The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-20

straint and limitations as it may seem
necessary and practicable to impose.
eff this latter plan appeals to you
as it does to me, then 1 cannot ex-
press my conviction too strongly to
you that l deem it an essential ana
necessary condition to justify any hope
of success, that the City of Mexico be
Inundated at least and for the fol-
lowing reasons:
Arfstocrats Arrogant.
Mexico for centuries has been the
center of, such government and pub
tic opinions the country has had; and
il has assumed to speak and act for
the whole country; it has been the
seat and the home of all intrigue and
all the corruption which the country
has suffered and it is In the concen-
tration of its wealth, in its arrogance,
in it's morals, social and political, as
degraded as any capital city in the
world 1t recognizes no human vir-
tue and respects no social relation. the
exercise of power and the gratifica-
ton of appetite are the permanent
factors that control its activities.
For the purpose of a cursory analy-
sis the population of Mexico may be
viewed as composed of four principal
( factors:
"(a). The aristocratic, wealthy ele-
ment (Which includes the church and
the army in sympathy is the source
of all the corruption. The class has
no home nor home life in our sense of
the term; no country; Mexico is mere
ly a revenue producer. In the bull
| fight season 1T divides Its time with
the foreign capitals.
"(b) The next class in Importance
| is the Licenciado' element, the pro-
/ fessional panderers to class A. This
class supplies the judges and other
! higher officials Ga few appointments
are made from the army. 1t supplies
/ all the professional politicians and
| the personnel of the two houses of
! congress.
mo language applicable to shyster
| lawyers in the United States can do
| full Justice to the many sided iniquity
| of this class as a whole. They are
| the experts in graft, in corruption and
| in general Viciousness. If there is a
| wholly honorable man in this class, 1
have failed to learn of the fact after
| three months of patient inquiry. They
are really more dangerous to the polit-
| ical life of the nation than class A,
1 because they furnish class A with
! brains to a great extent. Besides a
| tool is always more dangerous than
| a principal.
Glass &C" UnimpOrtant.
"Class C. comparatively unimpor-
tant, is composed of the small BUSH
ness man and as such is usually re-
ferred to as the middle class. This
/ class would grow rapidly under favor
| able conditions. D is the residuary
class composed largely of the patient
( toiling Indian masses purpoSely kept
! ignorant and oppressed by classes A
and B and more or less debauched by
! pulque and the vices imposed upon
them by the others. Under fair con-
| ditions for development, 1 firmly be-
lieve there is great hope for almost
| unlimited progress in this class.
THE vanity and conceit of the first
two classes is mountain high. They
call it pride-real pride they have
none. 1t is probably the outgrowth of
the four centuries of unconscious
comparison with an inferior race.
However produced. it is a stubborn
! fact that resists all genuine progress,
even betterment. 1 repeat a first
condition to any progress this pride
must be humbled.
I'VE can do it with two brigades at
this time, but we cannot do it in 4
moral sense with a hundred thousand.
| Any chastiSement that we might in
flict would only cause resentment. 1t
would be laid to our superior equip
ment; to their misfortune; to our
wealth and, as theS would say, to the
fact that We were mean enough to
take advantage of their national mis-
fortune. We could defeat but we
could neither humble nor huiniliate
| them. This can only be done by their
own people, their own blood-the peo-
|
perfection if given a fair chance. To
make dog feel that he really is a cur
he must be whipped by another dog
and preferably by q cur. Consequent
| ly, let this house cleaning be done by
home talent. 1t will be little rough
and we must see to it that the walls
are left intact but 1 should not worry
If some of the verandas and French
windows were demolished.
Villa Could Do 1t.
General Villa, for instance, could
do the job very satisfactorily as G
good friend and a true and unselfisf
one, only desiring Mexico's good We
should be near enough to prevent ar
utter neighborhood scandal, and as
good neighbor, we should also, wher
the house is ready for permanent re-
pairs. lend a helping hand and see tt
IT that the work is done fairly anC
that the required material is no
wasted.
These are my views in skeleton
form.
(Signed) LIND
A formal declaration of the exist
ence of the Felicitas movement viii
shortly be forthcoming. It will prob
ably be made from New York ant
simultaneously in Mexico with a cal
10 arms. 1t is waiting now for tn,
preliminary scattered operations i,
the central and northern sections O
Mexico to coordinate. If Gen. Jacint,
Lrevlno' the commander of the Car
| Iahza forces in the state of Chihua
hua, can be won over, the Felicia.
Will at once come out in the one,
with the declaration of principles ant
plans with an appeal for support il
ooIh Mexico and the United States.
Inc appeal in the United States will
De set forth in the contemplated Grim
a