Arizona republican., 1911-05-15

 D|SS|PATED Lecturer Declares ReVo|u- don Will Be Successful THE VICTORY oF AN IDEA
Delegate of Los Angeles Junta Addresses a Large Crowd in Lamson's Hall. Delivers Stirring Grafton on Certainty of Victory.

Bringing a new battle cry to the Mexican population of Phoenix, Julio Mancillas of the Los Angeles junta ] thrilled a large audience in Lamson nall last night by describing the suf- ferings of the lower classes in Mex leo and sounded the call for believers
 of the idea that Mexico must be governed by the people, and for the people, as the states of this country are governed" There was not q va cant chair in the hall as Mancillas | took the stand to declare the necessity of every man and woman of Mexican origin lending moral support to the cause of the revolution, and the man. her in which he treated his subject provoked thunderous applause from his | listeners. who showed a keen inter-
 est in the question of their country's l freedom. Good order was preserved
 throughout the evening, and there
 was no other demonstration than that
 of enthusiasm as the climaxes of the
 orators address were delivered. and
 there were many.
 Speaking rapidly and forcefuly, with an earnestness which was of itself convincing, Mancillas showed a knowl- edge of Mexican affairs superior to that of any man who has spoken on the subject in Phoenix since the out | break of hostilties His sincerity was evident, although the fire of his de
 nunciations detracted somewhat from
 the force of his argument Flashing eyes. lightning gestures and a voice
 keyed to the highest pitch served as
 mediums for the conveyance of his | opinions and like a magician he
 worked his hearers into frenzy in
 that part of his address which dealt with the redistribution of land in
 Mexico. He said: The situation of the working classes | in Mexico is desperate. There is no depth for us to fall to, for we are al-
 ready in the deepest depths of misery, degradation, dependence and slavery.
 You are all acquainted with the prog
 ress of the great revolution in our l fatherland. a revolution organized for
 the one purpose of raising the con-
 dition of the people-the common peo-
 pie, to whom nearly all of us be- 1 long You have all read about it, | anu III d iitdSuit NOu lN, | for those of you who are not native
 to the United States remember. with
 horror the state of affairs which pre- vailed in the country at the time you left it. Your bodies and lives were
 not your own, and the dreadful op- precision of the landowners, whose riches had been taken from you, to whom they rightfully belong. caused you to live in uncertainty and fear of even your existence. There are many people who laugh at us for re- Yolting against the tyranny of DiaZ,
 who question our right to assert our independence after submitting so many
 years to his cruel despotism, who de- clare us so unfit for any other state than under which we at present eX ist. that our attempts ought to be frustrated by the interference of the United States government. People who entertain such beliefs do not un- derstand the Mexican people or the spirit that pervades the revolution, for if the people are not capable of governing they ought to have the op- portunity to gain an education and learn, and this opportunity has never
 been extended to them by DiaZ. If they are not. as a body. educated as
 the people of the United States, they are too superior for slavery. The races
 of the world are not so divided as that that one should be made of masters and the other composed of slaves.
 "The one thing we want is lib- erty. We want independence. We | want to be masters of our own lives and fortunes. and how are we to gain such things unless there are radical changes made in the government of l Mexico There the people. who ought to be everything, are nothing. They are almost chattels. They are not human entities, but are regarded by the landowners as animals born into | the world for labor solely. They are denied land They are denied food unless they earn it by shameful toll for their masters. toll compensated by
 a sum so pitiful that it would be con- sidered a better hourly than a. daily wage by an American mechanic
 There must be a change. We de- tmand it. and we are willing to shed our blood to bring it about. The people are unanimously opposed to continuation of their present miseries. Armies are in the field fighting for new Mexico, and they will continue their victories The strength of their righteous idea that God made men to
 be equals and not slaves, one to an
 other. carries the 'revolutionists trl-