The Washington times., 1920-06-03

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dsnoe. when authorities used 10 write
sekss soe sens sFeeoe teer slsnsr
lures 10 death warrants. NOBODY IN
Mexico IL going to do any taking
The closed mouth is the symbol OF
prudence there.
0Ssssss ssss Ts rsiL
"But win obrsgon hold the support
Of the miiitsristsr
IL 10 the part Of logic to say mo-"
CArrsnsA had far greater prestige
than Obreson Will ever have. He was
leader" ana "nrst chief in reality!
sroundl And he was murdered
The moment obregon 10 unable TO
make good on all the promises he has
made. and to satisfy all the ambitions
he has aroused; the moment his Of
nces are all nlled and many OF his
present friends are left out the dis
appointed people will unite with
other disappointed people, the cry OF
Death to obregon! Viva Tom or
Dick or Harry win be rsised-and
Mexico will have ose revolution more
As 1 shall show In anqther article on
The Mexican Army" the elements
for such new revolution will not be
lacking.
But what is you idea. then" sew
| eral friends of mine have asked, In
| attacking Mexican militarism with
such harsh revelAtionsr"
"The Answer IL Easy"
The answer 10 easy. want to con-
| tribute all I can toward tho destruc-
tion Of that miiitarism. which 10 tho
principal cause OF the backwsrdness
and the snarchicsl state of AFFAIRS In
which Mexico Is living. so long A.
that country does not suppress its
generals. who are eyerlastingly bent
on tyrsnnizing over II. so long as 1t 10
not ruled by pacific citizens able TO
| think In modern terms, Mexico will
| remain a sad exception. an object OF
losthing and disgust. among all
civilised peoples. The weli-to-do
| classes of Mexico have Ned the coun-
try and are wanderers on the face OF
| the earth. The middle and profes.
| sional classes have continued living
at home. but under deplorable condi-
tion. and either not daring to speak at
ALL or saying what they really think
in as low a voice as possible. What
| else can they do. II militarism is in
the saddle? Where can they find pro-
| lection. IL the strongest portion Of tho
people. kept in ignorance, formerly
by the priests and now by generals
calling themselves liberators. follows
| the military men blindly on receipt OF
| rife and OH promise Of 81 a day.
| and q free hand
have with me q number Of letters
| from Mexicans written to me before
| 7 went TO Mexico and after i got
there. They read like the lamenta-
! tions OF slaves. denouncing the crimes
OF their oppressors and doubling
whether there will ever be Justice in
| that country. Many of the letter.
contain insults addressed to me. and
/ shall keep them. because OF those
| insults, because of their delightful
| injustice. When / was noticed at the
| capital, in the company OF men
in the government, my correspondents
| thought / had sold out to the op-
| pressors Of the real Mexico" They
| imagined l was going to raise paean
| OF eulogy in honor of Carranza and
the militarism which was doing SO
much wrong to the nation and was
finally to turn against it's chief. They
| were looking for an avenger to de-
| nounce their oppressors, and they
| foresaw in me one more defender Of
tyranny.
| Will Garry story To Europe.
| 7 imagine that by this time they
| have realized their mistake. / had to
! frequent the circles of those in power.
| to see things in their true light. Now
| have seen what j wanted to see, and
| l 90 on with my work.
And what is that work, you ask.
Simply to tell the truth to the dam
age of triumphant militarism! And IL
| should succeed in the task, 1t woulo
! be a great day for Mexico! A writer.
| to be sure, Is q small man for such a
big job. But just as ! have spoken
| here in the United States, / shall 60
| on speaking in Europe and every
| where else. And who knows? Ger
| man militarism was a far stronger
| and a far less ridiculous thing. But
no slight influence on its ultimate de-
struction came from the uprising OF
public opinion against IL throughout
| the world. l shall work to create
| such a public opinion, to isolate the
militarism in Mexico. to deprive II OF
| all mistaken support abroad. Then
| we shall see whether 1t grows strong
er or weaker; whether finally it does
not die without a friend in the world:
whether the peace-loving and intelli-
gent classes of people In Mexico must
20 on living in oppression and humili-
alton as slaves to the hrst "mache-
| tero" that comes along: whether
they are not able to govern them
selves as people do in other modern
countries.
And in this idea I shall go on with
my work, unless the Mexican miktar-
| lists take it into their heads to sui
| eide" me, as they did Carranza.
| (Senor Ibanez's nc1t article tn this
series ril appear in tomorrow.
(Fridny's) WASHINGTON TINES.
The succeeding articles ,0itl appear
daily thereafter until the series is
completed.l
| MARRIES GIRL HE SHOT