Evening star., 1934-12-02
CONTINUOUS REVOLUTION
GIVES MEXICO STABILITY
Awakening of National Feeling by 1910
Events Manufactures New Country
for Masses of People.

have had for the past rev years, out
one unique in its kind.
Strong government, in the popular
language, is almost synonymous with
reaction, autocracy, oppression Of the
masses. But not the Mexican. The
Mexican strong government is the
only one in the world. except the
Russian, which is left of the center.
OF course, it is considerably less to
the left than the Russian; it is far
from being a dictatorship of the
proletariat, but it is, nevertheless, a
strong government working in favor
of the lower classes and in detriment
of the vested interests.
Marches Ahead.
Instead of being orthodox and re-
dictionary, the Mexican strong gov
ernment" has constantly marched
ahead. promoting and enacting ad-
vanced social legislation, spreading
popular education. improving the
status of the Indian. needing, as far
as it thought it could, the clamor for
reform and social change which had
originally placed it in power. This
record is enough to answer the cr1tl-
cism of extremists of the left who
accuse the present leader of Mexico
of having betrayed their cause. One
of these leaders, j. M. Puig Casau-
ranc, former Ambassador to Wash
ington, told the writer, in an inter-
view three years. ago:
1--WE have not gone to the right.
We have only cut down the pace Of
our march. We have, perhaps,
stopped temporarily, because the
force of circumstances demanded 1t.
We realize that certain physical con-
ditionS, among which the present
world-wide depression ranks first. do
not permit us to effect immediately
radical changes which are still on
our program. The stability OF the
government, the preservation OF
order, domestic harmony and the
economic recovery of the country are
TODAY our main endeavorS. When
the crisis has passed we will resume
the march toward our final goal"
Recent events in Mexico show that
those statements were sincere. AS
soon as the economic depression has
let down the trend to the left has
been resumed with added vigor.
OF course, the unusual phenome-
non of a revolutionary party which,
once in power, keeps on being revo-
lutionary could not have been pos
sible without the existence Of strong
organization, disciplined and trained
and able to control thoroughly the
| political life of the country. This
role has been filled in Mexico by the
National Revolutionary party, which
| has provided the men and the plans
for all the more recentk administra-
tions, almost to the exclusion OF any
other.
It is from the ranks of the Ma
tional Revolutionary party, naturally
enough, that the government just in
augurated in Mexico has been chosen.
The new President, Gen. Lazaro Car
denas, q man with distinguished
military record and long experience
in the administration Of public af-
fairs, has been for years one OF the
outstanding leaders of the party
which is carrying out the ideals OF
the Mexican revolution. It is, more
over, the National Revolutionary
party which has drafted the program
of the new administration, the six
year plan, which is designed to ac-
celerate the planned industrialization
of all natural resources and to make
Mexico a socially minded country.
The presence of an all-powerful
organization like the National Revo-
lutionary party has prompted critics
of the present Mexican regime to
charge that Mexico is under one
party system along the lines of certain
Fascist European states. The differ
ence, however, Is that in Mexico the
one-party system is not at the serv-
ice Of military chieftains or indus
trial barons, but at the service of the
people Of Mexico.
l (Copyrisht. 1934)