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66 As I have just said, the government has been seeking the friendship of the nations of Latin and Central America. But the "unkindest cut of all" came from one of these nations.

In the United States it is understood that the revolution was started against Diaz, the "Dictator," and many people in Mexico will tell you that the greatest benefit of the revolution was the overthrow of the "Don Porfirio." But there are, perhaps, some places where this is not understood, or if it is, then Uruguay has a delightful sense of humour.

One of the things the present government has done has been to change the names of all streets in the capital named after saints. Avenue San Francisco, the famous business thoroughfare, is called "Francisco I. Madero." To carry out the government policy of winning the Latin countries "Calle San Agustin" was changed to "Calle Uruguay" and the Uruguay Government was officially notified that a street in the capital had been named after that country.

In the course of diplomatic time, which is measured neither in hours or days except when ultimatums are sent, Uruguay replied that it was highly honoured by the act of the Mexican Government and had decided to change the name of one of the streets in their capital to the "Avenue of Porfirio Diaz" in honour to the great Republic of Mexico!

Although this method of honouring foreign