Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1926-03-26
Comment and Criticism

Denouncing domestic and foreign
interests" who he said are attempting
to hold back the progress of Mexico,
President Gales recently told the
Mexican Federation of Labor that his
government will not be diverted from
It's work of building up happy and
prosperous nation.
The Mexican president made
strong appeal for Mexico to become
economically independent, thereby
realizing its potential capacities and
taking its place as great and pow
erful nation.
In this ambition he will be joined
by all the sane and clear thinking
Mexicans who put their country above
their own immediate selfish aims.
Mexico is working out her problems.
She is tackling one of the great funda-
mental causes of her backward condl-
ton among the nations of the world.
That these problems will be worked
out no one may reasonably doubt. 1t
may take some time but each day
strengthens the case of the admins
tration. The opening of thousands Of
public schools is one of the greatest
steps forward and it is an earnest of
the intent of the government.
Mexico is in the hands Of probably
the strongest and most capable gov
eminent that has ever had the reins
in that country. If the Washington
administration has the good sense to
keep hands off and abstain from med
ding with the affairs of peaceful and
friendly neighbors in working out
their own domestic problems greater
Roadway will be made toward en-
liehtenment and progress.
Newspaper photographers of the
smart" type are trying to be bitterly
sarcastic at the expense of Denmark
because that little nation has voted
virtually to abolish its army and navy,
leaving only frontier and customs
guards and a number of vessels for
coast duty.
To the person capable of really
thinking (many newspaper writers
and photographers are not) Denmark
appears to have made very sane
move. Denmark is too small to put up
successful fight against her power
full neighbors even if every able bodied
Dane of both sexes were in its army
and navy and so instead of trying to
do the impossible, Denmark has vot-
ed to abolish defense" forces that
don't defend.
Denmark is one of the happiest and
most prosperous of European nations
and with the baolition of an expensive
and burdensome army and navy, may
confidently be expected to make still
further progress. The money which
has hitherto gone for military upkeep
will now be set free for education and
| othear constructive work.
No, there is not Something rotten
in the state of Denmark" as some
would have the American people be-
| lieve. Denmark is all right and won't
cease to exist because it declines to
maintain force of paid killers. Den
mark has been in existence a long
time and will be going strong long
| after its present-day critics are dead.
Massachusetts has just had a man
on trial under law enacted some two
hundred years ago. Freedom of speech
was the issue.
Tennessee has revived Sunday
blue law adopted over hundred years
ago. Some folks there don't want
anyone to sell gasoline on Sunday.
Those laws were passed century
or so before modern condition sexist-
ed. Gasoline was unheard of when
Tennessee adopted her blue laws. Ok
carts and tallow candles were in
vogue.
There are those who will say that
State is still in the tallow candle age
of thought and they will cite the
Scopes evolution trial as evidence.
Surely this can't be the case. Surely
that State has made little progress
since the adoption of her Sunday law
in 1903.
A world of stupidity crops out about
blue laws. Every duh and silly sea-
son sees reports of this sort in news
papers. There is a widespread ten
dency to suppress freedom of action
and freedom Of speech. The reac-
tionary pendulum is swinging far be-
| yond all former bounds.
This sort of thing is inevitably Gre
ating contempt for all law. How
long will the witeh-hangers of Massa-
chuSettS and the book-burners of Ten
nessee continue before they see the
light?