The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-31
Mexican Socialist Wing
of Fascisrn Shows Face
Under Rule Of Gales
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

TO-DAY, the regime of the Socialist" Putarco Gales
president Of Mexico, has the endorsement of The New
York Times That is getting results very quickly But the
results not the side of workers and farmers of
the Mexican republic They the side Of the dollar
Gales the socialist" has already shown that he is
willing to the proverba strong arm" Of international
capitalist rule against the workers and peasants Of his
country.
Putting the face of an italian MussoIin this Gales
recently announced decrease in wages the railroads.
declaring that any strike would be put down with every
available force at the command of the capitalist This
was to be only the beginning of drastic campaign of
economy" that hits only the workers, usual.
Wall Streets New York Times is happy over Gales
It wakes ecsatic over the announcement
made by Gales that he is going reduce the Mexican army
from $4,000 25000 Wall Streets pet organ declares this
is sign Of real courage 1t compliments Gales on
his features claiming they of the kind mot trIed
with It said something of the kind about the crumpng
Italian fascist dictator.
In the past few years Mexico spending from
60 70 per cent her army The United States spends 80
per cent to maintain her mtas past present and future
Soviet Russia devotes 20 per cent Of her budget to
military expenditures for the Red Army and the Red Navy
Wall Streets New York Times is happy Gales
promise. It not only means that Mexico will be called
to pay interest and principle loans advanced by Wall
Street. away back the regime of Daz of
alleged saving but that the threat Of American interven
ton disarmed people will have effect The
Times not urge reduction in the strength of Amer
lean mitarsm, north OF the Rio Grande.
Gales however, like Oregon before him, has shown
that he is willing and ready to still further He is not
only ready down the military forces of the Mexican
peasants. Thus his real Intentions revealed
When the Russian workers and peasants quit the i'm
perast world and returned to their homes they took
their with them They used these to rid them
selves only of the czarst regime but also of the make
shift capitalist governments that followed.
The Maxcan workers and peasants fought for the
ObegonCes regime against the De La Huerta counter
revolution The struggle VIGOROUSLY ended they returned
their homes taking their with them, like their
Russian comrades.
The danger is so much that Gales may reduce
dsam the workers, just the regime OF the socialist
Ebert has tried to do in Germany since the kaiser was
overthrown.
An armed Mexican working class is the promise not
only valiant struggles when necessary against Wall Street
rule but also against fascis, paradng socialism, in the
seat of government in Mexico City
Gales has only carried out arrests of Communists
coming power He threatens retaliation against all
radical among the workers and peasants The New
York Times says "Amen to his threat to show no favor
extremists"
Under these conditions the Mexican workers and peas
ants relied upon cling to their at all COSTS
and carefully them against the day when they viii
be badly needed in the struggle to win the proetaran
Mexican revolution, the Boshevk Revolution tor the esta-
bishent of Rule in the hands OF the workers and
peasants fighting for Communism