Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-07
PLANS TO RESTORE
FEELING OF AM|TY
Union Against Mi|itarism
Working for Peace Between
U. S. and Mexico.

Announcement was made this morn
ing by the American Union Against
Militarism, representatives of which
have been in conference In this city
during the last two days. that a per-
manent organization to work for the
restoration of good feeling between the
people Of the United States and Mexico
has been effected.
This organization. according to the
announcement, will consist of six "un-
official peace commissioners who have
been discussing the Mexican situation
for several days in Washington. 1t
will be known in the United States as
the inter-American peace committee
and in Mexico by the Spanish equiva-
lent, comision de paz interamericana.
Moorfleld Story of Boston will be chair
man, Modesto c. ROLAND of Yucatan
will be vice chairman and Miss Crystal
Eastman will be secretary.
One of the schemes proposed, though
not yet. officially adopted, it is stated,
is to send big party of Americans
through Mexico under revolutionary
auspices to assure the Mexican people
that not all Americans are interested
in exploiting the country. The new
committee outs loose from the Ameri-
can Union Against Militarism and I'M
dertakes to finance itself and direct
It's own peace propaganda.
Commission Issues Statement.
The new commission adjourned until
tomorrow after giving out the follow
ing statement of it's views, signed by
Moorfield Storey. DR.. David Starr Jor-
dan. Paul U. Kellogg. Modesto c. Roll
land, DR.. Att and Senior Luis Manuel
Rojas:
I'VE believe that the American people
Mexican revolution, the purposes which
have guided it. the nature and causes
of the disorders and crimes which have
been incidentally associated with it and
the efforts of the de facto government
to reduce disorder and to prevent atroc-
tiles.
I'VE believe that the American people
should also learn that the Mexican peo-
pie are not an aggregate of irresponsi-
Bile bands, but rather that Mexico has
within herself all the elements of re-
generation. that new institutions, free
schools. land adjustments, cooperative
municipalities. temperance legislation,
encouragement to industry and thrift
are springing up like fresh grass after
prairie fire. In more than half of
the territory of the remaining states,
law and order reign. notably in the
states of Yucatan, Jalisco, Michoacan,
Vera Cruz. Sonora, Colima, Queretaro.
Aguascalientes, Tabasco and the ter
ritories of Baja California and Topic
The new land statutes or Yucatan have
been planned very carefully and the
number of schools in that state is about
2.400 today against 200 of two years
ago.
Parallels French Revolution.
TT Is to be remembered that the
Mexican revolution is in many regards
parallel with the French revolution.
and that it was originally directed
against similar social and political
abuses proletariat without hope.
practically confined to the land, which
was held in enormous estates obtained
by various forms of privilege; a church
with many faithful priests. no doubt.
but as a whole keeping the people in
ignorance and welding great political
and financial power-in a word, the
evils which follow tyrannical and cor
rupt government. Besides all this Mex
ico-one of the richest lands in the
world in natural resources-has been
burdened by concessions of all kinds,
oil, mining. fisheries. railways. obtain