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Show REVOLUTIONS. "The trouble with the Madero revolution revo-lution -was that it was not fonght to a finish," said a representative of the Constitutionalists tho other day. Is a Latin-American revolution ever fought to a finish? The speaker declared de-clared that tho Madero administration formed a too generous compromiso -with a beaton enemy, but even if Oarranza and Villa should crush' Huorta and murder mur-der or cxilo oil tho prominent followors of the prcsont dictator, -would thoro bo a finish to revolutions in Mexico? Somo have attributed tho revolutions in Central and South America to tho Latin tompcramentand tho -warlike mix-turo mix-turo of Indian blood. It is true that the Latin peoples even in ihiropo aro more inclinod to military revolutions than the Toutonic peoples, but this does not account for tho almost unceaB-ing unceaB-ing etato of rovolntion in many of tho Latin-Americas. Political and social conditions as woll as tomporamcnt'fnust be considered. The Latin-Ame'rican republics aro established es-tablished upon a principlo -which is doomed to failure. Xo free government can long exist whoro the masses of the people aro kopt in ignoranco. In this country it is accepted as a political axiom that to must havo universal education if -we are to maintain our republican institutions, It is trno that the average citizen of tho United States is not a constitutional expert, but ho understands and appreciates the importance im-portance of maintaining law and order, freedom of speech, of tho press and of religion, and of protecting lifo and property. Barbarians cannot realize tho value of such institutions, and the bulk of the peoplo in the Latin-Americas nro barbarious in the sense that they aro kept in a slavery of profound ignorance. Their constitutions aro framed and adopted by a few intellectuals. intel-lectuals. These political documents express ex-press high ideals and aspirations, but thoy cannot be maintained because tho people do not understand any of their principles, and cannot understand them as Jong as thoy aro denied, tho privilege ! of sharing in tho government, and thoy cannot sharo in tho government as long as they aro (kept in ignorance. Another fertile source of revolution should be mentioned. Tho foreign concessionaires, con-cessionaires, -when thoy find conditions unfavorable to their interests, promote and often partially finance a rebellion. In tho end, of course, they got back their expenditure -with extortionato interest. |