The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-26
COunter-RevOlutiOn in Mexico

Dwight w. Morrow is well launched in the
role of hangman of Mexico. This partner of
the classic imperialist banking house of Wall
Street went to Mexico in order by intrigue to
prepare the way for the conquest and occupa-
ton of Mexico by the United States.
From the moment of the arrival of Morrow
who combined in his one person the function
of representative of the United States govern
ment with the function of representative of the
financiers investing in Mexican exploitation
the affairs of Mexico have moved rapidly to-
ward direct control of that country from New
York City
Morrow went to conquer what was called
Boshevism' in Mexico. That is, to conquer
anything that interfered with the seizure of
Mexican resources, oil lands, mining rights
etc., and with the super exploitation of Mexi-
ian workers and peasants by the Wall Street
sinance-capitalists who sent him. With almost
unlimited power of reward and punishment in
MS hands, Morrow made long strides toward
his goal. Both the Gales government and the
prospective government of Obregon were al
aady eating out of the hand of Morgan's am
'assador at the time of the assassination of
oregon by a religious fanatic.
It had long been openly stated in the press
g for reconciliation of the Mexican govern
ent with the church. In this he was at the
int of success. Certainly churches are not
lstruments of workers and peasants revolu-
ons, and equally, the imperialists valued the
lurch as an ally for the decentralization and
ontrol of the weaker elements of the peasan-
y. Boasts of the success of Morrow in fore
lg Oregon to ally himself with the clergy
gainst the masses of Mexico compelled Obre-
on to make what was considered partial but
ambiguous denial. His assassination followed
lmost Immediately at the hands of more or
9ss wild elements of the clerical party. The
eligious fanatic was an instrument of the
leroy, and certainly not an instrument of the
nti-clerical movement as the capitalist press
low pretends. The assassin only put into ac-
ion what had been repeatedly threatened by
ountleSs announcements of the clerical
pokesmen in the United States and Mexico 1t
lay be that the subornation of Oregon by
borrow had already reached the success which
you'd have made the president-elect accept
lble to Morrow as Wall Streets policeman over
lexico; but his assassination nevertheless was
direct and clear result of the clerical-lan&9rd
movement and in revenge for the executions
If priests and others involved in the recent re-
dictionary priest-ed revolt
Whether or not Morrow had before the as
assination attained complete success in the
orruption of Obregon to his purposes, it is
certain that he has now succeeded in impos-
ng his dictation in the present situation after
The assassination. Could there be ANYTHING
more weird than the "Obregonista" party de-
handing that the murderer of Obregon shall
lot be executed? After a murder by cleri-
al, can there be a more ironical turn of history
han the punishment of the anti-clerical ele-
nents for the clerical crime?
The entire imperialist press of the United
states is now trying to make the masses ac-
apt the version sent broadcast that although
is admitted that a religious fanatic donli-
lated by the priesthood committed the MUIR
Ter, nevertheless the anti-clerical labor" lead
RS were the intellectual authors" of the muir
der. The capitalist press is even shamelessly
rying to put over a cock-and-bull story of an
anti-clerical agent posing as religious so as to
inspire the religious assassin to kill Oregon
There is method in the madness of this.
The United States imperialists want an ex-
termination of the labor movement of Mexico
he disarming of the poorer peasants and the
assing of power completely into the hands of
reactionary landlord and clerical instruments
United States capital. Where the church
vas openly shown to have been the direct in
pirer of the crime, MorroW has performed the
sgerdemain of transferring the guilt" to what
called labor" in the persons of Luis N. Nor
mes and his fellow leaders of the GROIN
The fact that Luis N. Morones is as big a
raitor to labor as can be found in Mexico, and
subservient as any to Wall Street, must not
allowed to confuse the question. Morones
off e No ''ieader" of the labor move
1T and as such for the moment he becomes
no. u tle reaction. But the
target is not Morones, but the labor move
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