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Show "REPUBLICf PIGS" MEXICAN AGITATOR 80 DESCRIBES DE-SCRIBES UNITED 8TATE8. Wroth at His Failure to Start Revolt of Mexican Worklngmen, with Help from Their Fellow Laborers In America, Mexico City. A letter sent to his brother by lllchurdo Flores Mogon, now In prison ut Loh Angeles, Cnl., nnd sent here to be translated, throws somo light upon tho methods of this ngltntor who tried so diligently to stnrt n rovnlt of tho Mexican working-men working-men nnd overthrow the Diaz administration. admin-istration. Ho snld In this letter that It would bo n good Idea to burn some of tho largor factories bo that tho workmen, being Idlo, would be moro susceptible to ndvlco leading to deeds of vlo lonco. Ho also refers to tho United Stntos ns "n nation of pigs who can not be nrouscd to enthusiasm over anything." Ho contended Hint Roosevelt was allied al-lied with Diaz to enslavo worklngmen. Speaking of American Intervention In case tho revolution succoeded, the otter, as translated, says: "Wo havo thought much over the possible gringo Invasion on account ol tho revolution. It must ho remembered remem-bered that It has been decided not to clrculato tho rovnlutlonnry manifesto for tho precise purposo that Dluz may prepnro hlniBelf and that wo mny be nblo to catch him unprepared. "As regards ltoosevclt, oven should ho not Invade, he would send his troops to thq frontier and wo would miss tho realization of part of tho plan In not being nblo to smugglo comrndes from this nation. Biich as tho various groups In Texas. "Hut that Is not nil. With tho American people nnd tho orgnnlied workmen of this unlnflumonnblo country, coun-try, who nro not susceptible to agltn-Hon, agltn-Hon, only the unions of Ul Paso took action. Beyond this, with tho exception ex-ception of Pnsedctm, there has been nothing of a systematic sort, such as a formal cnmpnlgn In our favor. "Hero nnd thero, from tlmo to tlmo. paragraphs havo nppenred In tho labor or socialist papers, but thoro has been no real campaign In our favor In splto of tho fact that tho collusion of tho two governments is flngrant. "Tho Americans are Incapublo of feeling cnthuslnBm or Indignation. This is really n ropubllc of pigs. "Somo tlmo the grlngoer, will havo to attack us, so If It bo when the peoplo are In rebellion ngalnst Diaz, It will precipitate tho fall of tho dlctn-tor dlctn-tor becauso tho peoplo will boo Roosevelt Roose-velt cloarly as. allied to Diaz to enslave en-slave us, to loso us our nutonomy." |