Mexico on the Verge

299 Pages·1921·5.868 MB·English

by  Emile Joseph Dillon

MEXICO
ON THE VERGE
BY
E. J. DILLON
MEXICO ON THE VERGE
E. J. DILLON

MEXICO
ON THE VERGE
BY
E. J. DILLON
A.uthor of "The Eclip,e of Rua,ia," "Our,elvu
and (},rma,n'V," ''Rmlian Oharacteriatica," etc.
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NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
Copyright, 19S1,
By George H. Doran Company
Printed in the United States of America
TO MY FRIEND
FERNANDO TORREBLANCA
A TYPICAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NEW PROGRESSIVE ELEMENTS
OF REGENERATE MEXICO WHO DRAW STIMULUS FOR SOCIAL
ENDEAVOR FROM INTENSE FAITli IN THEIR COUNTRY'S
CAUSE, UNFLAGGING HOPE IN ITS DESTINIES
AND A HIGHLY CULTIVATED SENSE OF
DOT"2' TO THEIR FELLOWS

CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I INTRODUCTORY
II
II MEXICO'S TRANSFORMATION 14
III MEXICO IN CARRANZA'S DAYS 21
IV MEXICO'S LAST DICTATOR 31
V EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE 37
VI PREPARING THE ATMOSPHERE 48
VII THE WHITE MAN'S PRECIOUS BURDEN 69
VIII THE FOREIGN PIONEER 79
88
IX THE OUTLANDER AND THE MEXICAN
X OIL AND WATER 1101
XI TAXATION OR CONFISCATION? II.2
XII CASTING OUT DEMONS BY BEELZEBUB AND SAVING
MEXICO IN SPITE OF HERSELF • • • 120
XIII MORAL GUARDIANSHIP • • • • • • • • 127
XIV FLAWS IN THE CONSTITUTION OF 1917 • • • 137
XV OIL AND POLITICS • • • • • • • • • • '151
XVI THE NEO-MONROE DOCTRINE • • • • • • • 165
XVII MR. FALL'S MEXICAN PROGRAMME • • • • • 182
XVIII RECOGNITION BY TREATY • • • • • • • 201
XIX THE PUBLIC DEBT AND NATIONAL CRIMINALITY • • 225
XX OBREGON'S TASKS AND DIFFICULTIES • • • • • 245
XXI THE FALL FROM GRACE IN HAITI • • • • • • 265
XXII CONCLUSION • • • • • • • • • • • • 286

MEXICO ON THE VERGE