The Washington times., 1938-10-29

Mexico generally is in a business and financial panic
Cardenas trying to sell stolen oil in Latin and South
American countries has been almost unanimously
turned down-just as the Bolsheviks who seized the
Fiat motor plants in Italy soon after the found
themselves unable to pass legal title to the they
made.
So Cardenas has turned to the Fascist nations, Ger
many and Italy, markets for oil stolen in the name
of communism. He closed cash-and-barter oil agree
ment with Germany time ago; has
nounced that Italian firm-the Azienda Generate
Haliana PETROL of Rome-has contracted to buy "sev-
era million dollars" worth of oil from Mexico. He
has sold some oil to Japan.
That would be disquietng enough indicating as it
does Fascist and Naz trade wedge being driven be-
tween and the rest of neghbors to the South.
But it is also announced that Cardenas, through
Ray Fisher of Detroit is going to push sales of this
stolen oil in the United States-meaning that with oil
stolen from Americans he is going to try to put
Texas Oklahoma and California oil workers out of jobs.
In the meantime, we are buying silver from Car
denas at prices held artifcally above world prices.
Also in the meantime Cardenas continues to grab
American-owned ranch lands in Mexico, and is
making passes at Amercan-owned mines down there.
We think can understand why Cardenas feels no
compunction in selling oil to Fascist nations while pro-
Tossing some kind of communism himself. His Isl diff
~ ferent kind of communism; the Trotsky
4TOISHy kind.
Ve Stain Leon Trotsky has been guest of
Mexico for something over year now.
Trosky is perhaps the greatest destruconst the world
ever saw. Compared with him, Stain is conservative,
constructive statesman Stain is at least trying to make
of the Russian government such is Troskys sole
am wherever he goes is to tear down. the of the
world revolution.
His hatred for Stain is-well call it primordial We
lift some remarks from phonograph record made by
Trotsky in Mexico October 18, and played to group
of his followers in New York last night
politics Stain only politics of despair
Ten years necessary for the Kremin clique in
order to d the Bosyk party and to transform the the
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is friend and adviser of Cardenas So understand
why is O. K by Trosky for Cardenas to sell oil to Italy
and Germany. That will help them against Stain.
Thus, Mexico is being made battle-ground for the
ideooges of Stain and Trotsk with the Fascsts stand
ing good chance of jumping in and grabbing the works.
,1, That will mean Fascist foothold estab-
"OoeP''~0 ished in this hemisphere in direct viola
nu.,:oIo ton of the Monroe Doctrine.
Mexico's president is also being allowed
get away with robbery of Americans within his borders
while connive at it by overpaying him for silver and
thus helping to finance him.
Mr. Josephus Daniels ambassador to Mexico is charm
ing gentleman, 76. He Secretary of the Navy
during our participation in the World War; though his
first assistant Franklin D. Roosevelt did the work Mr..
Daniels later leading dry
This ovabe old character doubtless has his place in the
scheme of things. But do not think that place is
Mexico City, which, far the United States is
cerned is the most important diplomatic post in the world
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