Mexico, the wonderland of the South . , twenty-six years later there wereover ten thousand. Telegraph and telephone Hues all over the country com-pleted the centralizing of the government. With thesewires complete, President Diaz, seated in his room in MexicoCity, could keep his finger upon the furthest and most tur-bulent portions of the Republic, and could learn of embryorevolutions while it was possible to put them down with aniron hand. It may be said that the thirty years duringwhich Diaz has been President have been a period of pro-found peace. There have been outbreaks, but they havebee
Mexico, the wonderland of the South . , twenty-six years later there wereover ten thousand. Telegraph and telephone Hues all over the country com-pleted the centralizing of the government. With thesewires complete, President Diaz, seated in his room in MexicoCity, could keep his finger upon the furthest and most tur-bulent portions of the Republic, and could learn of embryorevolutions while it was possible to put them down with aniron hand. It may be said that the thirty years duringwhich Diaz has been President have been a period of pro-found peace. There have been outbreaks, but they havebeen evanescent, and the personal power of Mexicos won-derful ruler, year after year, has borne down all opposition. That Diaz has been a blessing to Mexico no one whoknows her history would venture to deny; but that allMexicans love him is far from being the case. No doubtthere are many who do, but with the majority the love islargely mixed with fear; and recent years have seen theuprise of an anti-Diaz party formed of those who resent. MADAME charming and beautiful wife of Mexicos President. MEXICOS GREAT DICTATOR 205 his undoubted autocracy. These discontents form what isknown as the young Mexican party, and quite recentlythere was reported a serious outbreak in northern Mexico,where two secret agents of the Mexican rebels under theguise of Baptist missionaries were carrying forward the cru-sade in the Mexican States of Coahuila and San Luis Potosi,holding what were announced as Baptist missionary ser-vices, with special love-feasts for the elect at the conclu-sion — the elect being, of course, those who had joined theproposed rebellion. Much mystery surrounded the out-break and its suppression, and the Mexican authoritieshave obviously been most anxious to keep all details tothemselves. The presidential elections since 1880 have been merelya form, the voting, so far as the mass of the people is con-cerned, being a farce. The President appoints his owncabinet and oth
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