Show RULES WITH A BOB picturesque career of porfiro diaz president of mexico criona originally lly a revolutionist for thirty year years this remarkable man hae has governed the republic with autocratic power i city of mexico lent porfiro I 1 artaz who he has balen inaugurated president 11 ad ent of 0 mexico tor for the eighth time for or yeara ea haa has been forming about him k system that makes him one ot of the moat ost powerful and autocratic igns ot of any country in the world orld the 28 states ot of mexico are governed 0 by 28 men of 0 president dial diaz s personal choice the 2 G prefects are also his appointees who have the power to make arrests judge and exe cute prisoner prisoners in mexico a man who commits a misdemeanor instein ot of serving hie his time in jail must serve it in the army officers of the army are privileged to kill 1111 any subordinate who ho disobey disobeys a command the result Is that president diaz to whom all milt mill lary tary officers are responsible rules with an iron hand president diaz was born in oaxaca in 1830 ills ilia mother was as a full blood ed indian belonging to thu large and poN powerful erful tribe of in the state of oaxaca ills ilia father was a span lard who died in 1838 leaving hia his widow with no other property than five healthy children of which little porfiro was mas one he ile studied law under benito jaurez who subsequent became become president of the republic and was the first man against whom hom young lawyer diaz raise his hand in rebellion diaz fought against the americans invade ing mexico ln in 1847 and 1148 1 for the next ext it 11 years ho he was as frequently in resolutions resolutions for or some favor tee candidate of the re rep in 1800 dial diaz who nho bad had now nov b become come a colonel waa was sent to congress where he asked the president in the name of hia his people in the state of oaxaca to mike make them auch such conces concessions gions is he well knew would not be granted 0 34 M iba on an the refusal diaz raised an army ol 01 1000 1 indians and started another rev alution it was mas quickly quelled and ure col cot diaz and hie his follower followers fled for fos their lives and for several years lived d in tho the mountains making frequent I 1 raids in the lowland lowlands he ile made over ml turca lures to president jaurez for amnesty out for himself and his band of fol followers loers it vaa v aa as granted in 1863 when napoleon III ent sent hie his troops to take mexico with the object of making it a french dependency col cot diaz was made a brigadier general in the regular army he ile subsequently visited his home town and was married to mrs delfina sancha baj y ortega col cot diaz waa as defeated for the prest denevy in 1870 and he started another revolution lie was defeated and fled ra to texas in 1876 diaz after many adventures ures smuggled himself back to hi his native state oaxaca i 1 in 1871 both sebartian Seb artlan lerdo oe do tejada and diaz claimed to have been elected president diaz raised tho the biggest army in support of his claim and tejada fled to the united states since then diaz has been president of mexico from the moment he seized the relna reins of government he has worked to surround himself with a corps of faithful subordinates an astute and skillful soldier himself ho he has made alo government A military one every governor mutt must have a R military stand ing for tho the lawe of INt mexico exico require ev ey cry ery officer and soldier to swear a al le glance to his 1 surer lor and as the president resident Is the commander in chief of the army every member of hie his vat rot army has taken a personal oath to 0 obey him for thirty years president diaz haa has been een building up lip an army which at present resent active and reserve numbers almont 2 As stated every trian wh commits a crime must serve his time in the army at the end of bis his term he be la Is released a finished soldier from th tha 3 time of his release bo be must report at regular intervals to to ble his captain and be subject to service se gt at a moment moments notice |