Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-11-02 | Page 6 | Secret Mexican History

J SECRET MEXICAN HISTORY. European and South American journals jour-nals aro interested in delving beneath the surfaco of ovonts in Mexico and discovering dis-covering secret motives back, of tho recent re-cent revolutions. Thoy nre not satisfied satis-fied with tho various pronunciamcntos of tho insurgents. All this talk -of patriotism, pa-triotism, constitutionalism and Toform is 'edifying, thoy say, but behind tho eloquence, the guns and the fighting men loom various commercial interests. inter-ests. Tho taint of commercialism, thoy declare, de-clare, has been on all tho revolutionary movements since tho first uprising-against uprising-against Diaz by Madetro. Not only tho European, editors, but thoso of South America, detect tho odor of oil in. tho Mexican upheavals. . Tho most conspicuous con-spicuous "t lguros among thoso manipulating manipu-lating the rovolution from behind tho scones aro the Standard Oil intorests and tho Pearson oil interests, thoy insist. in-sist. More and more tho English navy is coming to depend upon oil for fuol. The latest dreadnought uses only oil. Tho augmented demand for this kind of fuol has led the Pearson Interests to extend their operations into thoso quarters quar-ters of tho globo which promise tho most ample supply. Tho Pearsons havo a contract ,with tho king's navy. Therefore, say tho seers who read between be-tween the lines, if there woro no great oil flolds in Mexico and if vase supplies sup-plies of oil were not needed for the modern battleship, revolutionizing In Mexico would not bo so popular. Wo sco tho German dailies oponly discussing discuss-ing this viewpoint, and recently tho question has boen insistently mooted in the lobbicB of the hous of commons. Members have formulated earnest Interpolations In-terpolations on tho subject. In other words, tho int'erosta accustomed to guide and control "dollar diplomacy" have boon, most active in financing tho Mexican revolutions, If this view be correct, Thoro aro even hints of an "oil press" In Europe behind tho efforts ef-forts to induce President Wilson to tnko radical action. It is said that Hucrta has impressed -upon tho European mind that ho is moro friendly to a policy of free access to oil than was Madoro. Tho latter is declared to have been tho champion of American oil interests and of American railroads; whereas Hucrta is pronounced a tool of the Pearsons. Perhaps it will be a long time beforo the secret history of tho Mexican revolutions revo-lutions arc truthfully writton. At present pres-ent the European and South Amorican oditors find entertainment and fascination fascina-tion in accopting moro suspicions as facts. Novoriholes3,it is well that tho public should bo informed on thoso subjects, sub-jects, that thoy may bo tho hotter able to understand all sidc3 of the most perplexing per-plexing international problem which has engaged tho attention and anxiety of our govornment for many yearn.