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Show MEXICO AGAIN HOLDS THE STAGE. Tbi! riiapatfbr vfterlay oll of Mtdrro'a plemliil i.nrag.- V-t .s tlirouirli tha up hi-aval mi Sunil'iv ttif it of tin- ml Iihh conic ami iIiai lh iron I .. bMMltiaa of hi powfrr ami lcau ill lb iiK'inory of hi v.'i'at utii'le may lie able to rwtorr peacr ami orrlcr, ai-l ibr rivil inuohinery f tbi" kfovernfnfiil to ork uml givei t h.. taunt ry (be iiiiH ti hi' li it ; tti inn -h iif.-ilk h ha. hrfti ruaaonablt !.. i lr a ImtkT lime that Madi-ro . imlil ntvpr cuiiqiU'r a peace, not il tiaimi'linu hia oonfijeiifc. nmJ ii luia l!ii peanmiilil -rl hiii t li ii t h" lias heeti (liniintel in li its eoui.t rynieii, intuiiiniili n I he v did not in I Hrouml him who made war for them to atop the tyrannies of old man fia We uv "tyrannies" "tyran-nies" because Diaz waa a ihrewd old 'hop and he knew tint! no conciliatory policy would do for his countrymen. He knew they would not appreciate ap-preciate it or accept it, and that the only way that thry could he rightly ruled was by a firmness firm-ness which took from them aome of their native rights, hia plea for which was that they were such children that they did not appro, iatc and could not maintain those rights. The long war baa demonstrated the truth of what he said, and if any man triea to jrovern that country trusting to the generoaity and patriotism of the people to auatain him. he will go us Diaz did. end hs Ma-dero Ma-dero may go. Those peoples in Mexico ami 0"tral America need uch h restraining hand to hold them in check aa a stern father ig in a family, until they learn thai a nation that does not regard law or any liherty except liberU under the law. ia a failure and not tit to be free. One would think that whul has been transpiring trans-piring in Mexico would be enough to atop the croakers in con press who are inaiating that the Philippines ahould bo given their freedom. They are not lit yet to be free Added lo the mongrel strain of Mexico, there is a at rain of Malay in the Philippines which makeg thein all the more cruel, all the less fitted to carry on a generous rule at home The diapatchea trom Mexico will be looked forward lo with much solicitude for a few daya to come, because they in a measure will determine deter-mine whether Diaz haa first the confidence of the people, and, second, the needed ability to give to that country an intelligent government in caae he wins over Madero. |