The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-08-05
UNION LABOR IS =.
EAGER FOR PEACE



leans believed the same thing about
Americans. Asked why, Lovera said:
I'm the first place, the war in 1S4S.
The United States took California and
Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.
nearly half our country. General
Grant and many other Americans have
condemned that war. After that, the
United States government and press
tried to support the Diaz government,
which was bad for the Mexican peo-
pie. Then there was the part we be-
lieve Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson
took in overthrowing Madero. He was
friend Of Huerta and used his infiu-
ence to put Huerta in power.
Nov we see a punitive expedition
taking heavy artillery into Mexico to
capture a bandit. They have set
their military base $50 miles south of
the border. Besides, they are talk
ing Of building military railroads. DO
you use heavy artillery to chase ban
dts?
Unable to Avert War.
Even Mr.. Carranza would not be
able to control people and prevent
war If the troops stay in Mexico. Mr..
Carranza feels no different about it
from all the people of Mexico" ::
The Mexicans were asked about
American ownership, Of mines and
railroads.. .-
Until the revolution" said 1overa.
employees ON the railroads with 800
month were all Americans. For 80
or 40 years the. Mexicans, did all the
track work and all the hard labor,
under the command Of Americans. No
matter how bright, or capable q. Mexi-
can might be, he could not be pro-
NOTED. The American employees were
paid in gold. The Mexicans got sill
yer, they got about one-half or one
fourth of what the Americans used:to
get. It was the same in the mines. -
After answering many questions
from the newspaper men, the Mexi-
can delegation through Mr.: Lovera,
J questioned tho correspondents. =.
why is it," he asked, that there
| Is such a. difference between the feel
ing Of the: American people and the
way. the American press expresses it.
slf? We all see that the American
! people do not want war, yet the press
talks as if the people wanted war.
Pictures. Of Villa and Carranza shak-
| ing hands and saying: Now we'll
clean up the gringoes!' Is that the
way to keep peace?, We, know that
Villa Is dead or has left the country.
Carranza would not accept his serv-
ices. The Carranza army shoots every
Villa bandit they can catch.
when Carranza ordered the re-
lease of the prisoners, the papers
| said: 'Carranza backs down. They
should have told the truth, that Car
| rama realized it would not be justice
to keep prisoners when war had not
been declared.
Twill you adjust your conduct to
1.-The feeling of the. American people {?
We all know the American press is
more powerful than that of any other
country. We know the great power
of the press. You might say that you
lead public opinion. They don't do
that in Mexico. We tell our people
that the American people don't want
war, but there is no one to say that
in America.
WAR means crushing our revolu-
ton. It means crushing our ideals.
It means the occupation Of Mexico
dIter g. llttle StruSgle.
Lovera was interrupted here by Col
onel Martinez. .~.
No Need of aWr:
Il don't agree with you," he said.
1T would not be so easy as that. We
are united. The women and children
will fight. It would be a. long strug-
gle. -.:|
why should the United: States
make war on us? Villas army is
gone. He is dead or has left the
country. His last stroke was to start
trouble between the United States and
Mexico: The American people ought
to be more lenient.:'' The Mexicans
are doing all they can. How long did
it take you to capture the James
boys? Yet our land is. different from
Missouri and Kansas. It is noun
| famous and thinly. settled and there
| Lovera said:.r ...,:.'... -. e.
Real Bandits in Wall STREET.
I'VE think: the real. bandits are in
| Wall street. ToHcatch them the United
States would have to send a punitive
expedition TO- New York. We hear
talk about going. to Mexico and help
ing them, paying the Mexican laborers
real money. You can pay real money
to labor without going to Mexico.
Why don't the Americans start here.
How about Colorado?
THE American people are very
good and very kind and very civilized.
We saw; them in Mexico whipping
people and doing things such as were
not done since the Spanish .inquisi-
ton.
"Our aim is not to do away with
the Americans, but TO- get the rights
Of free speech and sfreeV assemblage,
the right; to- strike, ffee press, and
also to get rid OF the big ranches.
For many years they have been taxi
ing the land away from the people,
so that the people had to work In the
mines and big plantations and: mills
for, ia few cents a day or starve. We
want to change that"
| All Of the Mexican delegation now
In Washington are men of intelli-
gence and ability, and of influence in
Mexico. They have q fine feeling of
brotherhood with the workers Of
every country, and are filled with
i zeal for the unbniIdinr ~ a oraot