Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-11-07
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: ing Mexico. They were elegantly el
, tertained by the Mexican governmer
: at public expense, of course. It's sal
: that on the thirty-two editors the Me!
: lean government spent $4,000.
1t is plain enough why this wa
: done. During the past year or tw
there has been considerable tai
about the government of Mexico. TIL
infamous tyranny; the suppression c
public opinion; the cruel eviction @
the people from their lands; the mul
der of men and women; the enforce
slavery of the Yaquis; the corruption
of the few leaders who, with the con
sent of Diaz, run the finances of tn,
country.
These publications were creating
tremendous prejudice against the gov
eminent of Diaz in the United State!
and something had to be done Hence
the editorial excursion and the enter
tainment.
The editors had a splendid time
They were fed on the best that money
could buy, and shown every courtesy
that the smart men who surround
Diaz could think of, and they are
mighty shrewd, able men. Care was
taken that nothing should be seen by
the visitors that would give them an
unfavorable impression.
What is expected is that these
editors, with their in'ards filled with
| the choicest that Mexico and all other
parts of the world can furnish will
give Diaz and his government a clean
bill of health. 1t is expected that
| they will say that he is the most mar
Vicious ruler the last century has pro.
duced, and that he is giving Mexico
the best possible government that
can be given in the present state of
intelligence of the people.
1 have not yet seen any of the edi-
torial comments, but it will be re-
markable if some of til EN- do giHish
over Diaz and his government New
ertheless, the comments will not
change the facts.
The government of Diaz is the most
tyrannical, the most cruel, and the
ruling cabal is the most corrupt
among the so-called civilized govern
ments. Russia has been anathema-
tized and it has deserved all the crit
icism that hasSBeen leveled against it,
but the ruling powers of Russia make
no pretense that it is a free govern
ment. 1t is an acknowledged despot-
ism. Mexico pretends to be a repub-
lie and the rulers of it actually have
the nerve to boast that it is land
of liberty
Its )elections are farce. Freedom
of speech is unknown, and the poverty
stricken peasants are plundered to the
limit of their endurance If a man
dares to oppose the continued rule of
the aged despot, he is promptly i'm
prisoned and is lucky to escape with
his life.
At the recent election of president,
Mexican had the hardihood to de-
clare himself a candidate against
DiaZ. His campaign was of short
duration 1t was to the Jail for him
and when man gets a taste of the
Mexican jail he doesn't want any
more of that in his.
The governors of the various states
of Mexico who, of course, are men,
bers of the cabal that surrounds Diaz.
have grown Immensely wealthy. A
large part of their wealth has been
acquired by a system of land grab
bling that is, perhaps, without parallel
in the civilized world during the past
century. Laws were passed at the
instance of the ruling class permitting
the taking up of lands to which the
occupant could not furnish a clear
legal title. Before the reign of Diaz,
occupancy had been considered suffi-
cient title where it had been long
continued.
The supplemented Mexicans who
had lived all their lives on lands thatI
had been occupied by their fathers
and fathers fathers before them, sup
posed that the lands were theirs
They, of course, knew nothing about
legal titles. They knew that the
lands had been their homes and the
homes of their ancestors for genera
tons. Suddenly they were met with
the demand to show legal title or va
cate, and naturally they were I'M
willing to vacate
The armed bandits of Diaz were
directed to drive them off. They
were driven to the mountains. where
they wandered, until driven by star
walton they came back and begged
mercy of the despoilers.