Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-11-07

Two Mexican governors have eacl
fifteen million acres of land, large
area than all of the New England
states put together. The soil of Mex
leo is red with the blood of the
feeble, ignorant folk who offered some
little objection to being robbed Of
what little they had; of being driven
from the homes they loved
1 have wondered how it is possible
for a son of the impetuous, fighting
Joe Hudson to run a paper in Mexico
where he is forbidden to- have a sin.
gle Independent idea where he is
compelled to wear a government muz,
zle.
In the dominion of William of Ger
many the papers do even dare to
criticize the emperor and express
their honest opinions about most i'm
portant policies of government, but in
the so-called republic of Mexico there
is no such thing as freedom of the
press. A hundred men might be shot
down in cold blood by order of the
government for refusal to pay their
taxes, and nothing would appear about
the occurrence in the Mexican Herald.
Not the slightest indication of crit
icism is allowed to appear in the
press of Mexico. Cooper Jackson,
bright Kansas boy and reporter on
the Herald, tried getting up-to-date
and giving the news. There was a
story that reflected on the government
that was a good news story and it
occurred to Cooper to show enter
prise. 1t was his last attempt of that
kind. 1t was only with the liveliest
sort of action that he managed to
get out of Mexico until the matter
had blown over.
When concessions are asked for the
party asking has to bride certain of
ficials who have become immensely |
wealthy out of the spoil The paid |
and fawning flatterers of Diaz have
published broadcast the statement |
that he has established a system of |
free schools among the people. There
is, in fact, about one school to every |
two thousand inhabitants
The Tyranny and corruption of the
few in Mexico is without doubt known
to Paul Hudson, but it would never be
suspected from reading of the
Mexican Herald. That is utterly in
sane and colorless except in praise
of Diaz and his advisers. OF course,
any other course would mean the sup
preston of the paper and the sudden
flight of the editor if he was for
tunate enough to escape the JAIL
Diaz is so years old. Still wonder
fully strong and mentally alert for a
man of his extreme age, his term of
ife is necessarily nearly run. At his
leath there will be a revolution I'M
ess the United States steps i1AKith
afit -keeps order nndef 4lSf n
oretense of protecting the hundreds of
Millions of property owned by citizens
If this country.
The financial powers of this country
will insist that whoever Diaz names
Is his successor shall be upheld, no
natter how much of tyrant and no
natter how corrupt Corral the pres .
mt vice president and man slated !
o succeed Diaz, is an unprincipled {
and hated by majority j.,
If the people of Mexico, but if the
financial interests of the United {
states will stay with him, as they /;
will, and if they have power enough
o make the government at Washing ,
on come to his assistance, he will
continue in power indefinitely The :
owe of money is stronger than the +
owe of justice, and so Corral will be
L
Will the editors who were wined t
nd dined and carried about just f
where the government wanted them t
o go, speak the truth? Of course not, /
or they did not find out the truth c
'he last thing that Diaz wanted was h
or them to find out the truth. In Y
ny opinion, they really had no bust g
less to go to Mexico under such con- t
itions. They had no right to accept a
UGH hospitality when they knew that
was an attempt to buy their favor
nd editorial opinions. {
VOTE FOR THE ROAD TAX, lie