The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-27
CABLING ENSIuAvEMENT OF THE
NATIVES OF MEXICO.

NATIVES OF MEXICO.
A story of the atrocities of the
planters of Yucatan, the peninsula
in 1cluding three States or provinces
% Mexico. published in the Octotel
American Magazine is the most as
tonishing revelation of the present
year. In general it is said of Mexico
that while it is called a republic it 4,
generally a military dcpotism, pure
simple, and worse than most empires
With regard TO these general condi.
tions we quote the following from
the investigator, Mr.. John, Turner:
These things cannot be longer con-
cealed as they lave been by suppress
sion of individuals and journals. Our
large commercial interests and the
very closeness of the country itself
makes 1t necessary for us to know the
truth about Mexico. 1t is said that II
the dron hand of Diaz weakens the
state OF affairs will be worse than in
Cuba in 81. We should not sit in ig-
norance for we may have to step on
the fuse. The facts force their way tc
the light-here and there. We have
mad intimations of knowledge of the
true inwardness of Mexico from many
sources. A great business man told us
that we should tnd conditions worse
than in Russia. A banker of Mexico
City disclosed remarkable personal
experiences. A foreigner journalist
gave us sidelights of curious import
A manufacturer suggested a study oil
graft in Mexico. There is surely a
spreading notion that something is
wrong in Mexico.
why have We not known this be-
fore? Diaz controls all sources oi
news and the means of transmitting
1t. Papers are suppressed or subsidiz-
ed at the pleasure of the government
We know some of the subsidies paid
even to important Mexican papers
printed in English, The real news OF
Mexico does not get across the borG-
er. Books that truly describe the pres
ent state OF things are suppressed or
bought up even when published in
the United States.
"a great Diaz-Mexico myth has
been built up through skillfully ap-
piled influence upon journalism. It is
the most astounding case of the sup
preston OF truth and the dissemina-
tion OF untruth and half-truth that
recent history affords. But Mr.. Turner
has by long and often hazardous
Journeys and investigations got at
the truth. AS you read the articles
one after another follow the author
an his adventures, and see with his
eyes how things really are, you will
be forced TO admit that Mexico the
Republic is a pretense and sham.
Diaz is an able autocrat who has
policed the country well, used his
power for the benefit of the few, and
neglected the welfare of the great
body OF the people. In Mexico they
say after him the deluge, If indeed
he is not swept away by It,"
While peonage is extensively prac-
ticed in that country yet 1t is in the
peninsula of Yucatan where down
right slavery is in vogue and where
10000 human beings are held in the
most hopeless and grinding bondage.
These are made up of 5000 Chinese,
5000 Yaqui Indians and 125,000 ma
tive Maquis who originally owned
the land OF which they they have
been dispossessed about fifty henquen
kings Here is where the sisal hemp
II produced from henequen and most
Of It imported into our country. That
seems TO be almost the sole occupa-
tion of those people and the country
~ Of such a peculiar nature that those
eiAves cannot escape but are confined