The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-27
Aexico Is Today Celebrating
 One EIundredth Anniversary

tHe Df lHoHlH ip lHe CtIeDfdtiOi of hey centennial anniversary Cue Is from all sections of the world are there. The Chambers of Cori.ncrce of several Texas towns went to Mex leo City in bodies. Former Ambtssa dor James w. Gerard is an unoffi cial representative of President Harding at the Mexican capital. and j. lgn.ce Jaa Paderewski and hi, wife are there representing the new Polish government as the guests ol the nresident- of Mexico.
 Amorg the, features of the cele braton is the entertainment by the government of Mexico of one Am ari can re3entatiyc of the American press from east state and territory of the United States. Alaska is rep resented hy Mrs. John w Troy. of The En! ire, who arrived in Mexico City September lG, and who will r. main ,here until the end of the month. -.
 i One Hundred,h Anniversary
 Today is the tooth 'anniversarv ot , iut INtpuDI4t ol IhcAito .iI lllt ttIN ltration is naturally the paramount |, enc of the months festivities. l The following article "Mexico's loo Years of Freedom Why She Has Fought and for What She Will Fight Again, If Need Be-" was prepared by Rodolfo Ramirez, Consul of Mexico to Alaska:
 | Christopher Columbus, the anda cous sailor of the 18th century, dis covered the New World in 1492. anl years later America Vespucio, Cabot, Cabral and Balboa extended the con quest of the fortunate Rabida's pen l itent
 Spain and Portugal, Holland, Eng land and France conquered these vast empires in the following cen tury.
 Three hundred years were sulfi- cient to transplant to America the germs of the mediaeval civilization of Europe
 Cortes, the valiant captain who with symbolical inspiration sunk the caravels that brought his adventure to the New World. planted the Ian guage and noble and glorious tradi- tions of Spain in the seas and land of Mexico. And such was the rec ord from Mexico to the Strait of Ma gellan. 'iiI, | iasa f}s
 Early Races
 There was a difference between the regions iafi Cortes and this part of North America. E The septentrional races that enpauered the areas that are now the Iaited States and Can ada only changed their domicile with out mixing their blood with that of the autochtonous races of this re- zion.
 That is why the history of the United States embraces only three major periods -hez Colonial epoch. the strife for independence and the formation of the Constitution of the Republic. and the history of the na- tion under the Constitution.
 In Mexico 4 and the other Latin countries of America we have otlierd periods in our history. We have the prehistorical epoch of ethe autoch thCnOus civilization of which yes tiges can still be seen; the conquest and the mixing of the Spaniards and American Indians: the Colonial epoch: the war of emancipation. and the history of the Republic and its civil wars.
 Beginning of Independence
 Cromwell, Locke, Sinieman. Ola vide. Bentham. Spinoza. Montesquieu, Rousseau and many other creators of sublime ideas were the masters. ] the precursors of the liberty of the l American countries. They were the'I political doctrines of the philosophers of the 18th century that served as guide to the people of the United States in their organization Of the American Republic. It was the in spiratiOn gained from these doc I trines that prevailed when on the l 4th of July. 1776. the 13 American states of the Confederation disowned the power of the Old World over the New World Then came the French revolution to proclaim still newer ideas of liberty. And one year later Tn Philadelphia the first Constitution of free American country was adOpted.
 Following the example of Washing ton. the Spanish vice kingdoms In America taking into account that Charles III. one of the greatest of Spanish monarchs, had recognized by the treaty of Paris in 1783. the independence of the United States. began to think deeply of freedom from the yoke of Spain Seeking to profit through Napoleon's invasion of the mother country. several lndo- Spanish paladins raised simutane. ously the flag of liberty in the Span tsh colonies.
 Tn 1909 there was formed in Val ladOlid) Morelia. Mexico, conspir acy which had for its object the as sembing of congress to govern New-Spain (Such was tke name of Mexico under her. vassalage), fin the name of Fernando VII. in the event that Spain should fall before the