The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-08-02
PLOT TO FORCE
CONFLICT WITH
MEXICO CHARGED
Propaganda for Intervention Is
Said>to Be Deliberate Work Of
War Promoters,

G11-> IAN1aA\S4oNO, July o1.-NeWS-
paper articles calling attention to al
legged disturbed conditions in Mexico
have recently been appearing in large
numbers in certain newspapers of the
lar west Many o. these are put
forth under the name of, or in con-
nectlon with, an organization known
as the National Association for the
Protection Of American Rights in
Mexico. Just what. in his opinion, the
real import Of these articles is, has
been explained by prominent San
Francisco man, who has investigated
and is thoroughly familiar with the
whole problem of Mexican
relations.
This movement for intervention is
also part of a Republican campaign
to dlscredit the Wilson administration
and according to present plans it Will
be made part of the next presiden-
tial campaign. The plan is to go be-
fore the people and assert that the
Democrats have failed to bring about
restoration of order in Mexico AMI
that Intervention in that country I'M
der Republican auspices will be neces-
sary.
This intervention propaganda IS
being carried on in Europe as we'll as
in the United States. American Off,
! GERS and men, when parting from one
another ON returning from France to
the United States, say: 'Good-by--
I'll see you in Mexico.' The soldiers
on the streets of San Francisco re-
| peat: The next war will be with
Mexico In fact the army is satu-
rated with intervention propaganda.
Even when the disturbances in Mex
| leo that they themselves have financed
have died down and all is quiet be-
J low the Rio Grande, these interven-
! tlonlsts. the army men and others
who accept the suggestions of their
! propaganda, go on repeating, Mexico
must be cleaned up-we have got to
send an army down there
| Propaganda Is Intensified.
! 1.-THE sudden recrudescence of this
! propaganda in intensified form is evil
dent on all sides. A large and influ-
J entail Pacific coast newspaper that
until recently has held sane attitude
on this subject, has suddenly become
| an eager interventionalist. This is a
Republican paper. however, and this
sudden switch is in line with the plan
| to make Mexican Intervention a party
issue.
! Another strong interventionist or
gan says: The pleas of Bonillas, Mex
| ZOOS am bassador to the United States,
may be accepted by the state depart
! ment, but they will not interfere with
. the determination of the Republican
majority in Congress to demand from
! Mexico full PREPARATION for crimes
against American nationals in Mexico
| IT intervention is to be avoided But
:, the fact that Mexico publicly an
! nounces that she is ready to make
reparat ton is, of course, thoughtfully
! omitted.
! Another interventionist paper de-
scribes the killing of single Ameri-
can in Mexico as "a new series of
j! Mexican horrors.'''
| Sample of Propaganda.
! The most notorious and voluble of
the intervention propaganda organs is
! still another stand-pat Republican
newspaper Of large influence on the
| Pacific coast, using many columns of
so-called news and much editorial
matter almost daily. Here is smaple
in black-face type: 'Mexico's days as a
! plague spot are numbered. The land
! of ruin, murder, economic tragedy and
anarchy is to be Immediately purged
dislnfected and put in a strait Jacket.
! President Wilson will soon send a
special message to congress modelled
much along the lines Of the Mckinley
! message regarding Cuba. This time
| armed forces as are necessary-army
navy, marines, air service-will CO.
| operate
And so the propaganda goes on
Whereas as a matter Of fact am con-
WINGED that President Wilson will do
no such thing. There will be nc
armed intervention in Mexico while
Mr.. Wilson is president. Surely the
American people will not elect a
| president with virtual instruction tc
begin war upon a neighbor nation in
Distress