The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-13
WAR CLOUDS ON THE
MEXICAN HORIZON

ish imperialism. General Almazans statement
should be considered as carrying a heavy polit-
zeal weight. He was one of Mr. Morrow's lieu
tenants who helped the defeat of the Escobar
rebellion of 1929. Also. higbl' -
Mr.. Hooyer's announced autumn trip to
Mexico, coinciding with tue cl. $780,
ers' agreement and Gene, al Almaz~r's cos. l.
ration The way is now paved for the settle
ment of all differences" between the United
States and Mexico. Mr.. Hoover is chosen to
clean the plate.
Great Britain Not Finished
Meanwhile, Toledano, the friend Of the pro
gressive European capital" and Morones, head
of the decrepit Part 10 Laborista and the fas-
cist Confederation Regional Obrera de Mexico,
speak on the same platform in Mexico in con-
necton with the congressional elections. The
forgotten Valenzuela is on a speaking tour in
the Caribbean region on the payroll of London
financiers.
Economic Crisis In Mexico.
The deepening economic crisis in Mexico is
increasing the toll of unemployment. All in
dustries are suffering from general paralysis.
In 1921 the petroleum industry employed So
600 workers; in 1927, $4,000; in 1929, 10000,
and now a little over 5000. A frightful unem-
ployment in the mines, especially in Pachuca
where, through naturalization, so per cent of
the workers are facing permanent unemploy-
ment. More than 10000 railway workers will
be effected by the reorganization" system,
with the help of the reformist leaders.
Land Taken From Peasants.
The Mexican bourgeoisie has now bluntly
come out for a complete revision of the land
question. 1t must be remembered that the So
callel distribution of the land among the poor
peasants was the marrow of the bourgeois
revolution of the Obregon- Gales group. In
his recent statement, Gales admitted that the
land laws proved to be a fizze. The national
land debt amounts to something like S750,000,-
000 The peasants only received per cent of
the land and implements with which to
work it. Some of the local government have
forcibly taken back the meagre piece of land
given to the peasants after the revolution of
1917. This eXorbitant land debt, piled by the
pillage, graft and wholesale robbery of the
government officials is now to be paid by the
workers and peasants.
Mothers Prosecuted.
The first stages of capitalist naturalization
in Mexico and the resultant mass defensive to
its application brought about the adoption of
the fascist labor code, the fascination of the
of the reactionary Morrow-Portes Rubio
state and the incessant ruthless prosecutions
government. The further revision of the labor
code is now proposed. This is deemed neces-
sary in view of the frightened grip over the
economy OF the country resulting from the re-
cent developments in connection with the La
mont de Oca agreement.
Role of Communist Party
How the exploited workers are reacting, how
these workers are increasing their militancy
against the fascist government, can be best
Illustrated by the events of June 90 when in
Matamoros they defied the police and DEM
onstrated in the streets against the persecu-
TONS Twenty workers were brutally mas
sacred. The fascist authorities are particularly
vicious in their attacks upon the Communist
Party and the revolutionary trade unions. The
announced Hoover's trip to Mexico was again
the target Of renewed brutalites against the
Communists. All efforts are being made to
stfle any working class opposition to Hoo
ver's stepping on the Mexican soil The op-
pressed masses know that this imperialist ennis
saRy's trip is obnoxious to them
The outcome of the impending war between
the two imperialist powers the outcome of the
new program of financial and economic slav-
cry, depends upon the correct application of
the line of the CommuniSt International, not
only in Mexico, but also in the United States.
The revolutionary @ppoletarat of this country
must give full support to the>struggIes of its
brother proletariat of Mexico. -