RESTORING THE LAND TO THE MEXICANS
Restoring the Land to the Mexicans THE Revolution in Mexico had, among other purposes, that of the Distribution of Land to millions of Indians who had been deprived of it during the thirty-five...
...Carranza represents the yearnings of millions of Indiana, as veil as of hundreds of thousands of the middle class and of the working classes...
...Some four or five thousand acres of land were distributed to the Indians in Uman, Yucatan, under the direction of General Alvarado...
...The great politicians under Diaz, not satisfied with the money they made by selling concessions of all kinds, took away from the poor Indians, by fair or foul means, the communal lands around their villages, threw them into practical slavery...
...The Dream Bearer By MARY CAROLYN DA VIES WHERE weary folk toil, black with smoke, And hear but whistles scream I went, all fresh from dawn and dew, To carry them a dream...
...The consummation of that injustice was the cause of the revolution against Diaz, and the Revolution did not stop because Madero came into power, as Madero's family and his ministers did not want to see the lands go back to the Indians...
...General Huerta represented the reactionary power, which expected to get back all the privileges it enjoyed under Diaz...
...Restoring the Land to the Mexicans THE Revolution in Mexico had, among other purposes, that of the Distribution of Land to millions of Indians who had been deprived of it during the thirty-five years of the Diaz regime...
...This is the first time in the history of Mexico that lands have been distributed to the Indians Another distribution took place later, and this proves that the Constitutionalists realize the fact that only through a distribution of land can they put an end to the Revolution...
...I went to bitter lanes and dark, Who once had known the sky, To carry them a dream—and found They had more dreams than I. —The Masses...
...Even under the Spanish conquerors, the Indians were allowed certain zones of land {ejidos) surrounding their villages, and that land was worked by them in community...
Vol. 8 • September 1916 • No. 9
