The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-31
OUR NEIGHBORS IN MEXICO.
now THEY STAND AS TO THE WAR
WITH III S~P1NIARDS.
A Composite People, of which tho Masses
Have n Friendly Feeling Toward tho
United Stntes-Reasons for the Pro-
Spanish Sentiments of the Others.

United stntes-Reasons for the Pro-
Spanish Sentiments of the Others.
From the Boston Herald.
CRY OF MEXICO. July 15.-somo American
papers are making a great blunder regarding
the feelings of the Mexican people In the pres
ent American Spanish war. They have been
misled by the published extracts from local
organs Of tho resident spaniards. and from tho
ardent and back number clerical papers. which
speak only for the unproEressivo section of tho
! priesthood, and the old "mochos.' or stiff
Church party people. who, though ofton wealthy
and large landowners, are u small minority OF
| the Mexican nation.
The following extract from the San Fran
cisco Ar00nduR, an admirable paper, and usual
ly well informed, will give one n chance to make
o plain statement OF tho actual state Of affairs
Our correspondent IN the City OF Mexico
has sent us n number of clippings from the
four most prominent Mexican papers. II will
be seen that they are rabidly ti-Amcrican
Our correspondent says:
~ think religious feeling has most to do
with 1t. for Mexicans have u bitter hatred Of
Protestants. Besides, they arc to Spain what
we are to England. 1t seems strange that tho
people OF America do not remember this fact.
The United States OF America will find out that
talk Of " sympathy from the Spanish American
republics is all nonsense. There isn't a re-
public in the Western world that sympathizes
with the United States. They are all tooth and
nail for Spain, despite Spanish oppression and
misrule. They are the same people-thcy
speak the same language-and, to a man, they
Ia te bitterly. the "Anslo-Saxon pcopie" Of
them-yes. And SO, did England .opprcss and
stainp-tax US once. but We, nave. forgotten 1t.
Srain's crstwhile colonies have forgiven their
mother country. Just as we have forgiven ours.
"'There are many people who callnot under
stand n statement made by tho Ar10nam to tho
| effect TINT our meuullnE with any Latin nation
wont pay that once freed, the so-calied Cuban
{R pa 1f m;T Wa9 Srs 'i msst e. snS and adrg so on. SS Mould q
turn and rend their Anglo-SaNon delivcrers.
W. Id / t the e. TaTiasDS OF ad people tha con S9SI6 6 6p ~ as
understood. But what's the use Of trying to
diers be Killed for this lazy, .nondescript lot.
and let our money be spent, We, will see after
gratitude Tor any Latin Rratitudel is.'"
Now. to know the sentiments Of the Mexican
masses one must move about and come in con-
tact with the people Of the several social strata,
and it is q common mistake for my fellow
wealthy minority for that Of the Mexican peo-
pie as u whole. Let me say that 1t is also COM
s %Sn 1Sf A ana Mex RisTsrapafE ere to we S9n fSft d
."Spaniord" a native Of old Spain who hascome
here either early In life. Or later to gain his
the upper class come to Mexico. for here no
public office awaits him, and as he is rarely a
With the Spaniards, Of humble extraction en-
gagged in trade or other business In this country.
Our resident Spaniards are. on. the whole. a
body OF people. They accumulate money. as
and when they have gained wealth they add to
it in manufacturing and large undertakings.
The ,pawnshops here are in tho hands OF
An these people: with few executions. come
from the northern provinces OF Spain. and they
ognomy. old-tashioned New Englanders. There
are ,Spaniards here that. Il | were a new ar
or pushing Yankees keen for a bargain. Some
the virtues Of a, race that has had to, work hard
En- EGs ssntHTiss and n tho S1' Sc ltSS r 'FTaeaiity Sp IS 6 n9T
in their bone. nrd. nc matter how rich they be.
spaniards enjoying. incomes Of from $4,000 to
10000 spending from $4,000 to $4,000 and
F f2a6kiplG S Would iIddvfSs aRs t t@G re% a sR@path ssG
audience for his economical, doctrines among
the spani9rds Of the Gallician. Asturian,
Their local proverbs would fit admirably into
Poor Richards Almanac"l
These excellent people are not scholars:
books have not been, their teachers, but the
weather. the intractable soil. penpry and hard
apple tree grows. where CIDER is drunk and
mountains lit their stony sides, as in northern
Spain, Many Of these people or. reaching Mex
leo take teachers to learn to read and write, and
let no Americnn who claims Abraham Lincoln
} turn up his nose at this display Of beIatcd stu
dentship,, They are eager to learn to read.
H %5if hope ped to T manage aSs9 9Ssir iG 1siR n they can
There are few Americans who are as capable
q prolonged selt;deenial as these north country
s sonSctl capabIe' of a i%anStieai and u TH' ON
t Is q My that the novels Of Pereda are not
!, c c00Sif %lsH Of { f 1iie IN that Fer rugged 'I and H'P roy
%a angiss. 'o are born Tne and m Fearc do' T F2Re7 66iiFai
. handed. hardworkinG north S%paniard is
; S !ESSSifi en ,v %Ien sS%'-f 'and RRnqa Sn 1HS
He hns not the exaggerated romanticism Of the
; SSasti La t and ibis his d a5d Sd for the nf PR s t H., n or
/ ssp psn Ia ISo f. 8eafG IS, a f New Eng Ensla 2' ere Of T the rSE;
t gsd sort plus Cath}9 }i.s the one gentle C, iniu y
I gled for q living. to be overrcfned, delicate and
God Almighty does; He made them by their
ENVIRONMENT. and they are no more to be cen
sured than their patiyem mountains are for being
5 This, then, is the Spaniard as you find him in
[ has radicated" himself here, taken deep root
{ and Is prospecting: hence he views with alarm,
. s e. t9 Esn nESTSr %afids.' Sf Pii tn a Eis'a SPa% RFisfd3isT VII #
toll YOU that, they fear no nationality but the
speet Hsa BECAUSE aa seer fik nSat them on Ne @e are sns' n re;
!, ashamed OF work. am speaking of the north
1 country Spaniard.
. which out Herod Rorod in their exhibitions 81
s laugh at the coarse jokes about the Yankees
0 disbelieve their stupcndous inventions in the
n way OF news Of crushing z. Yankee defeats, ant
t pat the editors on the, back rs they. would back
k u bull fighter who had taken their fancy.
/ so much for our locally resident Spaniards
: The Mexican is not n SPaniard., He il severn
things. Of Spanish descent he Is, acc9rdinS
to Spanish classification, a Creole. "un, crlolilo;
Q II he has an. admiXturc Of the sturdy, Indiar
o blood he is q 4" mestizo." or miYed blood. and !
s he is an Indian, he may be of Aztec. Maya, Ia
s Mexican is a word covering much racia
Now. the Moxicans Of Spanish descent VIII,
II have held on to land here, who arc rich an'
5 very clerical in their Rympathies, are nnti-Amcr
ical. Perhaps. at most, there are 100000 M
d more certainly, in all this vast country. They
It being rich and laxative. make n deal of Eoisc
h but they are not Mexico By any manner o
means. else that gigantic workman, Gen. Dia2
would never have made modern Mexico. =,
z Who sons Of these woll-tl-do and ~clericalL