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Show POLICY MUST BE CONSTRUCTIVE That the salvation of Mexico will not come through the work of any of the so-called "patriots" who lead their tatterdemalion armies Into battle Is the opinion of Senor Emeterio de la Garza, one of Mexico's most distinguished distin-guished lawyers, a member of the Mexican congress and son of a Justice of -the Mexican Supreme court, who was in New York city recently. "Mexico's problem is economic and social, rather than political," he explained, "and, of course, can be solved. Land. Finance. They are the two magic words for Mexico. "A constructive policy which not only will repair the ravages of war, but which will repair the still greater ravages that Justly may be laid at the door of the sort of peace the Diaz peace of the mailed hand, armed with a rifle which preceded the present days of war must be put In operation before Mexico even can begin to see the light of hope. "First in this policy must be something of the nature of a financial program, pro-gram, which will temporarily enable the country to transact its internal and foreign business after the anarchy which has come with the protracted war; but even such a policy, were it planned by the greatest genius that the world has ever known, would be certain to be Ineffective unless it had as Its foundation a reform of Mexico's land laws and the erection as a part of her future governmental plan of some system which not only will correct past evils, but which, by giving the peon the Indian population lands of their own, will take the men of Mexico from warfare and make farmers of them. |