The labor world., 1922-03-25

tion for the Protection of American
Rights in Mexico was fully discussed,
the following conclusion appears:
=, The conviction is inescapable that
the association has for it's purpose
the arousing of suspicion, distrust
and enmity in the United States to-
ward Mexico. They may never use
the word intervention" and they
may decry its use but what need
have they to ask for intervention If
they can get everyone else to demand
it! Their propaganda Is of a char
acter calculated to arouse anger and
resentment. Once begin search for
information about Mexico in the Of
fices of 347 Fifth avenue, New York
city, and you find yourself at the
beginning Of trail which consists
Of one denunciation after another,
one condemnation after another, one
criticism after another, of things Mex
lean and of every policy Of the gov
eminent Of the United States which
seems to indicate desire for peace
full and harmonious relations be-
tween the two nations.
This was shortly after the con-
clusion of the celebrated hearings
held by the senate committee, pre-
sided over by Secretary of the IN
terror Albert B. Fall, then a men,
ber of the senate. The National AS
sOciation for the Protection of Amer
lean Rights in Mexico made the full
est possible use of the hearings con-
Quoted by Senator Fall and it was
freely charged that the association
co-operated in the securing of wit
nesses and that the attorney for the
Fall committee was on the most
friendly terms with the officers of
the National association. The man.
ner in which the hearings were con-
Quoted lent much color to these as
sertions.
At the time when the National AS
sociation for the Protection of Amer
lean Rights in Mexico was most
busily engaged in propaganda and
intrigue, the Hearst newspapers not
only were silent, but were publish
ing with evident relish testimony be-
fore the Fall committee which was
unfriendly to Mexico and which was
entirely satisfactory. to the organ:
lied oil interests.
AS a matter of fact, the oil inter-
ests can be injured but little by an
exposition: now Of what they were
doing from a. year to a year and a,
half ago. The Hearst publications
could not have been in ignorance Of
the character of the National Asso-
citation for the Protection Of Ameri-
can Rights, in Mexico at the time
when that organization was most bit
terly engaged in propaganda. and in
trigue, because sufficient informa-
tion was available to them, as to all
other publications, to Indicate spe-
officially what was that character.
Furth ermore, in addition to. the in
formation which was made availa BILE
about this particular: organization,
the Pan-American Federation of La
Dor subsequently, made, public pro-
test against intrigue against Mexico
which was being carried on in the
border states of the United States.
What Mr.. Hearst is saying now is
interesting. and it is to be hoped that
all possible information not yet OBJ
tanned will be secured and made
public. but however important that
may be, the paramount issue at the
present moment is the issue of rec
ognition of the legally established
and we]l-conducted government of
the Mexican republic.
BY all of the standards Of govern
ment. in the diplomatic recognition
of one nation by another, Mexico is
entitled to recognition as. an act of
justice. Absolutely the only persons
who can conceivably derive advant-
age from the continued Withholding
of recognition are certain American
bankers. who hope to drive~a better
bargain with Mexico by creating in
Mexico the impression that they have
some influence in: determining the
matter: of recognition. For everyone
else, whether Mexican or American,
the advantage lies in granting i'm
mediate recognition.
The pafamou reason, however,
why recognition should be granted
is that the Mexican government has
comported itself in a manner which
justifies recognition and the Mexi-
can government is government
which holds it's power as the result
of the : democratically expressed
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