The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-25
MEXICAN EDUCATOR
PLEADS FOR PEACE
Dr.. Mota Says American Inter
vention Is Sought Only by,
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10 THE EDITOR LATIN AMERICAN SEC
TON OF THE sUN-sr: Is IT possible
that the American blood, scarcely dried
in the European trenches. where II was
shed for the realization of an ideal OF
liberty, IL now TO redden the Mexican
soil without noble idea, without reason
and only to help a group of millionaires
augment their riches without measure
or in order that some unglorious am
billions are realized7
No. l cannot believe 1t. refuse to
even think that this country will make
use OF the grandeur acquired I'm tryran-
mixing over a people that can only be &C
cused before history's severe tribunal of
obeying a natural impulse towaFdits own
betterment. And UP TO the present SINH
lar endeavors are not classified as
crimes in any country OF the world
eontrariwise, they constitute the golden
leaves in the history of each one Of
them.
An attack on Mexico's liberty would be
Q monstrous deed equalling that which
Germany committed on Belgium. And
although the sixty German savants
tried TO Justify the odious trahgression
with all their reasonings, future gen.
erations will mention this with horror.
One hundred million men. Latin Amer
leans, are watching the Case Mexico"
and considering it with different point
Of view from that of the American and
European oil interests, of the unscrupu-
Ious politicians and of the Mexican
traitors, IL there are Mexicans at all
that wish to see the vitals of our coun-
ny in the hands of a foreign soldiery.
False Views of Mexico.
Daily the press publishes news about
Mexico and its Government, neither
founded on fact nor inspired in justice,
giving a false view of the actual con-
ditions my country is in. To Danish
these circulating falsehoods and in the
interest Of truth and justice 1 am writ
ing these articles guided by what 1 have
seen or know to be facts and without
other motive than the love of my coun-
Try. ! call upon the descendants Of
Washington. open minded and possessing
Just criterion. to know through my
writings, about the real and actual Mex
ico its tendencies, its aspirations, its
needs, and even its faults. so that by
them they can see the conquests OF the
revolution and why it would be a mon
oNAOuS dECb " uNGNIOy winch has
cost US rivers OF heroic and patriotic
blood
Let us suppose the Dominion of Can
ada to be country Ave or six times
more powerful than the United States
and that tust as your momentous civil
war was drawing to a close it would
under one pretext or another Gas a pre-
text for any wrong deed can always be
found) have invaded your land. What
would you have done? OF course you
would have protested against such in
tervention. and II this was not sufficient
you would have carried the matter fur
Their on, lighting fiercely until you had
fred your last shot and until your last
soldier patriot had fallen.
This is just what Mexico will have to
DO, what the Mexicans will do If Mex
leo is unfortunately invaded by your
soldiers, Notwithstanding that some will
tell you untruthfuLy that the greater
part Of the Mexicahs will welcome your
Intervention. Those that speak so
neither know Mexico nor its inhabitants,
nor have they read my country's his
tory. During the French intervention
In Mexico the Third Army OF Napoleon
only possessed the land they actually
occupied, and their casualties were
many. Let US not forget that the same
Gen. Bazaine, Mexico's conQueror, sur
rendered ANONYMOUSLY in Sedan.
Peace Most Needed Now.
TO this let US add what in the scales
OF collective human suffering every
country has forcibly to pay even when
the conflict is fully justified and
the triumph is complete: The high cost
Of living, the lessening OF the comforts
Tor the middle classes. especially for the
employees, and greater difficulties, II not
actual dearth, for the poorer classes. no.
taoly for the laborer. Hence in their
train come strikes and other disorders
with their accompanying victims.
There are still unsolved the great So
cial problems that the war has created
the remedy for the economic unrest, the
result OF the great crisis. has not YET
been found, and there is already talk OF
new wars, invasions and atrocities.
No, this must not happen, and II the
incandescent vapors of the struggle and
the red wine of victory have intoxicated
some heads 1t is necessary that the
strong and serene minds should make
themselves heard. No more war, nc
more blood. The graveyards are already
oHerhlled with tombs.
DR.. ALBERTO OvIEDo MoTA.
President OF the University OF Sar
Nicolas de Hldalgo, Morelia. Michoacan
Mexico