Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-03-05
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government in Mexico can exist withs
out the friendship of this country and
without Its moral and financial helm.
IN sense then, Americans are in duty
pound to look. upon the. situation In
Mexico from an intelligent and a sym-
pathetic angle.
Carranza Misunderstood.
Carranza has been grossly misun-
derstood in this country. He is a
man of probity, clean living and in.
tense patriotism. He is not a wealthy
man. He has reared his family in
comfort, having made his living from
the raising of cattle. He himself has
visited the United States many times.
He has had his family educated in
this country. Every man whom he
has selected to become a member r.
his Cabinet he has first sent to this
country to become acquainted with III,
American idea, system and plan O.
conducting the Office he is about to as.
sumo.
Carranza is unmilitary, educated
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 passions.
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 ends.
would stultify himself to the extent of
currying favor with the Washington
Administration as long as our troops
we're at Vera Cruz. His feelings of
friendship he kept locked in his heart
uutil 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.
ingly express his regard and friend
ship for this country and the admin.
istration, while in Mexico he has at.
tempted to gain recruits for his army
by deH;agogically 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.
Carranza and the Constitutionalist
cause has been assliled 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 is
opposed to any church taking part in
the politics of the country and is We
hemently opposed to it's 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, forme,
agent of the Constitutionalists in
Washington, and now minister of the
interior in CarranZa's Cabinet, stated
In the following manner the Constitu
tionalists' position in this respect
Church Question.
Let the Catholics of America un,
derstand that the occurrences which
have happened and are explainable
under the present disturbed condf
tons, do not, nor cannot constitute a
part OF the program of the Constitu.
journalists who are pledged to the prin.
clple of the separation of the State
and church and are firm believers In
the principle of religious liberty
One of the main reasons that has
prevented better feeling of cordial
ity existing between Mexico and this
country has been the fact that the
ordinary tpanrioo,,
Mexicans as 'greasers" and affects an
air of superiority towards the nation.
that has bred the worst of understand
ing between the two countries. The
lower class of Mexicans. commonly
called the "peon," is undoubtedly ig
norant and ill-kempt. but he has ster
ling virtues of honesty and a genuine
love of his country that deserves re-
spect
President Wilson by his Just atti
tude towards Mexico has wiped out
the old memories that country has
held OF us since the Mexican war
when we took from il the greater DOR,
tion of its territory. Mexicans now
universally recognize that the only
ambition this country has in regard
10 Mexico is to be of help and assist
ance to it
Women and Electricity.
IF women were not a force In ma
ure, blind in its strength and capri.
cious in its power. they would not be
nistreated.' says Joseph Conrad in
his latest novel, Chance" las it is
one can't help it. Man has
captured electricity, too. 1t lights
him on his way. 1t warns his home,
1t will even cook his dinner for him
very much like a woman. But what
sort Of conquest would you call it?
He knows nothing of it. He has got
to be mighty careful what he is about
with his captive. And the greater the
demand he makes on 1t In the exulta-
ton of his pride the more likely 1t II
to turn on him and burn him to q Gin
der.