when all the trees of the Cathedral were set on fire. They tried for ten minutes. Also the entire church front was lighted electrically and then was added into the only two feet masses of screaming rockets. Then a number of dynamite bombs came flying and some other bombs. In about ten minutes after they had fired the crowd began to disperse and all went home as orderly as any good man I ever saw. I did not see the least sign of disorder nor of drunkenness. This is President Diaz's birthday. Mexico City Sunday Sep. 16th. The Fourth of July of Mexico. Long before day I heard the crowd and soldiers out on the streets getting ready for the liberty parade. All is in the mode but there is no disorder nor no shooting of fire crackers. At about eleven A.M. the President, his cabinet and the Foreign Ministers pass in carriages by the hotel on their way to the Palace. Behind some of the carriages many young men shouting Viva Mexico. As the