Show a ar r r ar a FATE Of NATION N y DEPENDS ON Y x 1 w F t tF tw 08 ORREGO II i If i He Cannot Save Mexico No Man Can Is thet the w i Accepted Opinion t i T Ralph H H. Turner United Press Fress staff cor cor- F rt lias has Just lust emerGed from Crom Mexico k II after spending a year there during which C Carranza fell Cell and the new administration c Into power lie He is 15 Yell well acquainted I Alvaro Obregon the new president Who silo goes 0 5 In Into ino o office today Turn Turner er i In 19 1 t i I whit article vr lC his f tells e inauguration sa his impressions means 80 of to oO Mexico tte and and IJ u th thi United States al 1 1 If 1 BY RALPH H. H TURNER URNER ij United Press Staff Correspondent dent W e NEW YORK YORE Dec l 1 Alvaro Alvaro r Obre Obre- 1 F g eon gon n. n who today became president of or i s Mexico is believed by the majority ot oft l I Mexicans to be the strongest most it capable leader in the republic He r represents Mexico's greatest hone hope in ini her struggle to recover from the chaos i ti Into which she has been plunged by ten years of ot revolution Can Obregon save Mexico Is the q question estion the writer has been asked re repeatedly ro- ro re- re 4 since his departure from MexIco Mexico Mex Mex- ic ico City fifteen days ago That query query t can only be answered in this way wayt If It Itt t Obregon cannot save Mexico then itis it itis itis is extremely doubtful whether Mexico t has bas another man who can do even as aa ass s well w ll HER LAST CHANCE S Mexico today has the best chance to tomake toi tot t i make good that has presented it itself itI it it- I sel self in ten years And according to toone f on ono one opinion voiced south of ot the Rio Grande it is also her last chance I a Obregon is a forceful character character- aggressive and and anda a natural lead leader r ofF of ot r F men men and and is fully cognizant of ot his c country's problems Moreover he has doe declared lared on repeated occasions that he heI I do all in his power to promote cooperation co cooperation co co- operation with the United States But Obregon's task is a tremendous 1 t one It is true that the chief internal i problem pacification problem pacification of ot the country country- x has been virtually achieved by byte the six six I a 0 months' months provisional administration o oY of Y II President de La Huerta It remains for Obregon however to consolidate I J a the disgruntled elements both past and ands s and r put nut ut them to work I J LABOR SITUATION N i J From Prom a domestic standpoint Mexico's Mex Mex- ico's leos rebel situation is overshadowed I by her labor problem In the last few mon is strikes have assumed a nationwide nation- nation j I wide character and frequently have ha havet t been tinged by a red co complexion I i Mexico feels that thai full prestige canI cannot can- can canI I I 5 not be obtained for tor her government until un- un t 1 til tit that government has been been i I r f by the United States It i s this r recognition hat Me Mexico ico desires most ost t i today Th The quickest way wv W y to to attaint attain t I recognition recognition and and Obregon knows ws it itis itis it- it is to begin the translation on of promises into act actual aI performances |