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Title: Diaz, master of Mexico
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Creelman, James, 1859-1915
Subjects: Díaz, Porfirio, 1830-1915
Publisher: New York, London, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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e great interoceanic railwaywhich afterwards, as President, he completed, with itstwo great modern ports, and opened to his country andthe world. But his most distinguished services as gov-ernor of Oaxaca were in the direction of public edu-cation. After reorganizing the administration of his state,Diaz retired and went to live in the City of Mexico. In 1882 he met the beautiful daughter of Don Man-uel Romero Rubio. This distinguished lawyer had beenthe principal minister in the Cabinet of President Lerdo.He was therefore the natural leader of Diazs politicalopponents. His daughter Carmen, a singularly beauti-ful, intelligent, and highly educated young lady—she isto-day easily the most beloved and graceful figure in hercountry—attracted the attention of the soldier-states-man, whose first wife had died in the national palacewhile he was President. He fell in love with the fairyoung daughter of his old political foe. Don RomeroRubio at first frowned upon the suit of the hero. A 368
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C. B. Waite, Phota., Mexico City. Madame Diaz. ORDER WAITS ON STRENGTH gulf of bitter memories yawned between the two men.However, Diaz had already inclined his divided coun-trymen toward a spirit of reconciliation. No reason-able man could long hold against him the grievances ofthe past, after he had labored so faithfully for years toinsure a peaceful and harmonious present and future.His name now stood for tranquillity, unity, and prog-ress, as in the sorrowful past it had stood for uncom-promising war; and his strength was a guaranty againstreaction, corruption, or revolution. In the end Diaz won and married the lovely girl,whose sweet and gentle influence has softened his lifeand adorned his great station in all the busy and eventfulyears that have followed. Even in that hour, Diaz gave another signal for rec-onciliation to the divided elements of Mexico when heconsented to allow Archbishop Labastida, one of the oldarchenemies of the Liberal party, to officiate at his mar-riage. T

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