. Jose Maria Ielesias
agreed with Lerdos enemies and as President of the
Supreme Court should have become Provisional Pres
ident, but Porfirio Daz would not take any chances
at the polls with man like Iglesas who thereupon
went into exile. When Iglesias returned home he
forsook politics and devoted hir,sef to history as
well as the education of his children two danohters
and Fernando Igesias Caldernn until his death.
Don Fernando Iglesias Calleron became known
as one OF the foremost historions in Novice. He
wrote scores of PAMPHLETS and books srooalizir~
the three years and the war of intervnr+ion One
Of the curious and interesting books called The
Treason Of Maximilian," wherein Iglesias Calderon