The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-03-30
THE RISE AND FALL OF DIAZ, AND
THE JESUIT PLOT, WITH STAND
ARD OIL AND UNCLE SAM IN
THE POLITICAL BACKGROUND.


Tag vhich ths Hierarchy ardeniiy &c
sired o. plt tim 20 tho mat So. ia
company utth sir wectmAn Pearson
"a EnEiifh capitalist and promoter
niat vent he urtutpcc;ing Nhy. bui1
inE canals and railroads. dcvciopins
ninss and starting factories. His en.
tcrpfiHcs we're successful and the tuu
% prosperity seemed 20 be determined
10 hght the feet oi DiaI 20 the grave
All this tine tho Catholic church
vas losing IN power and influence 10
Mexico tts progress had come 20 q
stop when Diai became the power IN
the southern fepublic-it not only
could make no headvay IN fleeing the
people. but it vas actually losinE
ground. II must not be understood
that there we're no Catholics in Men
co after Diar became president There
were and still arc millions Of them
but the ancient power OF the priests
was waning. the people were being
educated On an excellent and far-sprcad
system % public schools. other crecdI
we're admitted 10 the public attention
the old monopoly was broken.
And very naturally. the Hierarchy
looked on this scene OF It's departing
power with impotcnt rage.
There seemed 10 be no way oper
for Il TO retrieve its fading fortunes
the prophecy ot the times seemed "a
foretell a non-Cathollc Mexico
Then. the wheel OF Fortune turned
and the ball dropped into an unex
pected niche.
Some one. boring with a drill fol
something. perhaps water. waI
startled by the drill and rig and tool
suddenly sailing into tsc atmosphere
followed by a vast column Of oil. Fol
the greatest "gusher" the world hai
ever known was brought In at TampioS
some few years ago. and Il was the
effect OF this gusher that lead q
changes that history viii record TO IN,
end OF time. The gusher itself caught
hre and burned for months: today II
Is a small lake OF oil and water, burnt
out II earned no one n dollar. bene
hted no one n particle. except by prov
/ ing the oil field and indirectly caus
ing the economic and governmental
changes that followed. n that oil had
mot been discovered. Diaz would still
se The 1nctaus- OF Mexico Instead
OF an exile. and anditions south OF
: the Rio Grande would 0ot be those Oi
turbulent anarchy.
oil IS oii-Diaz and Pcarap knew
that; and they went into the oi. bust
ness. Sir weetman. by the much old
that the oil turned into. became Lo'
Cowdry and the DiaZ wealth mus
have seemed possessed Of Midas quail
ties, so rapidly did Il increase an
grow.
Now. reader. II you were 20 dis
cover a big oil gusher. the biggest q
the world. do you think you woul
lay awake nights rejecting about Il
That's right-the Standard OIL. IT,
our old friend that now appears o.
our vision. It's the same old Standar
oil that we all know so well. Persia
Canada or Peru--it's all the same {
Mr.. Rockefeller; and Mexico is but
step away.
I'VE viii give $4,000 100000 for ou
share" remarks the Standard oil. Blu
Diaz. wise as he may have been q
most things, or maybe backed by IN
thought OF his powerful English cor
nections. could not see that Standar
lOil was entitled 10 anything. Fata
supposition! Il has floored many abl
gentlemen. II floored Diaz
AT THE TIME THAT OIAZ WA
BORN SIXTY OR SEVENTY YEAR,
AGO. THE HIERARCHY WAS &C
lcUSToMED TO "oRDERINo AMI
CONTROLLING REVOLUTIONS ~
THE sTRENoTH OF THEIR FlLLEl
lcoFFERS" BUT DlAZ HAD TAKEi
PAINS TO SEE THAT THIS PoWEi
WAS TAKEN FROM THEM BY re
lDUcINo THE FLEEcINoS AS MUct
AS POSSIBLE. Hut Standard oil ha
the money-thc Hierarchy had th
menl Both had the will-both the do
sire. both the temporal things TO sair
Hence. with Standard oil funds 4
sight the whisper flew down the lin
and crossed the Rio Grande 10 b
Icaurht by the ear OF every Catholi
priest. Urge tho people TO rise an
strike for liberty! The overthrow o
1.-The Monster must be accomplished :
lAnd then In every nook and corner o
the Catholic churches Of Mexico wer
the poor dupes urged to take up arm
and fight 10 enslave themselves 10 IN