Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-06

nous capital Of Tenochtitlan, on
whose ashes Mexico City is built.
due TO this Capitalization and the
struggle on the part OF the people "a
combat its eRoistic side, the Spanish
Conquest created two tremendous
problems where ID should have ere
sted only one: the problem Of the
relation Of the conquerors 20 the
conquered. and the problem Of the re-
lation of the cultured conquered
people q the mess az conquered
people who were almost entirely A
rural population. The latter problem
was the problem Of revolution that
had already begun 70 devastate the
country. Even with the chief lead
ers Of the Aztecs annihilated almost
at one blow bv Pedro dc Alvarsdo.
one n Cortez' most perverse leaders
land there were plenty ~ them. 20 add
n the weight 20 the first problem rp-
tsrred to ahnvel, st an Indian fey-
tival when Ccrtez was absent from
tbs csrital. the problem Of ravnlu-
ton within the country did not end.
for II already had too much .leeway.
The uprooting Of the ancient social
structure transformed this revolution
r%raInst the Aztec leaders into d revo-
luton against the Aztec leaders into
= revolution against the new leaders
who were landing at Neracruz from
Spain by s~hiploads.
Strange to say. this revolt against
leaders hiss continued NJ 10 the very
moment. Little hy little. sometimes
I'M pronounced passive tactics. some
times by dynamic. active methods, M
other times hv a fine mixture OF the
two. the struggle has been nothing
moro nor InrG THAI a @@nwswa-wW -
fort TO unity the broken country (in
spite Of Mother Natures work Of d.
viding the people from one another
hy countless mountainsl into n single
functioninF social fabric. to blend
elements where these can Re blended.
and ~ DESTROY elements when thew
cannot or refuse 20 become a part
Of assimilation. The problem has
taken on the double form OF doing
away with false leaders. and of ere
ating new ones who would understand
the basic needs and struggles Of the
country.
Needless - say. the whole effort
has been. ard still IN. terrific. To
understand the almost unsurmount
able, unmerciful forces, both natural
and artificial. that have always
fought the purpose Of these efforts
en- the plane that knows no manner
e quarter. II 70 mere than admire
Mexico To understand these Etrur-
rles. that have gone on for over four
hundred years and have not left a
single state Of Mexico untouched bv
their devastating breaths. is 10 under
stand the Psychology Of Mexico. one
Of the most complex countries IN the
world.
The struggle in Mexico has begun
n crystalline. Not for nothing has
Mexico gone through her Spanish
Conquest period. her Colonial period.
her inquisltion. her struggle for in
dependence from putrid Spain, her
reign OF terror following upon this
period. her ~elevating and destroying
Of leaders who turned out 70 be
worthless 10 her. her war with the
United States, her internal struggles
"a the Reform or JuarcT period. her
lrench Intervention. her Porfirio
DlaZ period Of quite stagnant equi-
hhrium. her latest revolutionary
epoch since 1910. embracing the
whole line of Isdero. Huerta, Ca
rranza, Villa, zapata, etc.
TO say that the struggle il over
would ~ foolish or pretentious or
both. But the particular form of
the struggle that tho past has known
IS more or less over. GROUPS and
tendencies have grown larger. more
conscious. more a~ccentuattd in the
precIsenss of their aims ard the con
crte effect NJ these.
Tho present Mexican government
under the leadership of such nv in-
teliigent man a. Portes Gil. who "
perfectly aware OF NeXico's eco
nomic, social and political problems.
cannot ignore the necessity of SOW
ing these. not in an o~pportpnistic
manner that refuses n concentrate ell
the energy upon the problems and
the very roots IF thss problems. but
W w determined, courageous ard in-
tslliEent manner the people demand
for the continuance OF their ceaseless
fforts Of four hundrd years. II Is
only the faithful and understanding
ear placed close 70 the heart Of
Mexico's mass population that will
eventually change the mobile dis
equilibrium something. however.
that can only he accomplished when
compromise Is dominated within the
efforts that mark this course