Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-22
MEXICAN EVENTS INDICATE BETTER TIMES

theories of government, however unwise
 they may have been, has been an answer so powerful that no amount of oratory,
 no campaign of vilifhcation and no dis tortion of the facts Is able 10 obscure the truth It is of interest to note that in the troubles now taking place very care ful watch is being maintained by all the anti -Carranza leaders to safeguard the lives and property of foreigners, course to which the departing regime never paid much attention. Mexico has a patriotic and highly educated group of citizens who realize that no nation lives to Itself alone. and that if Mexico is to prosper l and develop it must take its place among the other nations that extend a hospita ble hand to outside energy, ideas and capital This Is plainly the group who are directing the revolt against the sell 1 fish and medieval policies or Csrrahza and his packers, whose chief sport con sisted of batting foreign enterprise and capital and of placing all possible ob- 1 stacles in the way Of any enterprise 1 which was not for their own particular lbenefit
 1 Conditions in Mexico during the Car ranza administration have been some ] what paradoxfcal and there Is no ques- ton but that many foreign business hous- es were able to carry on business with out anything more serious than petty 1 annoyance. But in spite of this, the att titude Of the government was such that no, really big development was possible
 ana no assurances of protection could be secured. Differences of a fractional na- iture between the authorities at Mexico City and the leaders in the outlying states were such that no genuine con 1 troi was ever exercised bS Carranza in
 many parts of Mexico, and any invest
 ment of capital in such disputed districts
 was extremely liable to become the foot
 ball of opposing military chiefs, more
 correctly labeled as bandits This was
 Particularly true of the more remote parts
 of the country where the rich mining re-
 sources of Mexico are located, and the
 consequence has been that many of the
 mines have lain idle for eight years or more when they might have been en- gagged in contributing to the needs of world that is short of minerals and oi l bringing to Mexico the products of the , outside world of which it is so greatly , 1 in need.
 It would be unwise to expect the lead
 CTS of the present revolt to work miracle: so far as the pacif1cation and develop
 ment of the country are concerned Sucl , work takes time, especially after years O the disorganizing tactics of Carranzza anc ; his followers, No panacea exists fo economic derangement, as we have learn ed in the United States Work is the onI, cure for Mexico's troubles, but a popu
 lace which has been robbed of the re suits of it's work so often in the past i ] likely to be skeptical of the future un k l til measures can be taken that vii e convince the ordinary citizen that net 8 era is actually at hand
 V In six months or a year. however. e radically different picture should be pre- s scented in. Mexico. At no time since tn . 1 retirement of Porfirfo Diaz have the ma . ietion's leaders been so united in lnsistin . 1 upon a new deal, and it is a matter fo '. the sincerest congratulations in Amerie ' that the men who will undoubtedly cor U U trol the de faeto government until tn T regular elections can be arranged ar q men who. realize the true relations ths n should exist between Mexico and | r. northern neighbor, and who will q 'e everything in their power to make sue e reIations matter of fact rather tha n theory.