The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15

Constitution Of the republic. Men who
reckon their brave deeds by the number
OF their brethren they have killed, who
reckon their wealth by the number OF
families ruined, who reckon their
glorles by the number OF defenceless
and innocent persons butchered cannot
govern people, because crime never
was reason for promotion to the
Presidency. 1t only deserves the scaffold
We must rescue Mexico from the
bloody hands which ensanguine al.
within their reach: we must free the
republic so that II shall not fall again
into the slavery OF vice and ignorance.
We cannot longer endure a sectaran
and EXTREMIST government as Il is I'M
derstood and practised by the fanatic,
whether he be religionist, politician or
militarist; neither can we tolerate one
organized after the savage democracy
OF the unrestrained Maderista or the
dominance Of the all powerful Diaz.
Since the independence OF Mexico she
has been ruled by two Emperors and
many Presidents. but Of them all only
three Governments can be properly
named as such. because they really gov
erned. TO wit: the glorious Government
OF Juarez. the lawful one Of Lerdo and
the omnipotent one Of D!aZ. II Is high
time for us to organize a national gov
ernment following the orderly, philo-
sophical and political course of civiliza-
ton and humanity.
How shall such a government be or
ganized? II shall be organized by itself.
by the necessity for peace, by the horror
Of war, by' the loss OF blood. life and
money which cannot longer he endured.
BY the cruelty and excess INDUCED In
by the nghting factions. by the univer-
sal aspiration and desire that peace
shah be reestablished: this government
shall be organized by public opinion
which willingly or unwillingly will re-
store US to reason and the observance
OF law. This government shall be or
gan!zed. In fine. by the National Union.
The remedy to our situation, let me
repeat. will be found In organizing a
government which shall not represent
exclusively one or another OF the politI-
cal factions: a government which shall
not become tool of revenge and chas-
tisement In the hands OF a victorious
faction bound to annihilate It's opponent.
I earnestly believe In a popular. legiti-
mate and national government. the re-
| sutant of an amalgamation OF al. enter
prising agencies. of all healthy elements,
Of all social classes. converging into and
forming a union of all the members and
all the activities OF the Mexican nation.
To our shame be 1t said Mexico is
to-day the only country In the world
which Ii torn by the horrors OF civil
war. The pacincation Of the republic
cannot be accomplished at the cannon's
mouth; II can never be achieved by
stern military measures whose end is
death. Such measures must be accom-
panied by those Of a political and social
character tending toward Cancellation
and progress
To restore peace In Mexico We must
nrst solve the financial problem. not
with limited. extraordinary measures In
whose train disastrous consequences
follow, but with plentiful and far seeing
methods which while relieving the
stringency provide safe margin and
AFFORD time 10 save the country for the
discharge OF Its oblika lions.
| We must solve the agrarian problem,
el'otting lands TO the Indians whose
sole ambition and supreme happiness
In life u to reach the state Of small
land owners. unable as they are to
succeed In any other asld To - .