BarbarousMexico JOHN KENNETH TURNER

J40 BARBAROUS MEXICO
lution. Armed revolution on the part of the decent
and most progressive element is strong probability
of the early future. When the revolution starts
American troops will be rushed to the border and
made read y to cross in case Diaz is unable to
cope with the revolt alone. If the American army crosses
it will not be ostensibly to protect Diaz, but to
protect American property and American lives. And to
this end false reports of outrages upon Americans, or
danger to American women and children, will be delibcratdy
circulated in order to arouse the nation to justify
the crime of invasion. That will be the time for decent
Americans to make their voices heard. They will expose,
in no uncertain terms, the conspiracy against democracy
and demand that, for all time, our government cease putting
the machinery of state at the disposal of the despot
to help him crush the movement for the abolition of
slavery in Mexico.