Mr. Morrow's Shadow
MR. MORROW'S SHADOW 13 UMOR will have it that a rather extensive revi- sion of the list of United States diplomats operative in Latin America is under way. This does not imply of necessity a...
...Put these statements together and you have the religious situation in Mexico precisely where it was three years ago, with the difference that open and lawless hostility has given way to legalized opposition...
...We believe that the campaign made by Jose Vasconcelos was a step forward...
...and that in the majority of the said polls throughout the country representatives of the Non-reelection party were not allowed to vote...
...Almost immediately Archbishop Ruiz issued a contradictory statement, asserting that the Church had not relinquished the "right to seek a solution of the conflict through the amendment of the laws," and stressing the fact that the "good-will" manifested by President Portes Gil had been the indispensable prelude to the present modus vivendi...
...They have done such things as commandeer city parks and high-hat the native savants...
...Morrow's shadow...
...Meanwhile, of course, the position of the Catholic Church in Mexico has improved...
...Latin America potentially the land of almost immeasurable progress- is still manifestly in transition...
...The voyage of the dictators Calles and Rubio into these parts was not wholly triumphant...
...It was just this kind of body which we advocated for Mexico, to no avail in spite of the glaring need...
...The formula the United States must adopt for its activity is no simple one...
...Six assertions are made: "That before the elections and the time they took place there was pressure by the government authorities to obtain votes for Ortiz Rubio...
...Nowhere else has the kind of officialdom of which some Americans are past masters and upon which the rest of the world looks with undiluted irritation, been carried so far as on this island of arrowroot and mahogany...
...George F. Freeman...
...Evidently, however, the first requisite is a diplomatic and political leadership that cannot be obtained by chance but must result from thoughtful planning...
...But the chief source of discontent is beyond doubt the parallel system of elementary schools which has been established under the governance of Dr...
...What (and who) is the Golden Rule Foundation, to whom he has appealed on behalf of native children...
...that Washington considers him an indispensable party to any conversation bearing upon vital interests...
...Some of the current problems can be traced to racial divagations and to disagreement about economic measures which affect differently the sharply contrasted urban and rural populations...
...But the road which remains to be traversed is a veritable hike through Tibet, commonly reported to be a mountainous country indeed...
...Steady and noticeable currents of antagonism more than offset what was publicly said under the guise of official welcome...
...Roosevelt, from his perch in Porto Rico, ought to note this circumstance carefully...
...Nothing has been "settled," although priests and bishops have gone back to their posts with some assurance of being tolerated...
...and that, therefore, the political situation south of the Rio Grande has not changed by a hair...
...It means rather that Washington senses the need for a more compactly organized representation having both ability and prestige...
...John Vails, the Texas district attorney, that since the former Mexican President had come to Washington to enjoy a "diplomatic conversation" he could not very becomingly be arrested on a charge of murder...
...When one turns to the fourth source of trouble (Haiti) there is comfort in the thought that the President will appoint a competent investigating commission...
...that there was fraud in the computations made at the polls...
...It is curious that the instrument of public education, often thought to be one of the best gifts America can offer to less advanced peoples, generally proves the origin of deep resentment...
...Though he stoutly upheld the good intentions of the United States and gently chided his followers for their previous inability to improve the status of their country, he none the less conceded that many aspects of the present situation are exceedingly trying...
...Apparently theirs was merely another case of "going on record, till something happens...
...Then, too, the Latin-American scene has a number of characteristics which are not directly political in character...
...But certainly no other cause of ill feeling is so deep and real as the way in which officials appointed by the Department of Agriculture have handled the educational development of Haiti...
...Interesting enough is the petition presented to the Mexican House of Representatives by the Non-reelection party, asking that the election of Ortiz Rubio be declared void...
...We believe that Mr...
...He declared that the religious conflict was ended because the Church had accepted the laws in force...
...Much could be done to aid the formation of the Mexican clergy, to strengthen the social welfare and educational power of the Catholic group, and to manifest a genuine friendliness which might ultimately become a most advantageous influence...
...Much the same conclusion may be arrived at with regard to the advancement of democracy...
...that the secrecy of the ballot was shamelessly violated...
...Haitian teachers who receive a mere pittance behold a new race of imported pedagogues, indifferent to island tradition and showered with relatively handsome stipends...
...To claim more is to indulge in mere twaddle...
...that numerous polls were set up in violation of the electoral law...
...It is clear once more that General Calles is the power behind the existing Mexican throne...
...Others are struggling with racial and economic diseases inherited from an earlier generation...
...So far as Sefior Rubio is concerned, his one attempt to discuss an important problem resulted in what was either bungling or letting the cat out of the bag...
...The authors of the petition candidly admit that they do not expect the House to act...
...At present there exist four particularly troublesome sources of danger...
...We shall pass over two Cuba and Colombia wherein financial manipulations have created no little flurry...
...The President, we may be sure, has not taken his eye from those southern problems and possibilities which he investigated personally almost the day after his election...
...Some districts have reached a degree of prosperity and social self-control which may well be envied...
...It is more interesting to observe the manner of creature which, labeled Mexico, now walks in Mr...
...An unparalleled opportunity presents itself to furnish aid from this side of the border, and the wonder of it is that such a chance has not been seized upon...
...That some of these matters are bothering Catholic authorities in Haiti is evident from the circumstance that the Archbishop of Cap-Haitien devoted a recent pastoral letter to the occupation...
...This does not imply of necessity a critique of the personnel...
...It has a decidedly significant economic implication, and can probably not be altered until some new method of approach is suggested through a realignment of Pan-American opinion...
...At any rate the subject calls for careful and intelligent inquiry...
...that there was violence on the part of said authorities at the polls...
...Indeed, the Calles trip well-nigh ended in a rout, with Secretary Stimson informing Mr...
...Even Mr...
...Hoover is an excellent man for this kind of job.nd of job...
...The extent to which racial and religious bickering has hampered good-will in the nuovo mundo is almost beyond belief...
...Nobody ought to be led to believe that a situation which reposes upon such foundations will prove either healthy or permanent...
Vol. 11 • January 1930 • No. 9
