Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-09
PLANS TO RESTORE
FEELING OF AMlTY
Union Against NIilltnrlsm Working for
$sSs Peace Between United States
and Mexico.


sss& WASHINGTON, July S.--Announce-
~ mont has been made by tho Ameri-
can Union Against Militarism, rcp-
OF which have been In
circumference in this city during the last
1.-TWO days, that a permanent orGan2a-
.3&tion 10 work for the restoration of good
sSMfeelinG between the people Of the United
tglsStates and Mexico has been effected.
Iss This organization, according lo tho
~ announcement, will consist OF six "un-
!sAoitcial" peace commissioners who have
fabeen discussing the Mexican situation
FOR several days in Washington. II
IEswin be known IN the United states rs
'ssi1hc, inter- american r"ace committee
ss3nd in Mexico by the Spanish cGuiva-
Colnislon Gle pAz ;nteramericana.
S Moorlieid Story, of Boston, will be
s. chairiEan Modesto G. ROLAND, of
10y IAN, will he vice. chairman and
sSltss Crystal Eastman will be sccro-
Gtaty.
One of the schemes proposed though
sSnot Yet officially adopted, IT is stated.
lis TO send big party u! Americans
I through Mexico under revolutionary
'tuispices to assure the Mexican people
that not all Americans are Interested
#ln exploiting the country. The new
e committee cuts loose from :h2 Ameri-
can Union Against Militarism aud un-
tfssHsrtakes to finance itself and direct
s$Sltse own peace propaganda.
|F The new commission adjourned until
Il 10 -morrow. after giving out the follow
ling statement OF its views signed hy
IS Moorefeld Story, DR.. David Starr Jor-
+ dan, Paul U. Kellogg. Modesto &. Rol-
f land, Dr.. Att and Senior Luis Manuel
RoJas:
SA-We believe that the American peo-
Epie should understand the sources OF
Ftthe Mexican revolution. the purposes
(Which have guided it, the nature and
causes of the disorders and crimes
(which have been Incidentally associ-
4 ated with 1t and the efforts of the dc
( 1acto government TO reduce disorder
and to prevent atrocities.
we believe that the American pco-
f8ple should also learn that the Next
Il can people are not an aggregate OF ir-
responsible bands but rather that Mex
leo has within herself all the elements
&cI regeneration that new institutions.
a1ree schools, land adjustments. coop
eratiVe municipalities, temperance leg
f1Slation, encouragement to industry
h and thrift are springinS up like fresh
grass after prairie fire. In more than
i half of the states, and in more than
half OF tho territories of the remn ming
y states, law and order reign, notably in
the States of Yucatan, Jalisco, Michoa-
lean, Vera Cruz, Sonora. Colima, Qucrc-
+ taro, AguascalienteS TabaSco and the
Territories of I3aJa, California and Jc-
Pic The new land statutes of Yucatan
have been planned very carefully, and
& the number of schools in that State
B is about 2.4o0 to-day. against zoo OF
1 Two years ago.
@ ut is to be remem bcrcd that the
4 Mexican revolution is in many regards
h parallel with the French Revolution.
. and that ii WAS originally directed
s against similar social and ,political
E abuSes-a prolctariat without hone
Il practically confined to the land. which
E was held in enormous estates obtained
by various forms of PRIVILEGE n church
with many faithful priests no doubt
( but. as whole, keeping the people in
Ignorance and welding great political
and financial power-in word, the
Z evils which follow tyrannical and cor
L rupt government. Besides all this
& Mexico-one of the richest lands in the
Il world in natural resources-has been
q burdened by concessions Of all kinds.
L OIL, mining, fisheries, railways. OBJ
tanned by means which Will not bear
the light of day. that it's wealth
Z and Its opportunities have largely been
SOLD to foreigners. whose only interest
In Mexico is the interest OF exploiters
.4N In this connection the American
y people should be reminded that there
s is no warrant in international law nor
In morals for the idea that it is the
duty or any nation to assert by force
or arms the privileges of it's citizens
domlclled in foreign country Our
treaties guarantee them equal treat
ment with the actual citizen of the
country in which they dwell or carry
On business, but they do not involve
the making of war for the benefit of
individuals without regard 10 the CON
ditions under which they may nnd
themselves In trouble. The idea that
military force must be at the service
OIL eSploiters Is one which has borne
serious consequences.
s. In short, should remember that
revolutions never move backward ana
chat the regime of Porfirio Diaz Is as
aimpossible for Mexico as that of Louis
XIV. would be for the France OF to- day"
A DR.. John W: Slaughter. OF Philadcl-
phia, formerly Of the University OF
Michigan. and DIR. Leo S. Rowe, of tn.
University of Pennsylvania-both men
said to be close students OF conditions
in latin American countries--have been
before the commission to discuss Amer
lean concessions in Mexico