The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-03-05

The outlook in Mexico at present
Is really encouraging, though the con4
fusion attendant upon military opera
lions has served to make this country
consider the situation more dark THANH
ever before. All the patriotic ele3
ments in Mexico are rallying to Carr
ranza's standard Villa with his own
division of the army is fighting tha
rest Of the nation and an indication
of what his movement really signifies
Is the fact that he has invited all thd
old Federal army officers against
whom the Madero revolution and it9
successor that drove Huerta from pow
er was waged, to Join him.
World conditions are such that no
government in Mexico can exist with.
out the friendship of this country and
without its moral and financial help3
In sense then, Americans are in duty
bound to look upon the situation inA
Mexico from an intelligent and SYM
pathetic angle. a
Carranza Misunderstood.
Carranza has been grossly misun1
derstood in this country. He is a.
man of probity, clean living and in4
tense patriotism. He Is not wealthy
man. He has reared his family I'M
comfort, having made his living from
the raising of cattle He himself has
visited the United States many times1
He has had his family educated I'M
this country. Every man whom ha
has selected to become a member a
his Cabinet he has first sent to this
country to become acquainted with the
American idea, system and plan Of
| conducting the office he is about to ash
sumo.
Carranza is unmilitary, educatedy
| having taken law degree, intensely
| Mexican, and intellectually desir.;
| GUS of helping the downtrodden peon
to obtain his chance in life" Villa
contrastingly is uneducated, ignorant,
brutal, unrestrained in his passionsj
totally unappreciative of the needs Of
his country and is simply riding his
vanity to what he hopes will be the.
dictatorship of Mexico !.
Illustrative of the character of the
two men is the fact that Carranza, not
even to gain valuable political endss
would stultify himself to the extent of
currying favor with the Washington
administration as long as our troops
|
friendship he kept locked in his heart
until the time he deemed proper to
express them. Villa, on the other
hand, has been one thing to this
country and another to Mexico He
has taken every occasion to slobber-
1ngly express his regard and friends
ship for this country and the admin!
istration, while in Mexico he has at
tempted to gain recruits for his army
by demagogically declaring that the
United States intends to annex Mexico
and that he in the role of his country's
savior calls upon the ex-Federals to-
Join him In resisting the invasion that
he announces soon is to come. Villa
Is forced to make this explanation to
his own troops because otherwise they
would keenly resent the presence Of
these Huertistas in their ranks. 4
CarranZa and the Constitutionalist
cause has been assailed In this coun-
try as being not only Anti-Catholic.
but Anti-Religious. The true facts
show both these accusations to be-
false. The Constitutionalist cause ID
opposed to any church taking part in
the politics of the country and is We.
hemently opposed to its aligning itself
with the reactionaries and privileged
classes, as unfortunately the Catholic
church has done since the colonization
of Mexico by the Spaniard. |
Rafael Zuberan Capmany, former
agent Of the Constitutionalists I'M
Washington, and now minister of the
interior in Carranza's Cabinet, stated
In the following manner the Constitu-
tionalists' position in this respect: A
Church Question. l
Let the Catholics Of America un1
derstand that the occurrences which
have happened and are explainable
under the present disturbed condi-
tons, do not, nor cannot constitute al
part of the program of the Constitu.
tlonal1sts who are pledged to the prin.
clple of the separation of the State
and church and are firm believers I'M
the principle of religious liberty"
One of the main reasons that has
prevented better feeling of cordial
1ty existing between Mexico and this
country has been the fact that thei
ordinary American looks upon ali
Mexlcans as "greasers" and affects AM
air of superiority towards the nation
that has bred the worst of understand
ing between the two countries. The
lower class of Mexicans, commonlyI
S"iiou INC peoh, is undoubtedly fg-i
norant and ill-kempt. but he has ster-
ling virtues of honesty and a genuine
love of his country that deserves re-i
| spect.
PRESIDENT Wilson by his just atti-
tude towards Mexico has wiped outl
the OLD memories that country has
held OF US since the Mexican war;
when we took from 1t the greater por-
ton of its territory. Mexicans nowI
universally recognize that the only
ambition this country has in regard
| to Mexico is to be of help or1 assist. |