The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-12
1rrr noon an AIL ~.

IN 1907 one million haFFe4s o. Oh FH'"S' o.
haf million dollars was shipped from Mexico
In 1913 the output was sixteen times that
amount and value,
Therebv hangs a tale or rcvoiuton-thc over
throw ard Sight Of Dtaz. the overthrow aud
u,rder Of Nadero, the dictatorship Of Huerta
wnat to other nations would be blessing
sas hoen a bane 10 Mexico. What 10 other
nations would be a means Of prosperity has
besr means Of affection. In other nations oil
IN such quantities would have meant wealth;
10 Mexico II has meant poverty From the
soil has come not afTluence not comfortable
homes. not stable government, nov peace. hap
rtDess and contentment, but misery, lack OF
homes. unstable government. tnternecine war
unhappiness and discomfort.
sum Il all UP IN one Word--concesslons.
Mexicans have sold their birth right for mess
OF pottage. Rather, usurpcrs have sold It for
them and have eaten the pottage Greedy
nations tempting greedy MeXicans have secured
possession Of Mexicoe natural wealth and have
exploited Ii for themselves Not content with
this they have fought among themselves using
Mexican poems as their pawns in the game Pra--
sicaIly all OF the oil product has been In the
haH4s- taa- 4apa4s+- eese4rHsthe british con
Germ and the American concern. piaz looked
kindly upon the British concern and their rivals
financed aud managed a revolution. and out went
Dsaz In came Nadero and then another revo-
luton In the interest Of the concession owners
and they buried Madero. in came Huerta and
then
That's whore II stopped for time
A man named Woodrow Wilson the
scene then and he refused to countenance q
rnurderous usnrper 1t made no difference TO
him whether American or British interests
benefited through the power OF Huerta. He.
dreamer and theorist that he ia, knew nothing
of concessions and of their value. lie knew
only right and wrong Concession owners and
concession seekers howlcd and are bowling yet,
but few people are paying any attention To them.
Most of them have been hypnotized and arc
dreaming Wilson'S dream-an end 10 revolutions
made to order and the beginning Of constitu-
ttonal government
1t WAS the recognition OF the part conces
sions have played in the turmoiis in Mexico
which led Ambassador Page to make his dec
Iaration IN London which SO perturbed the soul
of the London Stondar6 and threw that news
naner into mental fits Mr.. Page had history
behind him and a knowledge OF the cause of
most Mexican revolutions when he declared that
there is subtler way Of taking The lands Of
the weaker South and Central American nations
than by force OF arms and that taking THEFT
bonds is one Of them. Just as armed forces took
the lands Of the nations TO the South In the days
Of international freebootery, SO concessi onaires
have ACQUIRED the wealthproducing lands in
these DAYS ~ greater fnesse and more circum
spection And just SIS the acquisition Of lands
IN Central and South American countries by
European nations meant the establishment 81
monarchies IN the Western hemisphere so the
acquisition OF lands through the medium Of con
cessions means revolutions The one threatened
,heorctical constitutional government, the other
threatens practical constitutional government
Morc than that it makes free government In.
possible,
So Ambassador Pages extremely serious" re
sislon Of the Monroe doctrine no revision
Al all. It was an amendment, made necessary
by the logic o. conditions and events.
We may as wen face the facts There can
be no peace IN Mexico or in any other Central
American nation until the grip Of foreign pro
motors. backed hy governments having knowl
edge of dollar diplomacy alone. is ,4kcn from
sheir throats Outside capital Is needed to de
selop the commercial possibilities of those eoun
tries. but outside capital must not be allowed
10 control and commercial wars between riva
concerns must not be fought by brigands anG
soldlers Of fortune with death-deaIing weapons