The sun., 1916-10-08
LEADER EXPOSES PRESIDENTS MXICAN POLICl

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M tell tho whole truth about
w Mexico,'' he should be
equipped with unusual insight into
Latin American character; he should
POSSESS broad human knowledge; he
should know the history Of Mexico. Its
struggles and its factions. and, finally,
he should have keen analytical power
and tho trained talent Of presenting
lis facts and his conclusions.
such a man is Francisco Bulnes, au-
tnor Of The whole Truth About Mex
,,, President Wilson's Response
l.Iity." translated by Dora Scott and
ccen,ly published by tho NJ. Bulnes
l;uok Company. He Is u civil and
mining engineer, chemist and bacteri-
uln.ist and served for moro than thirty
,,nrs as II Representative and Senator
tl tho Mexican Congress. As a lcgis-
la,nr he drew up banking laws and
mining laws. and served on commits
ions for thc regulation of the public
debt and for the study of monetary
sys,ems. lie was a professor In the
national school Of engineers. He edited
,eyerai Mexican periodicals.
In his varied activities he came in
,ontact with every phase Of Mexican
life and was in fact a spectator, II not
IN actor, in many of tho historic
vents Of Mexico. He knows. accord
ingly. in minute detail the things Of
which he writes, and he reflects the
spirit Of his country In "A vivid. fasci-
,,ting manner. He knows the tradi-
ions Of Mexico. understands the social
md political Influences at work n
,n;erprets, from the viewpoint at least
Of an earnest educated Mexican, the
pirit and philosophy OF the tendencies
Il the people OF his wi country.
Senator Bulnes writes as a man who
uelieves that Mexico can work out her
nwn destiny without the aid of the
resident Of the United States. and he
,escnts-and he believes he represents
Mexico In this matter-the part which
resident Wilson has played in the af-
fairs Of Mexico In the last three years.
Ills book Is really an account OF the
:orccs at work 1 n Mexico and OF the
recent events there as they have been
influenced or moulded by President
Wilson. 1t was written from the view
point of a Mexican looking through
The eyes Of Presiden. Wilson.
But there is nothing Of praise in the
,olume for President Wilson. On the
.ortrary, there is danunciation, skill
'llly based On historic facts and word
ed By n veteran with the pen. There is
keen satire and biting sarcasm for
resident Wilson the so~ciologist. who
would set Mexico free without under
standing the sociological forces at
work there; for President Wilson the
statesman. who would cure MeNicos
lis without using means that display
any knowledge of the. Latin American
temperament. There ore bitter words
or the President Of the United States
who would. according to Senator
t'a,nes. violate International law by
~ Gging the power Of his position and
s ~Government against individual
rccs in Another country.
The author writes II the Mexican
cvolution from its aspect as a great
- az ati
prohlem and "a terrible socialistic c
.ar.cnce for a people whose starved.
ufIria,ed element obtained a complete
tory oyer the representative element
August. 1915, through the efforts OF
resident Wilson.
The writer calls the first part OF hi
COX Some Presidential Facts Con
,-rning Sociological Conditions a Mex
cos and charges, first, that I~res!den'
Visions attempt to establish liberty
u Mexico was a costly fiasco. and, SEQ
ual. that the fiasco was due to Presi
lent Wilson'S failure to comprehend
me acrarian problem. In the frs
happier the writer refers to an inter
'iew which early in 1914 President
Wilson gave to a representative of thu
saturday. ErcniHg Post wherein h
said:
My ideal is an orderly and right
eous government in Mexico: but m.
rassion is for the submerged 50 pc
cent Of the people of the republic wht
.rc NV struggling toward liberty"
ut Is difficult" say Bulnes,' Il
understand how it is possible to con
,cive that Justice is being shown Il
q people struggling toward liberty
= people which believes that thi
liberty can exist only under an orderl.
and righteous government cmanatin,
from its sovereign wildly the as
sumption on the part OF the Pre~idcn
Of the United States that lie posscsse
The right to interfere and establish al
orderly and righteous government II
Mexico; and II this policy Of the Whit
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