Show Memorial to C. C Columbus No man probably has as many memorials me me- memorials memorIals erected to his memory in the western hemisphere as ns has Christopher Columbus But nut the distinction of be be- being beIng being ing the first country to honor the dis- dis discoverer co coverer of America by a statue goes to Mexico states a writer In the Phila Phila- Philadelphia Philadelphia delphia Record In the middle of the beautiful Paseo Pasco de In la Reforma the tree lined boulevard In Mexico City which extends two miles to the fill Dill of Chapultepec stands the first statue to Columbus Colum us The statue represents Columbus Co Co- Columbus Columbus lumbus drawing aside the veil that hid the New World Around its base are figures of or famous Mexicans l and Span Span- lards one of whom Is the distinguished Spanish Dominican friar Bartolome de delas delas delas las Casas who defended the Mexican Indians against their cruel conquerors |