The Saint Paul globe., 1898-05-08

sing the liberal and pro-Cuban opinion ana
the 'Voz de Mexico,'' which is conservative.
for' although the writer has many times
talked the matter over fully with prominent
Mexican government officials business men.
newspaper editors and even the lower clas,
genie" they all unite in the expression of
the 'Voz de Mexico"
And the 'Voz de Mexico" says:
IF the United States triumphs over Snair
there will have sounded for us the knell of
our autonomy. Masters of the gulf, of Ha-
wall feloniously appropriately, and of our
own Alsace-Lorraine CTexas) her ambitions
and aspirations will know no end. Passing
the canal which divides the island of Cuba
and Yucatan, she will there install herself
through spirit Of conquest thinly masked
by all the hypocrises of diplomacy. Already
by infiltraton she has occupied large Sec
tions of our northern frontier. We see the
Americans, like phylloxera appearing in
every section of our capital. They have ac-
qufred such control over our commercial and
industrial interests. and financially they have
US bound, both hands and feet. Their poll
ticians, even when defeated in their aspira-
tions, are received here like princes (neaning
Mr.. Bryan. They are adulated by provincial
orators who tell them that neither Cicero,
Mirabeau nor CASTELAR,, in his orations from
the peoples tribunal, reached so high place
in the fire and energy of public speech.
Enough Of this sort of adulation! The
vandalism in California their deceptions in
Alaska, all show that they affected with
the lunacy of King Midas-gold, always gold!
measured by the Dingley tariff. Their inter-
national politics, docile to so much per cent,
shows all the Carthaginian malice and felony.
Washington advised and begged them, almost
in his will, to be true and just in their Tela-
tions with other peoples but they, subject to
the laws of heredity, interpret and practice in
British style the rights of man. 1t should NOT
be forgotten that John Bull is the grand
father of Uncle Sam
These are not very fattering sentiments
toward John Bull and Uncle Sam, and are
shared fully by the conservatives of Mexico.
Unless taken unawares the conservative Mex
leans, unofficial, will not say a word to for
however, they think all the more. And il
obliged to speak they would say just what
the ''voz' has said. Not that they love Spain
SO much-far from It! They had close
just as one instance, the huge old cut Of
6Nochistonga, engineered by the Spaniards
20t years ago for the drainage Of the valley
and in the working of which millions of un-
happy Indians perished could only be made
to speak some black tales would be unfold
ed! Spain has few good deeds to its credit
treatment Of the Indians Of Mexico is the
blackest, bloodiest part of the whole record!
This the Mexican of today fully real:zes-it
Is impossible for him to love Spain. Yet at
the same time, he knows that Spain will
never have more power in Mexico: he is
not afraid of Spanish intervention. And that
is just what he fears in the protective
policy Of the United States. as set forth by
the Voz de Mexico he thinks that once given
BIT of territory like Cuba, the republic win
cast longing eyes at Yucatan, just a few
miles from Cuba, and where there is such
wealth in the shape of heniquen, dye woods
and so on. After annexing Yucatan will
ccme the protecting" (which incidentally
includes annexation) of Central America
Guatemala and Mexico. This is why. in a
nutshell, the Mex.cans say little about this
spanish American war; and why, at the
very bottom of their hearts, they want the
United States to be defeated. There is no
denying 1t. This, too, from the conservative
prosperity.
From all the foregoing think very clear
ldea H OF Mexico's feelings toward the United
states OF America be gained Mexico
despite everything that can be said, has no
respect whatever and no belief in its sister
republic to the north. Mexicans say plainly
% ana above board that the United States stole
California, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas.