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Show PaLAiTHONOR FOR ISABEL OF SPAIN MEXICO CITT. March 5. A monument monu-ment dedicated to queen Isabel of Spain, who materially aided rhristo-I rhristo-I pher Columbus in his search for a new . i world, may be erected ht-re. The movement move-ment was launched at a recent banquet ' of bankers and merchants. A similar monument, to Hernando Cortes, the intrepid Spaniard who conquered con-quered Mexico from the Aztecs, was suggested, but the idea was not enthusiastically en-thusiastically received. It Is hoped to unveil the monument to the queen at the time of centenary of Mexico's Independence next year. |