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Show MEXICAN AFFAIRS. The church parly in Mexico is the party of wealth and culture, It has but little sympathy with Juarez and less with Diaz. The Juarists are liberals, lib-erals, buL tho DIas men are extreme radicals. Both are determined that the church party must be kept down, and that so far as money goes it must furnish a very large percentage of tho amount necessary to cany on either tho legitimate government or the revolutionary revo-lutionary movement, The Juarists do this "constitutionally,"' as it is j called here, but the revolutionists laugh at the eonslituti.in and its guarantees guar-antees if they can only carry their point. The old church party, once so powerful and despotic, musL bile the dust under all circumstances. Since : the hopes of the church element were blasted by the downfall of the empire ' and the execution of Mnximilliun it has couched like a wounded lion. At times there have been appearances of its resurrection, and in such moments the liberals of all divisions have united to strike it to tho earth again. A groat denl of talking and writing is being done about iho possibility of Mexico having to receive a protectorate from the United States with a final view to annexation. American newspapers news-papers received here have leading editorials edi-torials on tho subject. Some of the articles advise a military invasion of Mexico, and the taking of tho country by forcible possession. Others more lame, advise that a protectorate be established. es-tablished. The Mexican newspapers, without exception, coul the idea, and assert that in any such emergency the Mexicans would qubkly cease their internal in-ternal warlVe and become a united host to repel the invasion of "los Yankees." If any prominent man in this country would dare even to suggest a protectorate protec-torate his head would not long remain on his shoulders. The Mexicans do not think it a very serious- thing to have ten or twenty revolutions on hand; ! but for a foreign nation to interfere in pulling Ihem down or act as mediator Lo save the nation's life, is to them a terribly serious aspect ol' affairs. Cor. Morning Call. |