Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1909 — EDITOR’S SOUR VIEW OF TAFT-DIAZ VISIT [ARTICLE]

EDITOR’S SOUR VIEW OF TAFT-DIAZ VISIT

He Contrasts Yankee Negligee With Mexican Elegance. Mexico City, Oct. 29.—The editor of one of the leading provincial newspapers attended the Taft-Diaz meeting and has published the following comment: "Remembering the excursion of the white squadron through all the seas, an excursion that cost millions of dollars and was solely an extravagance oi ostentation to acquaint the world with the wealth of the Yankee, I had hoped that the executive, Taft would bring to the frtmtier a regiment of, soldiers splendidly dressed, a good battery of artillery and a resplendent staff, but no, senor, there was indeed a sad contrast. “While our president went adorned in his grand uniform of a general made In Parlß at a cost of 25,00 francs. President Taft wore a suit that did not seem to be his own, due to Us looseness. His collar was wilted by perspiration and there was not the slightest impression of elegance. "How shalE this American negligee be Interpreted? Was it to make evi dent the freedom of the Yankee? Was It to contrast the simplicity of the opulent with the splendors of the p~or, or might It not have been to signify the little importance that they conceded to the ceremony?”