The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-11
tbs MEXICAN SITUATION.

OF the United States that Mexico is
in the throes of revolution, that
Madero is on the verge of capitu.
lation and flight. and that the high
ly proper course for President Taft
is 10 have troops massed at the Dor
der all ready for entrance and seiz-
ure.
And yet when We look deep and
read carefully. we find that the en-.
tire trouble is confined to that por.
ton of Mexico most remote from
the capital and nearest to the Unit
luton, but the lawless activity OF
certain men who ought to be in
jail. Zapata. by disinterested au.
thorities, has been described as AN
ignorant, bloodIhirsty savage" and
| those about him are the scum of
the cities and border bandits
To speak Of him as a rebel is
to say that the James boys and the
foungers were revolutionists. and
that any Moro murderer who takes
TO the jungle in the Philippines. and
gathers band about him. is fight
ing for his people"
Why then, these suppressions OF
the truth in press dispatches and
a certain group of newspapers-this
distortion of facts. and persistent
attempt to create a national de.
mand for American Intervention in
Mexico? It is because those great
American capitalists who owned Diaz
do NOT own Madero, and are eager
to get rid of him.
Diaz, under the guise of a republic
created a despotism more terrible
than that of Russia. A walk
through his prisons was more
frightful than Dante's Inferno, and
under his iron rule human life was
not even considered much less held
sacred. Certain great families like
the Terranzas and Zuloages owned
great tracts OF land, the mass of
the people were in a state of semi.
slavery through inability to get to
the soil. there was no public school
| system worthy Of the name. and
through pulque privileges. high of
ficials reaped fortunes at the ex.
pense of the peoples degradation.
Railroad privileges, mining priv.
ileges, timber privileges, all the nat
ural resources of the country, were
being given to American capitalists
FOR CONSIDERATION. and Liman.
tour, of the Diaz cabinet, was moth.
ing more than the clerk of Schiff
Kuhn and Loeb.
! Madero, the dreamer. gave his for.
tune and risked his life in the
fight for better things. Remember
even to the very day that Diaz
| fled, the press agencies and con.
trolled press laughed at the idea
Of Diaz being dethroned. proclaimed
him the great statesman and faith
er of his country. and ridiculed Ma.
dero as a wild-eyed visionary.
AS president, Madero has com.
menced the work of reform. He
means to split up the great estates
just as LloydGeorge is doing in
England-give an education and
| chance in life even to
the poorest - and, above all, he
has declared an intention to wrest
| his country's natural resources from
/ the hands Of Greed and Rapacity
Diaz stood for EXPLOITATION
Madero stands for DEVELOPMENT
This, then, is his crime He has
offended Capital And, as far as
they can, they intend to harass
him, block his administration, and
| foment uprisings, all in the hope
| that they may either drive him into
! CAllc, Vi plOSule american luteTNen
ton. 1t is the gossip in Ell Pasc
that the Juarez uprising was bought
and paid for by American money
and that Zapata is in the employ OF
the American interests in Mexico.
At that other time, when Diaz
tottered on his throne, President
Taft was accused of questionable
motive in massing troops on the
Mexican border Had the collapse
Of the Diaz dynasty not been SC
flat so amazingly sudden, 1t may
have been that American troops
would have been sent across the
line
Is it possible that the thing will
be attempted again, and that the
United States soldier is no more
than the "GUNMAN" OF WALL
STREET? In any event, the PEG
pie of the country have widel
and more intelligent understanding
of the matter now, and whatever
Mr.. Taft does will be done under
the keen and suspicious scrutiny o.
the whole country.-Denver News.