Evening star., 1931-11-29
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Of bare news and commercial informa-
tion. outside of their reduced editorial
sections they are purely informative
end anonymous. OF course, this Is one
OF the characteristics of modern jour-
nalism. Newspapers. in following this
trend, are only adjusting themselves to
the needs and circumstances of the
times. But Senior Puig believes that
there should also be a place, in every
intellectual community, for a periodical
Of opinion, of Interpretation and
analysis There are several in this
country, and Senior Puig does not see
why there should not be one in Mexico
City. where some of the oldest univer-
stiles and intellectual centerS OF the
continent are.
Eagerly interested in the success Of
his new idea. Senor Puig refuses to let
his diplomatic tasks Interfere with it.
From his desk at the Mexican embassy
Re goes on steering Resumen and giving
Il spark though the airmail.
Ed d''1Itional and newspaper activities,
2'~w-ver. did not take up the entire time
- sei~r Fd-g. before iie was appointed
1Cc the ranking post IL the Mexican
foreign service. Politics have played an
important role in his life. Ever since he
took part in the overthrow of the old
Diaz dictatorship and was selected by
Cbregon to be one Of his political lieu
tenants. Senor Putg has been prominent
in the shaping of the policies of the Ma
tional Revolutionary Party, the chief
G7minant sector in Mexican domestic
life.
Principles Have Subsisted.
One Of the leaders of this movement
of reform, which began with the fall of
5iGz in 1910, Senor Puig is among the
Clicf products of ia revolucion," in the
sense in which this term is known In
Mexico. When a Mexican speaks Of
'the revolution" he is not referring TO
any one Of the several separate revolu-
tons which resulted in a series Of vio-
lent changes of government since the
breakdown Of the Diaz rule, but rather
to the general change from dictatorial
regime to a popular democratic system
with tendencies to the left, which has
been in progress ever since, and which
includes all those different coups
d etat taking place in Mexico in the
last twenty-one years. These coups, the
Mexicans explain. precisely, aS the re-
suit of popular uprisingS against gov
ernment officials who had deviated from
the original principles Of the 1910 revo-
sution and partly, elso, to personal
ambitions OF military chieftains, but
not rs indicating change in those
principles, or as counter revolutions,
like they were cften misinterpreted
abroad.
The principles of the revolution have
subsisted. They have survived all those
violent upsets and civil wars which were
inevitable in a period Of reorganiZa
ton and in people of the psychological
Characteristic of the Mexican. The
spirit of the revolution, which implies
q new Mexico, more liberal. a more
socially minded, a more self-sustaining
Mexico. is still marching on. The task
CT the National Revolutionary party,
which is organized under the strictest
discipline and controls almost exclu-
slvely the administration, is to preserve
and carry out the ideals of this spirit.
Ambassador Puig is most emphatic
when he discusses the political situation
in Mexico. He has invariably been an
advanced element of the Left, like all
the leaders of the revolution, and Scorns
the charge made by political observers
throughout the world that the Mexican
government has recsntly abandoned its
radical tendencieS-the principles of
the revolution-and swung back to the
Right.
Leaders Are Disciplined.
I'VE have not gone to the Right" he
says. I'VE have only cut down the
pace of our march. We have perhaps
stepped, temporarily, because the force
OF circumstances demanded it. We re-
alize that certain physical conditions,
among which the present. worldwide
economic depression ranks first, do not
permit us to effect Immediately radical
changes and reforms which are still on
Our program. The stability of the gov
eminent. the preservation of order, do
rnestic harmony, and the economic re-
covery of the country are today our
main endeavcrs. All other problems
should for the moment be postponed TO
these, which are vital to the nation,
When the crisis has passed, we will re-
sumo the march toward our final goal"
In connection with this, the Ambas-
sador stresses the spirit of discipline
with which all the leaders of the Ma