Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-20
Land Question at Bottom of
All Revolutions and Peace
Is Impossible Until II Is
Settled.
NATION OF HOMELESS
WORKING PEOPLE
Diplomacy of Wilson and That
Of European Nations IS
ContraSted to Disadvantage
Of Latter,
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Chicago, Nov la.--lohn Lind. per-
sonal representative of President
Wilson In Mexico during the Hucrta
administration. declared tonieht ~ an
address here 60 the Industrial club
that the land question was the cause
of the revolutions in Mexico and that
fighting there would never cease un-
I'll the workers were able to own their
own farms.
Mr.. Lind pleaded for kindly feel
ings toward Mexico. asserting that
Mexican distrust ef the United
states was vanishing and that hore-
after the Mexicans would be our fast
friends forever while In Mexico
and now, | feel" said Mr.. Lind, that
permanent peace In Mexico on the
basis Of the social and economic
conditions which has existed In the
past Is an impossiblity
Nation Made Homeless.
Mr.. Lind sketched the taking OF
the land from It's original possessors
by the Spanish conquerors sAs a
whole. the nation was made home
less" he said, "and has so continued
TO this day. This is and viii be the
cause OF revolutions in Mexico until
the question is settled. The state Of
Moroles for example, IL owned by
twenty-seven men"
Early in his address Mr.. Lind de-
ciared that while In Mexico he be-
came convinced that the ao-oolled
revolution. in which virtually all Of
northern Mexico was aligned against
IIneria. was only IN slight degree
political. that the impellng force
actuating the majority Of the people
was economical aud sociological,
rather than political in any partisan
sense
Cause of Revolution.
Touching the agrarian condition.
Mr.. Lind sketched the forcible trans
fer Of the land from the original pos
SCISSORS to the Spanish conquerors.
''As a whole nation was made
he said, "and has 80 con-
tnucd TO this day. This is and will
be the cause OF revolutions IN Mex
leo until the question Is settled"
Nominal freedom he declared. was
accorded the poems, but they were and
are poorly paid and practically COM
PEELED to remain in the service of the
great land owners. Laws forblddlng
an employe to leave his service while
in debt, have aided IN keeping the
In subjection.
In the fact that the Mexican rail-
roads formerly operated by Ameri-
cans are now In the hands OF native
Mexlcans, from division superlnten-
dents to section men. Mr. Lind saw
hope for the advancement Of the
country
Hope for improvement
In view OF that situation he said,
i asked myself and | asked some
If the critics Of President Wilson's
policy, whether II was not within the
'ange Of probability that u people
who. within a brief generation, had |
responded with such facilities to the
iew social and economic environ !
nont might not make equivalent /
progress in the field of politics and |
government, If afforded q fair chance.
am hopeful, aye confident, that |
hey WILL
Careful study OF Mexicans, Mr.. |
lind said, has convinced him that the /
differences between Mexicans and I
,itizens of the United States are not /
acial nor psychological The ingratl
ude and turbulence attributed TO
he Mexicans other than the aristo-
racy, Mr.. Lind attributed to the
ears OF oppression which they have
uttered. He held that the word Of
1exican could be taken with as much
eliance as the word Of men Of other
and spoke with pleasure
{ the universal courtesy and kindli-
less
Mexicans Suspicious.
'The hard experience Of the Mexl-
an has made him wary ana suspi-
ious," said Mr. Lind 1T has been
ifficult for the Mexican people to
elieve that our president did not
ave some Interior motive In his
roffcred assistance and good offices.
think, however that they are now 1
bout convinced; and when once con- I
inced, think it will be true of the
iexican people as It Is Of individual
Icxicans, that when once you have
leir real confidence more loyal {
riends are not to be found I
Mr.. Lind excoriated the Mexican
md owning aristocracy, charging {
ION with lack OF patriotism. {
Property Interests.
THE troubles which beset the un- I
people" said Mr. Lind. do
OF evoke the sympathy OF the men {
no have lost dividends from mines.
{ wells or plantations. | do moi be- |
tile these losscs--they have been /
rcat and. grieyons. But there arc =