The Mexican Revolution.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 58, 19 April 1912, Page 5

The Mexican Revolution.

By P.H.H

, I rem time to time ;vs of the South--1 crn Hemisphere read of the revohitior m "viexico--of battles fought and woi jor lost. 11 ny few of us'stop to inquire tilt"* why or wherefore of the conflict i but. r:ititer dismiss with a wave of tlk hand what wa consider is but the , squabbling of Latin-Amen-caim win ! know nut ivliy they squabble. j Yv't, if :vpnrts bo true, a battle is • raying in Mexico, a battle for freedom ibyl ho wage-earners of Mexico, (he lil.: 1 juf which is unique in modern tunes. ! Tens of thousands aro in arms against j the existing Government; they have • seized possession of tho land, divided : uniong themselves the crops their labor 1 produced, and are cultivating the soil jon their own account. j The Mexican Government, in its efforts to crush tho revolt of its peons, }m receiving the moral barking of the i United (slates Government. Upon the j Texas border-lino sits tilie screaming; | eagle of the U.S., ready to pouni c upon tho rebellious Mexicans the moment the American capitalists say llie word. Like a!! other existing governments, the United States would (ru-.h workingclass liberty in tho guarding of v?s:ed interests." "liegencr.icioji," the olfieiai organ of the revolutionists, in a prucbiniatio,". published on January 20. »:us in part: ''Mexicans, the Organising .Juntii. «i! the Mexican Liberal Party news with sympathy your efforts lopnt in practice th ' lifty ideals of pelii ;.-;d, , ■•.•,>nomic a I'd social etnaneip-i' in-n, i he triumph .if which on earth will being to an end ;',:*> already s;;:h;.v;'Uy .'X'on.sivt' qir-irrel between ma:', air.i man, which has its origin ii. '.hat ncquaiify of for! •■•:!> wh oh si.ri;.:r ;: I r.<u En.* principle o: private propsuty. "To abo'ldi that prineipl.' .inai-s to annihii.Uo all the politic:'!, • -coiiomie. focinl, yehcious mid' moral institutions that form the environment within whhh arc as->hcxn;ed the free inituti.e and the Ire •i.wK'i iiioi] of h;:-n-an b-Ercys whe. th it vhev may not periE:. iind lhe;[M,E, ,>; cbllged ( 0 c;ijt-, „;, .ijl.j^g them.■■!■.-.-s a !7en:'.iod campe'Eao.; f r) ." lies'. ?-.)t ihe most .?■ ll'-siu-ril'icing, not thos.* n;,v.t rn-hiv endowed, phv-iical'V. mo'-.-!!;, or in'E'er':;a!]y. but the r)! ,,' s i j ■)■,* evol E<-,-, th" ha ,i j uhr> ph-i-e Eieir own .iei!-i>. in...- ib.ye a!! jo:' o:' human sohdariv'.' unci i bun,an ;■;■;!:•■,--. j "'> : u for E:-e n." : nciulo of p-n'va;e -ir-i- - •.■-■onhi ac m> eaa.,, ;i; :'., r 4 ~,,. eminent, which is i,ced--(i -;-iloly '■/ he: r> I in their complaint. - ; or .~'E-iho;i.-i against , those who hive got into lii o j r i E;-.> s.Hii E wealth. "\or wenld li ; ,--r-' b" ! t.-iv r'.iaan for the , h'ii'eh, ivhoso -xdiisiva _ is to strait-h' in Ev lyili'.ot o;i|iie-',sioei Mid ex'plci'.i! -oe, by t!n< ;)-i-"oi-iiin,: of pa'i-iM'-., ~\ reujaai; oe, :iVi-l of hnmiii:-,- ; si,- ,-,. | r , : r "t|,.. Ties .:>. '.ii.- ::\n.d rw.-.v'-;'.,! :! .: !: { f-nifnl .nii.iu.'t.s ay t:i- prae'ice of immora!

