New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

rather the hackers Of the deposed Msdero
government, did not prosper as 1t shoulo' ana
the very men who should have been in the
lead. with a few worthy exceptions, haa
NOT the courage of their convictions and
staid out. The SO per cent having no aspira-
tons, and too ignorant to appreciate tne
aims OF such a movement, were apathe'lc'
Most Of the leaders and sub-oihcers VINO tooh
the field first, were actuated only by spirit
for self-gain, and their followers were Win
them for the sole aim OF footing.
IL is said the first treasurer OF the "a,
rama movement ebsconded with several nit
ions. state treasurer is now In jail )alieu
by the other side, by whom he was caugntl
for appropriatng around 100000 OF puolie
funds When the Tampico went over 10 inc
the revolutonists her officers, all men %
tho hest TYNE and highest education. made a
booze-shop and brothel, openly, OF the Vesse'
,yben in mort. One of the officers, being sent
to the United States with revolutionary
funds 10 buy a vessel, "blew In" the money
and never returned. Such instances could
he followed up to the point Of firing. But
these few will show the general lack of self
respect, honesty and sense of responsibility
and the total lack of conception OF wha'
republicanism stands for.
No Public Confidence.
MANY will think that am exaggeratins
Far from 1t. am simply presenting facts
after a quarter of century OF intimate
friendly association with the Mexican people.
II is a lamentable fact that there is so little
common honesty in the average Mexican tha'
he can hardly conceive that the other fellow
NAV be honest, and never gives him credit
= Ig.go pnOttves For thti
reason there is little commercial association;
few large native companies. They do not
and can not trust each other. They are so
vain that heard a man high In the ranks
OF the revolutionary party, when they were
nothing but a band of revolutionists, say
ave do not need the recognition OF any gov
eminent"
Although tho Roman Church is recognized
a. the religion Of the country, the people
at large have no religion. It Is simply q
cult. there being no social or moral train
irg. The priests, as q rule, are immoral
often being the fathers OF several illegiti-
mate children. You may train wolf to DO
lambs tricks, but he remains a wolf. You
can hardly make sanity men and teachers
however intelligent they may be, out OF boys
who have had no moral training whatever
and raised as most Mexican boys are. D
scarcs are good men more or less publicly
known that a recent canvass in certain
state revealed that there was not man In
the state that was onsidered fit TO be Gov
ernor, under present aspirations.
Should the present difficulties be termi-
mated and q President be elected, the result
will be the same, regardless of who the man
NAV be, II he confines himself to legitimate
republican government He will be unable
to reconcile all demands, as he will be unable
to find Offices or money for every one VINO
will expect emoluments, and those left out
will turn against him. AS these Will be
many more than the friends" it will be the
same old cry: Down with him!"
Education the Remedy.
Schools, and industrial schools at that, arc
the only salvation for Mexico, and these need
to add a course, from the kindergarten up, of
civic and social morals, tending to produce
honest, decent, patriotic citizens. For this
she will need to bring in foreign teachers
for the first generation, for "the blind cannot
lead the blind" Let her follow Japan's
patriotic example, however humiliating 1t
may seem to her vanity. No one is expected
to walk before creeping. Until generation
OF more or less educated people comes into
being, the government the country needs
is one for the people, but not by the people:
an oligarchy under control so as 10 insure
just, honest, efficient government; PATRIOTS
commission, perhaps There are enough men
in the country to bring this about, but it
is hardly 10 be expected that they would be
chosen. There is little hope from within,
unaided by outside nations.
Mexico has not the men Of iron will, un-
selfish, unseeking patriotism that Japan had;
hence she will have to use the foreign
models with foreign aid, il she aims to be a
civilized nation or cassed as such, even
within the next fifty years. The reforms
necessary, the transformation needed, can
not be affected short Of a generation. For the
present generation there Is no hope. ! do
not wish to convey the idea that the country
is wholly bad, for it is an aphorism that no
man is so bad that there is not some good In
him. The country is good-very good, and
the native has many good, even lovable, char
acterstics, and his children can be made the
citizens il is desired they should be- The
father in the 90 per cent, has been sinned
against and is the result of a neglectful
selfish vicious government by the per cent.
And il is because this per cent, that should
be the sayour-the leavening with which TO
work out the general reconstruction-wil'
not aid TO regenerate the country, not be-
cause it cannot, for it is amply proficient.
but because its training has tended for 800
years TO make It arrogant, greedy, selfish,
dishonest and unpatriotc and hence inca
pable of putting itself in the place of the 90
per cent, in order TO work out successfully
tho future of their country. r. T. J.
Sinaloa, Mexico Sept. 27, 1915.