The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-07-11

Tie IT, II lett alone, and In the only
way that Il can-b settled $ H.. 1
No matter how good the Intentions
Of President Wilson doubtless are,
our Intervention would he to restore
s o-called law and order, and it would
ineyitab bly,. lead ia our sustaining the
present land titles; because some OF
them. are: the. property OF Americans,
and we could not: sustain a, few with
out sustaining eli: = = /. . $s1. i....
In that case Intervention BY the
United States would be a calamity for
both countries and would sretard mo
eress for many years Few, people
In this country understand the true
conditions in Mexico and the: causes
that have led to the chronic state, of
revolution n that - unfortunate coun-
'y.s Ss$ s&EssEt$ Sill Sill Il. p, 81 ! Sxs!
= In Mexico's 5populationes OF 1900
oo0.s only about Is per ascent ares
European or: mixed blood, The other
80 per cent are the full blooded. des-
cendants Of the Indian tribes that
Cortez found iE sfezico when he con-
quered tho country. : $3.50. $3.50 -. =,
The reason that Mexico has: a very
different problem, with its Indian
population, from that of this country,
is because the pioneers who settled in
the United States found a race Of
hunters, who, when defeated in battle,
retreated westward with the game /
they lived upon, and therefore could
not be subjugated or reduced to peon-
age, whereas, the Spanish conqu errors \
found In Mexico a comparatively
dense population Of agriculturists who
obtained their living from the soil
and could not retreat before the
white man. :.S< 49,
The spaniards, therefore, when
they conquered Mexico. took over the
ownership Of the lands and reduced
the inhabitants to peonase and Writ
ual slavery. i ::. -: !. i
The situation in Mexico. is, typical
Of that Of nearly all nations Of Europe
ds3Asia. where the foundations: Of.
landed artistocracy were built on the;
conquest .of a peaceful race Of agri II
culturists by a foreign race of military:
:adVepturers or sea-pirates. This sort
of a state leads eventually to ;revolu-
ton. AT first the, >conquerors arc
strong and active and they easily
crush any revolt Of theiF subjects and
poems, but after a.: century, or two,
the DESCENDANTS Of. the original con-
querors become, enervated: by luxury
and ease; and then the disparity be-
tween the strength OF the poems and
their masters isspot so apparent and |
we have revolutions which succeed in
overthrowIng the supremacy sof the
ruling class. Szsr r. - sn,s
IL A good example Of this evolution is
- (>r9f "A - -
tho Manchus. !. O. Monaghan. tribe Of
shepards, conqHzred, China and: made !
themselves tho ruling aristocratic-class
so few in: number, compared to the
sw;armfns: iniili61s ii China, that they
could not even exert any decided IN
huepee on the Chinese IN the way Of
reducing them to peonase or Slavery.
assimilated by the Chinese. = Never
theless they became the ruling class
IN China, exercising all the powers OF
centuries, the warlike qualities of the
that of. the Chinese, and they were
easily overthrow BY revolution.
The same thing, took place in
France and. England, where aristoc- |
racies were founded by conquest of !
the natives by foreign military ad-
ventures. .-.....-. ...1'.,
= This sort of; thing always leads to
revolution. sooner or later, because
the peasants who have been. despoiled
Of their land transmit the desire of
recovering their heritage to their des-
cel1dants and eventually they are able
to convert this thought into action.
This is the con dition Of affairs that
has made Mexico the land Of revolu-
TONS =: : ~ -: = -.t,'-' 70
AS long as the small number of
ruling Spaniards sfad the SUPPORT of
tho mother country; and could re-
.ceive achievements of fresh troops
from that .scource they were able to
maintain their supremacy easily, but
when Spain, Weakened by the Napol-
comic wars, lost ,itsshold on Mexico;
then the process of revolt against
the ruling class began and has kept
UP with little intermission to the pres-
ent day. i.
The revolution Sof 1921, by which
Mexico secured it's independence from
Spain, twas really H. revolt Of theEna--
tive population against i their foreigl,
masters who had been robbinE them
tor three hundred yeafs. The same
thing true ots.the 10Th er,- Spanish
colonies OF South America, where sins
|tlar conditions Of conquest and SUBJ
lection Of dense native populations
prevailed. s, ;s' v. u s1}Es s
h. The: ruling classes i. ip these ccpn::
tries have been fighting "a losing bat
tie ever since their, separation from
the mother country, and 1t is; only q
question Of time until they must SUR
render their privileged monopoly Of
the land to the descendants OF those
who originally owned It. =z: IS. ~
5 For these reasons there will never
be any lasting peace In Mexico until
the land question, Is settled and the