| Show STIRRING CARER OF DIAZ I 1 soldier statesman has eight times been chosen pre president aident of mexico mexico M exico city tor porfiro idiak adlaz was born september 15 aw 1830 on the anniversary of mexican independence oaxaca was his birthplace his father was a spaniard and his mother of indian extraction his mother at first intended ha ba he should enter the church but finally yielded to his desires so that he be pursued the studies studie s then required tor for a lawyers career while thus engaged tho the invasion of 0 mexican territory by american troops occurred and young youn g diaz with other fellow students offered his services to the government of oaxaca the governor accepted their patriotic of fer but did not require the students to go into the battlefield diaz served in the revolt against general santa ann ana and supported juarez in his war of reform which began in 1855 and ended in 1858 at the age of 29 he was general of a brigade fighting the french when napoleon III tried to place maximilian on the Alex mexican ican throne maximilian and his generals were captured by him in 1867 and soon after mexico city capitulated diaz was regularly elected president of mexico for the first time in 1877 he was succeeded euc suc ceded at the end of 0 his term by general manuel gonzales his crowning achievement in the gonzales administration was the abrogation of the law against presidential president lat reelection election re and in 1884 he was elected president resident resl dent tor for the second time there has been no other president la in mexico since then and until last summer the opposition to him never attained serious proportions ho he was elected president for the eighth time june 1 1910 |
