The Mexican Situation

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Excerpt from The Mexican Situation: From a Mexican Point of ViewMuch has been said in the United States about the Mexican situation, but actual conditions in Mexico have never been fully understood, because they have always been examined from an American point of view.The sources from which Americans draw their information about Mexico are chiefly foreign residents and investors, who are very apt to consider the Mexican situation only from the standpoint of their own interests. All that foreigners seek in Mexico is the re-establishment of a state of things favoring the continuation and promotion of business. They generally believe that the conditions of Mexicans themselves and those issues of a purely national character do not concern them, and consequently they do not regard them as necessary factors in the problem as they understand it. Hence it is that the solutions suggested, although beneficial perhaps to foreign interests, do not tend to solve the Mexican problem itself.To fully understand the Mexican situation and to find a solution satisfactory both to Mexican and foreign interests it is necessary to review the question from a Mexican point of view.Such is the purpose of this memorandum.The Rule of the Iron HandThe majority of foreigners in Mexico believe that the only political problem which interests them is peace. But, misled by superficial judgment or inspired by impatience, they have believed that the establishment of peace depends only on the energy with which the country is governed. All foreigners in Mexico look for a rigorous government, an iron hand or a mailed fist, and the only thing they discuss is whether a certain man is sufficiently "strong" to control the country. And when they find a man with such qualities, foreigners always have believed that it was their duty to help that man to come into power and to support him.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.