The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-15
By AWARD oBREGON

President of the Republic of Mexico.
 In spite of the appeal by the sec retarY of the association for the ad- vsncement of political and religious liberty. which has been made to cir culate very broadly. for funds de signed for "elimination of bolshevism in Mexieoi in spite of the public statement of Vice President Coolidge that this country is a second Russia marching hundreds of years behind civilization. and in spite of the late declaration made by a former com mercial representative of the United States government to the effect he and the consul general of his country viewed with growing alarm the rapid dissemination of bolshevism in Mex ico in spite, 1 say, of these authori- tative utterances. there is no bolshe- vism in this country, nor has there ever been, unless one understands by bolshevism what it originally signi- fies in the country from which the name came; namely, majority and the Eovernance of affairs and the coun- trys interests by that majority.
 our constitution has been cited as evidence of our holshevist tendencies. My belief is that, compared to the treaty Of Versailles. the Mexican con stitution is an example of mOnumen- tai constructive legislation,
 Promises Too Much.
 l myself have read in the press that my administration promised too much to the masses. This is a lie, All we have promised is fulfillment of the constitution. But even though 1t were true, what is alleged against us, we should have erred in any case on the side of conservatism com pared to what was offered the people by the United States. Great Britain. France and a dozen other nations in the armistiee period and the peace parlers.
 These great countries told their people and the rest of the world that that war would end war: the world interests of the returning soldiers would he properly safeguarded after the fight for these noble principles the noble principle of self-determina- tion for small nations would be ln- sured
 But why go on2 If these old, ex- perienced countries could fall into errGr may not "benighted Mexico in her ineXperience be excused for com- hitting an error leaning to, the side lof liberalism on behalf. of her pee- iple? -; Only Fulfil Constitution.
 But the fact is as ] have Sald, We promised nothing with the sole eN- eeption of fulfillment of the consti- tutlOn. NeVertneleSS, we ndNe dtCpin- plished something; we have freed the lower classes from the chains of me diaeval serfdom and are now working to the end that they be freed from the chains of modern economic sla- very. If it be true to say there Is nothing more dangerous than the breaking of chains which letter slaves, on the other hand there is in human affairs nc more noble act.
 The numerical strength of our so- cialist movement is represented by the sum total of every Mexican wage earner in the country or in other words by 90 per cent of all our clti- zens.
 As l have just said, the socialistic tendency of some of our laws IS the expression of the popular will We fought 10 years to liberate the masses from political and economic slavery and eliminate those factors which had for generations held Mexico as pro tectorate of international financial and industrial interests.
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 Become Sovereign Nation.
 Tn the year 1917 We became for the first time a free people, sovereign nation The object of our socialist movement is to retain that liberty for the country and the people.
 Therefore, the present government is differing from what was done be- fore. Mexico is concerning itself in the first place with solving internal problems in order that this solution will with absolute certainty result in definite arrangement of interna-