Mexico Welcomes Japanese.

New York Times 100 years ago today, August 5, 1913:
Their Labor Needed, Say Diaz, Who Will Sail on Aug. 15.
    SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4.— Gen. Felix Diaz, special envoy from Mexico to Japan, said last night that he intended to sail on Aug. 15 from Vancouver, B.C.
    "I am going to express to his Imperial Majesty, the Emperor, Mexico's appreciation of Japan's action in sending in 1910 a representative to the celebration of the centennial of Mexican independence," said Gen. Diaz. "Mexico is wholly friendly with Japan and the Japanese are very welcome to come to
    Mexico. We need all the labor we can get."
    Concerning his candidacy for the Presidency of Mexico, Gen. Diaz said he would be the candidate of the Liberal Democratic Party, the aim of which, he said, was the separation of Church and State.
    Gen, Diaz said that Henry Lane Wilson had served the United States in a capable and efficient manner as Ambassador to Mexico.
    "The present Government is stable in every way," he said, "and all troubles are being adjusted rapidly. We have arranged for 40 per cent. of a loan of $150,000,000 (Mexican) in Paris and Brussels, and all claims and indemnities, including those of the United States, will be paid promptly.
    "There is no truth in the report that Japan is negotiating for a tract of land at Magdalena Bay which might serve as a Japanese naval station. Such a sale of Mexican land could not be made by the Government under our Constitution."