The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-22
BOLSHEVISM HITS
MEXICAN CITIES;
REVOLT FEARED
Anxious Days for the New Ad-
ministration as Labor
Troubles Grow More Com
pliCated.
BY LOUIS p. KIRBY.
International News Service Staff
Correspondent.)

MEXICO CITY, Mexico, Nov. "a
labor complications, combined with
activities against the government of
Carranzista conspirators, are caus-
ing increasing uneasiness. 1t is
feared that one of two serious situa-
tions may be presented. The first
is a general strike. with multitude
of idle men and the danger of Boil
shevism, of which Mexico already has |
had taste in some sections. The |
second is a formidable Carranzista |
uprising, started under a Smoke |
screen" of labor trouble
Carranzistas have been busy with |
their mischief making for some time. |
They have had agents not only along |
the border, but in the cities of the |
interior, the conciliating policy Of |
President Adolfo de la Huerta hav-
ing enabled a number to gain posi- |
tons in the heart of the country for |
the spreading of propaganda and for |
the maturing of plots.
Where the large sums of money
used by the Carranzistas are coming
from is a matter of great interest
here. German liquor dealers and
others, who were pleased by the uni
IIlcIlQlYg dLLlLuue OIL lllb 1dI6 ITGSl-
dent Carranza toward the United
States and feared prohibition under
the present government, are said to
have given literally to the Carran-
vista fund There is even a hint that
some money has been added to the
Carranzista Golfers by British inter-
ests, which were disposed to favor
any means of retarding American
enterprise in Mexico.
Now that Carranzista plotting may
set Mexico Attire with the flames of
Bolshevsm some are wondering
whether the hackers of the Carran-
Vista movement will continue their
contributions.
The De la Huerta government is
doing all it can to restore Industrial
h harmony, but has met with a serious
setback. The owners of the coal
mines in Coahuila, where the miners
are on strike, have refused to ac-
cept the mediation of the govern
ment and have expressed determine
ton to fight the strikers until hun
ger forces the men 20 return to
work.
This attitude was taken by the
mine owners because they were con-
WINGED that the government Favored
the striking miners.
VI bliS ~
planning this apparent leaning OF
the De la Huerta administration to
labor. said: "ln the present state or
affairs il would be suicidal to take
sides. but it would be worse than
suicidal, if that is possible, to be un-
fair. or seem to be unfair, to- labor.
Enemies of the government are try
ing to incite the working classes
and, as radicals have been preparing
the way for years by incendiary Nagi-
tation, the danger Of serious trouble
is very real.
REPRESENTATIVES of the mine own
ers say that President de Ia Huerta
owes his success in the past In set
Ting labor troubles to employers who
have yielded TO his request that they
grant concessions. That is in part
true. But when they add that the
president has not gained concessions
from the labor unions they are in
error. There have been concessions
on both sides in all of the disputes
settled by the present administra-
ton. &A
''As great strikes would delay and
seriously imperil the work OF recon
struction, in Mexico it is the duty OF
all employers to do all they can to
preserve Industrial peace
The mine trouble is not confined to
the coal mining districts. There are
strikes or threats of strikes, in
nearly all of the mining sections,
The owners of silver mines, like the
coal operators, say that they can not
increase wages. They tell of the re-
cent heavy drop in the price of silver
and insist that they are at present
running their mines at loss In nope
that an advance in silver will relieve
them. ,.,a,
strike will force $4,000 men into idle
ness. Mexico today faces condi-
lions most serious, as there are great
numbers idle and restless and ready
for any sort, of undertaking.
Don Luis Cabrera, secretary OF thf
treasury under President Carranza
whose return to Mexico has been
vigorously opposed, is meeting tn
Vlexpectations of those who predicted
that he would make trouble at the
earliest opportunity. He has writer
a. long open letter" to DR.. Cutbert'
Hidalgo, assistant secretary OF state
saving that it was the duty OF tn
government to discover and expose
the "secret treaty" affecting Mexico
between the United States, crane
and Germany. ,,
The agitation for the quick pun
ishment of the assassins OF Presloeh
Carranza Is still being pressed a.
part of the present CarranzlsIa pIoP
aganda Until recently Gen. ROdott
Terrera was chiefly blamed. Nov
tho names Ct Gen. Francisco Muir
g,la and Gen. FREDERICK Monies ar
being mentioned as respollslolo ="
Il tra oiH end.