A Fight for Working-class Supremacy.

penances, cruel and injurious to per sun a! health, and —that the poor manot aspire to the enjoyment of thii earth and become a danger to the privileges of tho rich —by promising th? humblest, tho most resigned, the most patient, a heaven located in the infinite, beyond the farthest stars tho eye can reach. , "... Titus humanity remains divided into two classes whose interests ar< diametrically opposed—tli-o capitalist class and the working class; the clas.< that has possession of the land, the machinery of production and the means oi transporting wealth, and the class licit must rely on its imisclo and intelligence to support itself. "Between those two social classes there cannot exist any bond of friendship or fraternity, for the possessing class always seeks to perpetuate the enisling; economic, political and social sssIcm which guarantees it tranquil e.ijoynicnt of the fruits of its robberies, while tho working class exerts itself to destroy the iniquitous system and infinite one in '■■•■■•. -h the land, the hou<--n, the maehin.'ry if production and tio moans of tnin-sport:!, ti-jn shall be for the coinm:)-. use. "M -xicaais, th? Mexican Lib iil recognises tJiafc every human bein;;, by the eery fact of his having come lr.to life, lias a riulifc to 'i',cay each and wary one of the advantages modern eivilisat ton offers, be<'anse tl.oio .'idvai:hie;os ,\vc the product of the -efforts and sacnliees jf tho working-el j. is from all trai". ''iive iVioxi vi I.Jjoral Party cognises labor as n-eivssary for the sv.bi-st-ciicc oi the iiidivi'.lii,il ami soiietv, it d aeeordii'e.fv all, s.tvo l-lic ae,-d, the c-i >- p!ed. 111.! nic.ip:i.ci tilled, and the do'U- :•■<!. o-:,i::t '~, !o-l;.-.,.te themselves (;<l ~;,0 pj'oduciioii oi* sonic-ltiinir useful for tie sai i.d'act ion of their m cessilies. '.; I c Alcxr.'in Liberal Party recognises i, i,,t '.in* so-.'.il'.'j 114 lit of indi'. idnui pr->----|>erlv is an iriu.uuons riyjit because -t subjects the L'Teator number of hum;.;! hoiu.es to tod <i.ud suiforine- fur the ea .- isfaclion and o.iso of a small tiom ,■ .- of capil-ali.-Jt-i " Only loose who ii.v.v visited Mc:..!, ) an-.! v. k-iie.-i.-.'d ! lie inject d-d).is<''i'en' :•:' the peon :--!:i I'e.iiise (he mighty v\.;. k tun h.i 3 he.-ii if umpli-e.-o-d by i! c Mexican at;ii.j.for to arouse his count <•.,•- men to a -'. -.i-te of soiida.i ii.y and a Sj.irit which sends- hiiii forth, rifle :i band, to !'l••■■■■ lee,til ;n order to '.■■;ll liberty for in-: .iass. The despised ;-d co:iti.':!:;iiiiih.'. e;re is.-r" of the Am-.0----•an c'.'i.-.i vi>.\ ;.; .!i.pi.iyi!i,< a Spirit .-•■ d ■i-l.ore.i.ia!. i;i •■'!:.---h win .cir esfel-m eVi';i if i'.'e .'i'..iy :>t- liU'liU'd I 0 Since I'orl"/: coii-po'i'i-d Mexico -iree "enturie.? o; more i-'o, the Mcxi-.-in loiter has iiee,: >, s"'.'i ! .'' slave of !•! c irasf-'r c' ■-x i!'.i'. •-,!'! t a she]) id .Off i;ur fair pi '. •'. M.-i d eee'ei foi' .Ins'-i o i.i ba.-!..-.'<'i :.,y '1..' (.'he ..I!-; bayoio't of | !'■■ I ■;•:, .< Jife'e :■■ he !i o-!i d"ai.!i aid I d : 0.:;!er ■; lb,a- vie; sleeiJ Set-ve—