Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-30
Wallace in Mexico

| sent his trusted friend and intimate
| Henry Wallace, to Mexico as Il
gesture of good will on the part Of
this country. The incoming vice
president iourneyed "south of the
| border" at I time when suspicious
| have existed and some rather uncom
| ELEMENTARY remarks have been made
mere and there from time to time in
| his country about the oil seizures.
yIis trip is being made. also, at Il
time when the United States is Seri-
O,Sly concerned about how Latin
American republics are going to
stand rp should real test come as
tp hemisphere defense and safety.
The reception given the envoy
was. to say the least surprising, per-
hapS as much SO in Mexico as here.
He WAS greeted by an angry mob
.,bout tie American Embassy shout
mo Down With America because
the Roosevelt administration had
recoeni2od General Camacho as the
winner in the national election last
summer, As result Of that recOgni'
tinN. General Almazan, his opponent,
and who a time or two had threaten
cd = revolution to get what he termed
his rights. definitely withdrew from
the picture.
Camacho had the backing of Presi-
dent CurdanaS in the late campaign,
which in itself was assurance OF his
success. short Of seizure Of office by
violence. MeXicanS who composed
the mob that stoned the embassy
evidently were Almazan supporters.
and clearly did not like this show OF
approval and support by the grin
goes. meaning the United States. for
the man they did not want.
All of which adds up to what? For
one thing. it means Mexico, as usual,
is by no means a unit nationally. and
has large element which is eitheri
incapable Of accepting or refuses toI
accept peaceable solution OF its cleo
ton contests. How strong that group
is may be open to speculation. Clear
" il is strong enough TO defy con-
<tituted authority and to challenge
after a fashion. orderly processes OF /
government.
The incident at the American En-
baSsv means. too, that. however COR
dial may be official expressions of
friendship and cooperation with the
United States, a considerable seq
ment of the populace will bear
watching. For if they are angry at
their own government and at ours,
which has most at stake in hemi- /
sphere defense. they are capable OF
creating lot Of trouble. possibly
even to the extent OF aiding and
abetting nazi and communist agents
who are supposed to be working day
and night in Mexico at their nefari- !
Gus schemes to foster sympathy for
their own nations, to be used in
whatever manner they may choose
when the time comes. if it does.
Since General Camacho was the
designated winner in the Mexican
election. it was manifestly none of
our business here, and there was
nothing else for the President to do
but to accept what appeared to be
the legal choice of the Mexican
people.
The visit of Mr.. Wallace merely
was made the occasion for an out
burst of hostile feeling on the part
of the minority party. Presumably
i was not a personal iibe at him, for
the Mexican rabble did not and could
not know him from any other visitor
from up above. 1t would be matter!
of less seriousness had it been per-
sonal, instead of seeming resentment
toward the United States. !
Whatever else may be read into
the incident at the embassy. it can
hardly be overlooked as proof of
dangers for our own defense and
welfare that still Turk in appreciate
proportions in our neighbor country
to the south. It shows that Mexico is,
as has long been suspected, fertile
field for operations of foreign isms,
and a place where they may easily
take root in the ignorance and super
Stitition that exist.