Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1916-07-21
VIII LARRANzA MAKE coon

Apparently Cairanzn heads the people
~ Mexico aud expresses their opinion IN
his negotiations with the United States
Actually he does not. Whom the esti-
miAble and ridiculous Don numbers ~
pcrions IN hearty accord with his notions
Il IL not possible to compute accurately
but it may be sniely assumed that not
over a million people in all Mexico really
hope for success Of the de facto govern
ment.
For tho past ten wears, observing II
from my wi viewpoint and some bitter
experience, has proven that the secret Of
success in Mexico has been the pos ession
Of the paiaco In Mexico City and the fed
eral army. This latter quantity is the
key TO the two former ones And il Is o
notorious fact the federal army Of Mexico.
~ to be found on the side from whom
comcs the dollars and their regular Bp
peurance.
They established Madero, murdered
him for lluerta deserted Huerta for Villa
and Iapaia; left these two when their
shckcls rau out, and finally enlisted with
Carranza. whose unsolicited and unex
peotcd moral support by the United
States gave its rising star an upward
shoot. with Carranza they will stay "a.
long as'he pays, and apparently non,
other IL rs well in line with what IL lett of
the national revenues as the bearded one
But us for the people Of Mexico, the,
have no voice in what Is being snid nor
have they ever had, to any nppreciabl
extent. To begin with. most Of them
are i%llitcrate and w%oefully dull. The
peon class. apart from those in the army
know nothing Of governmental affair.
Newspapers are not in their reading list
and they could not read them IL they
were. They know only what they are
told. and the paramount Importance Of
AN item OF news depends on the time IL
IL issued the last superceding the fret
with regularity and accepted sincerity
The body Of Mexicahs will be informed
that the '%gringoes" are coming to root
them out Of their mud novels and take
possession Of them. and they will rise 10
the extent they are capable OF to rope.
the invaders, II is well enough for Mex
lean soldiers to raid them But it would
be an objectionable effrontcry for us
'~'gringoes" to show our mugs around the
family circle
The educated class IN Mexico-rom-
paratively few-are forced 10 adopt u
policy Of expediency in the present situa.
ton. Their lives and their properties are
just as safe M the man in possession Of
the military branch Of the government
permits them TO be They cannot make
any effective opposition to any dictator
To conserve what y have they must
he in line With his policies, in action -
whether at heart they dep,ore them or
espouse them.
Here is the real sweet. howery tune
that Mexicans must learn to sing and raj
" around the little red school houses
Education
II Mexico were educated; IL Mexico
were in possession Of her own voice; il
counsel could possibly prevail. there
would be no war with the United States
She would know how cruelty her task
masters deceive her. But such "A condi.
ton is not TO be thought Of for years TO
oHie Just now Carranza sits in power.
The rabble will gladly follow; the classes
will be forced to, And the United States
will find Mexico united in the first thing
IL has been united In for hall a century
opposition TO the "griugoes !"
Well, Cauanza is playing u in ms a
blun To create his people into a body
united for action lie vas forced 10 DO
this or throw up the sponge and we
gringoes" are dancing to his music.