Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-22
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and prosperity. She has the right
start. The revolution has been a sue
cess. Nobody can deny that. The
constitutional government is we'll
established. Nobody can deny that.
either, for 1t has absolute control of
more than nine-tenths of the country.
over which 1T maintains good order.
REAL SENTIMENTS
OF Poems LEARNED
| know this is so, for l have Just
come from there, and have been in
Mexico large part of the time since
last january. 1t was my privilege to
visit various parts of the republic, to
make the personal acquaintance of
nearly all the leading men in tho
dc facto government. to learn the real
sentiments of the poems and the great
mass of the population, to note the
reforms that are being innugurated
and TO watch the steady rehabilitation
of business.
do not .spea Il ifrom hcarsay or from
the exaggerated or entirely imaginary
dispa tches that have appeared in GER
tain American newspapers 1t is a
wcll-known fact, by the way, that
these articles are inspired by Il we'll
organized junta for the deliberate pur-
pose of misreprescnting conditions in
Mexico and creating friction between
the two countries. There are Il num-
Der OF powerful and wealthy interests
that are using every possible means to
bring about clash actuated by the
hope of financial gain or for revenge.
They know perfectly we'll that "a con-
quest of Mexico would mean that TO the
victor belong the spells.
In this big land of Mexico. which is
now just emerging from it's travail,
there still arc occurring now and then
some disturbances and, Mt almost rare
intervals. there are instances where
grievous outragcs have been COM
mitted. 1t has happened that people
have been killed. women outraged and
property stolen or destroyed. There is
no doubt about it. The Mexican gov
eminent announces 1t, and takes every
possible means to catch and punish the
wrongdocrs
HORRORS AND OUTRAGES
Isolated INSTANCES
These horrors and outraEcs are
isolated instances, however. and in no
way reflect the real condition that
exists in most OF Mexico. The McXi-
can officials deplore and abhor them
as much as we do. and so do the MeXi-
can people. What the government and
people do congratulate themselves on,
however. is that these outragcs have
become steadily less. until now they
are of very infrcqucnt occurrence and
the time seems not far distant when
they will he stamped out altoG ether
Then. | assure you. the Mexican people
will he really happy and will realize
that they did not fight the revolution
for nothing.
Not many years ago we had des-
perados in the West. who committed
outragcs quite on q par with those that
have occurred in Mexico. In the course
Of Il conversation had with Mr.. Car
rama on this subject he said:
when Jesse James and his gang
were shooting and robbing people In
certain sections of your country, no
one presumed to assert that il was
typical of conditions all over tho
United States or that the United
States was an uncviliZcd or lawless
nation. II in some OF the raids OF
those Western outlaws Englishmcn or
other foreigners were killed or robbed,
their governments did not dream OF
suggesting a. rled Intervention to stop
il. An almost parallel state of affairs
exists in Mexico.
at took the American authorities
some time to get rid of their outlaws
and insure safety. They were able to
do il. and knew they could do it.
am confident that we can suppress the
bandits i'm Mexico and insure safety TO
life and property all over the republic.
1t is an arduous and slow task, and
cannot be accomplished i'm n day. for
it takes time for nation to recover
from severe illness, as we'll as for
an individual"
MEXICO SICK MAN
OF THE AMERICAS
We all know that Mexico is the sick
man of the Americas. The country
has gone through an operation that
would have killed one with less in
herent strength or powers of recupcra-
ton. That there is IL stable govern
ment there. instead OF chaos. is proof
OF tho patriotism and-ability OF the
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