Mexico, the wonderland of the South . ntime,were excommunicated by the church, and in retaliation thePapal Delegate and several bishops were ordered by Juarezto leave Mexico. The country was then in a terrible con-dition. Bandits committed depredations everywhere, andmany foreigners were robbed and murdered. In 1861 the Mexican Congress passed a law suspendingpayment of interest on the bonds of the Republic held byforeigners. This gave the European powers an excusefor intervention. The French government claimed $600,000damages suffered by French subjects during the civil doubt damage ha
Mexico, the wonderland of the South . ntime,were excommunicated by the church, and in retaliation thePapal Delegate and several bishops were ordered by Juarezto leave Mexico. The country was then in a terrible con-dition. Bandits committed depredations everywhere, andmany foreigners were robbed and murdered. In 1861 the Mexican Congress passed a law suspendingpayment of interest on the bonds of the Republic held byforeigners. This gave the European powers an excusefor intervention. The French government claimed $600,000damages suffered by French subjects during the civil doubt damage had been suffered; but many of theclaims were ludicrous, as, for example, one item of $60,000,the value of pies alleged to have been stolen from a Frenchcook by the Mexican soldiers. In 1862, a combined British,French and Spanish fleet arrived at Vera Cruz, and an alliedforce was landed for the purpose of enforcing payment ofMexican obligations. President Juarez met the represent-atives of the powers at Orizaba, and signed a treaty ac-. THE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN. Mexicos ill-fated ruler, shot at Queretaro in 1867. MEXICO, PAST AND PRESENT 83 knowledging the claims and promising payment. GreatBritain and Spain then withdrew their forces. Encouragedby the clerical party, the French remained; and NapoleonIII, who was anxious to increase his prestige by establishinga monarchy in the Western Hemisphere, readily enteredinto a scheme of conquest. Four thousand French troops eventually landed in Mexicoand advanced to Fuebla, where they were defeated, on the5th of May, 1862, by the Mexican troops under GeneralZaragoza. This date, so important in Mexican history, isannually set aside for national celebration, and nearlyevery city has a street named Cinco de Mayo (5th of May).On the 17th of May, however, Fuebla was captured by theFrench forces. On June 9 they entered Mexico so-called Assembly of Notables was then called togetherand a declaration made that Mexico should be governedby a c
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