. Review of reviews and world's work . ec- of the main facts of his public life,tion was the first held in Canada since the proposals for reciprocity with the United ^^^ When, on May 25, the letter of States were presented, and the results of the Effacernent of General Porfirio Diaz, resigningballoting show the drift of public feeling on ^^ his office as President of Mexico, the measure, as reciprocity was the principal was read to the Chamber of Deputies, theissue debated during the campaign. respectful, attentive silence of the legislators and the visitors present indicated that, how- The Em
. Review of reviews and world's work . ec- of the main facts of his public life,tion was the first held in Canada since the proposals for reciprocity with the United ^^^ When, on May 25, the letter of States were presented, and the results of the Effacernent of General Porfirio Diaz, resigningballoting show the drift of public feeling on ^^ his office as President of Mexico, the measure, as reciprocity was the principal was read to the Chamber of Deputies, theissue debated during the campaign. respectful, attentive silence of the legislators and the visitors present indicated that, how- The Eminence ^^^ Wilfrid Lauricr is one of the ever Diazism may have been repudiated of most eminent of living states- by the Mexican people, Diaz the man per- men of English-speaking countries, sonally still retains their admiration and His native tongue being French, not English, affection. There was considerable personal this eminence is all the more notable. At dignity and a touch of pathos in the docu- 20 THE AMKRTCAX REVIEW OE REVIEWS. GENERAL DIAZ BIDDING GOOD-BY TO MEXICO (From a snapshot taken on May 31 as he was leaving Vera Cruz for Spain. Diaz is the figure with upturned face in the center) ment in which General Diaz laid down thepower which he held in Mexico for more thana generation. Broken in health, this man ofeighty-one, deserted by his political friendsand widely assailed as the cause of therevolution and the dissension that has tornhis country asunder, announced that hebowed to the will of his countrymen. Thisdocument, which was the last official act of thestrong man of Mexico, the dictator with thetitle of President, read: Senores: The Mexican people, who have gencr-jously covered me with honors, who proclaimed meas their leader during the international war, whopatriotically assisted me in all works undertakento develop industry and the commerce of the re-public, establish its credit, gain for it the resi)ectof the world and oljtain for it an honorable positionin
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