Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 22, 1920, Page 2

| Mexican Government Has Radicals Operate in Fer By RALPH H. TURNER | Cinitn4 Press Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, <Dec. | 22.—When Gen. ssvaro Qbregon. finished. with his inauguration as president of Mexico the other day and took ove his desk in the national palace, his fitst remark to the newly appointed cabinet was probably something like this: “Now then, gentlemen, let’s get to work on this labor situation! { y not have used just s, but he realizes with all ainty that Mexico's industrial sit- represents the most critical in- problem that the country faces yy. Obregon’s friends declare that had he been able to occupy the presi- dential chair direct; Yolpwing the overthrow of Carranza, Mexico would have escaped’ the delicate state of af- fairs that. has been~ created by the Mexican working man, with the aid of the’ foreign’ agitator. Obregon bears the’ reputation of ing @ strong man, quick to decision. and aggressive when, he begins to act. it was necessary, however, to clioose a president ad interim: That job fell to ‘Adolfo de Ia Huerta, a thoroughly likeable, pleasant sort of person, but 801 imes passive, always conciliatory and—according to the employer's side of itis too much of a “liberal”. him-| 3 Self to deal successfully with labor) : ? problems: It was: difficult, too, for al provisional government to adopt meas-| VICTIM OF CALIF@RNIA GANG ures of a lasting nature. | sass Jean Stariley, reported to fitive As a result, the Mexican Jaborer’s Weett attacked Ber jaw broken and eye, state of mind has developed in less digedtored; Wy w gang of white men in) thun six months from placid satirfac-'@ cottage at Saiita Hosa, Cal, where} or mild discontent to a ¢oidi‘on about twenty other gifls are said fo ation-wide demand for TVivher Have been attacked. When officers! and shorter hours, with « de- went to the cottage to arrest the gang, | termination to Achieve this aim, wlat-) three were killed. evdr the cost may be, And on s-yeral occasions, in) different. parts» 2f - the country, his offort# haye assumed « rad-|Meetings which’ discuss the grievances | ica character wherein labor Ten ‘t'a.} Of the Mexican. worker and the prin-) tioas have been punctuated by ies) of Clples of Communism in, the same “Viva la Soviet! “Viva Russia!” or bééath, Coniniunistic magazhies dre otlter slogans pertaining to Bolshevism! Published and there has been formed or*the triumph of the protetarfut.” 1¢) the “Communistic Federation of the is that phase of the Mexican labor Ait-| Mexican Proletariag,” which represents uation that is creating uneasiness to-|the extreme left of Mexican labor.’ dag and will demand’ the full attertion| Thus, a situation has been created sim- of the new president, Obregon: liar to that which our own Samuel }t is not the purpose, here, to dwell, Gompers experienoéd—namely, a strug! on'the justice or injustice of the Mex-'sle for the uppér hand between the! ican laborer’s cause. For years, un- conservative and radical laljor elements. | dotibtedly, he was one of the poorest Thus far, the Mexican Federation of pa{d workers in the world. Also his Labor, which is’ designed to. maintain | standard cf living was one of the low-/Parallel lines with the American Fed-| est in the world, and it took little fo eration of Labor and of which the satisfy his wants. But today, the Mex-|Communistic Federation is an off-shoot,/ ican. day laborer, who a year ago prob-| has retained the majority. ably was reeiving 2 pesos ($1).daily, is, The Communist element, -at a meet- } i if ed are greater, of course,’ 6d recently to ealk a general strike ir} iL of the particular job is en-!Mexico City. There were ample ‘vivas’’; ao, ¥ ; for, Trotzky and Lenine, but « the) the ‘past three months-strikes have| strength of the ‘reds!’ was not sufli-, been almost perpetual. They have oc-|Cient to swing the strike. } curred in’ évery part of ‘the country,’ Obregon has two principal remedies frem the Texas border to the State of! for thé present critical situation, Pty Yucatan. ‘They Have included the coat, believes, first, that one of Hay awl mfners in the State of Coahuila, the culties is’ the lack of, meta a, "etd jal “a textile workers in the State of yt law, ond’ one of his first acts as. presi and. the vicinity .of Mexico, City, thopiend? will beBto™ int y } rasta apie Te Ben Stel oie of ré, congress setting Seen Sonat companies’ at’ Tampico, the ‘stévedores loxs and the ‘duties’: -of “both capitat] at+Vera Gru ind scores of “other occu. 2nd labor, Sceondiy, he considers that pations, Strikes frequently Have been averted, as’ in thescive! of the’ trim- ekeiehehedebededebededeekode way. employes: of ‘México City, by the employers acceding to the demands rather than suspend operation. Through all of these movements a group of radical agitators has worked unceasingly to promote the tnrest and profit by it in the ‘interest of Bolshe- vism—thotigh very few Mexican labor- ers know any more about Bolshevism than they do aout the Einstein theory. Many of these radical leaders are for- eigners—Americans, Russians or Span- jards—who: attempt to direct the nrove- ment, publi “red” lteratare and call DP ea We still have a FIPAITIITIPPIPSLIP APL A 2 TIS IER I I PIPAPIPFPOPPIFIFIP AE Pt = RETURNS TO MAJOR LEAGUES: Winam Donovan the sime “Wild Bill” | who almost sihgle-handed pitched De troit into three successive pennants in 1907, 1968, 1909, hus beett named xs inunager of the Philadelphie National League Club, succeeding Gravath. Underwear, Handkerchiet THE WIGWAM Hot Lunch 11:30 Until 2:00 P. M. Main Floor O-S Bldg. per box. = fecile } \ demanding four or five pesos. The in-) ing Which the writer attended, Seah ioe a L Bit be-|), sortment of Gifts which are sure to please, in our Ladies’ Department. ; Kayser and Glove Silk especially priced for Xmas giving at 83 1-3 per eent discount Our regular 50c and 60c Handkerchiefs, packed 3 in a box; Special at $1.25» the industrial development of Mexico,| King, Philip V, wi Which he predicts will be fremendous | t#!' depression, fray now Chit peace is established, will cre-| aroused him umtit ate such a demand for labor that the, eli. The ? it. tion will automativally self. The latter belief is ps a Obregon may, or may not, realize| Farinellt that the launching of this industrial|™4in in boom: depencds, largely, ape oe the oustanding issues be oreign governments, especially th United States, and Obtaining the recos-; nition of-the United States for the new Mexican administration. Mexico's industries and cannot be developed without oreign! shores of Tnelan capital, And foreig capital is not) incHes int likély to» enter “Mexico: in any: appre: ciable sums: untif foreign governments recognize Mexico's stability, or in some way define their attitude toward the new Mexican regime, pastime bt ain Pale Biréd to Sing fora Hing. ‘whe most curious contfact that ever |” Stat eet bar . An operatic star made was probably: thi | ter and held him of Farinelli, who, about the year 1734, Was deriving an ircome of somethin Wke $25,000’ per annum.) This sinz: through the blade of an oar, | cost of @ finger | king every. ‘land: Some years ago. « ghmt conger 4 resources) was caught in shallow water off the z Tt measured 8 feet Tength and weighed 148} pounds. Coligers half that size hive | Losi KnéWi to Bite a man’s han@ in two and to have driven, their teeth In 1913- Kakanameku, the champion rvimmer of Honolulu was attacked by ed him: undbr ir nearly two n:inutes. 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