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to the "masses." Thy can neither read

nor write; they are dovold of ambition,

Industry nnd Ideals. They live In a rich

country where the necessaries of life are

easily obtained nnd where there Is little

Incentive to sustained cfTort. They aro

no moro fit for self-government than the

Haitians or the Dominicans, over whom

we nre now exercising a guardianship.

If all Mexicans were alike we might

either let them nlone or take charge of

them as circumstances and our national

Interest should dictate; but there Is the

20 per cent, to bo considered. They have

somo rights to life and liberty and the

pursuit of happiness. It Is they, with the

help of foreigners whom they Invited to

their country, who built up the wonderful

prosperity that Mexico experienced under

tho Diaz regime. Even they nro not fit

for self-government, ns wo understand

tho term, for they nre selfish, ambitious

and hot blooded, much given to revolu

tions and graft.

After careful inquiry and observation

throughout a largo part of Mexico I was

forced to tho conclusion that the country

has not many citizens who are really

patriotic according to Anglo-Saxon stand

ards. General Diaz, however, demon

strated that to govern Buch a people and

to govern them well was not an Impossl-bllity.-F.

J, Splltstonn in Leslie's.

TniNGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN.

(From the Fall River Herald.)

With nrma and ammunition denied him

by Uncle Sam and his supply of coal and

coke cut off, General Villa doubtless soon

U-lll conclude to be a good little Mexican

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Burlington weekly free press. (1915). Burlington, Vt., 1915-11-04. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86072143/1915-11-04/ed-1/?sp=8

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