The Saturday evening post . oose its servantswithout constraint and to enlist the services of those whoare best qualified to transact the business of the nation. Another of the more serious difficulties with which thenew president of the republic will have to cope turns uponthe settlement of the outstanding betweenhis country and foreign nations and in especial upon themeasures which are to render effective Article XIV of theConstitution of 1917, which declares that the clausenationalizing the products of the subsoil—mineral, oil, andso on—shall not have retroactive force. It wou
The Saturday evening post . oose its servantswithout constraint and to enlist the services of those whoare best qualified to transact the business of the nation. Another of the more serious difficulties with which thenew president of the republic will have to cope turns uponthe settlement of the outstanding betweenhis country and foreign nations and in especial upon themeasures which are to render effective Article XIV of theConstitution of 1917, which declares that the clausenationalizing the products of the subsoil—mineral, oil, andso on—shall not have retroactive force. It would be mis-chievous to say aught at the present moment calculated toenvenom a controversy which has already become undulyrancorous. It may not, however, be amiss to make one ortwo remarks which, however obvious, are too often ignoredby professional politicians who live in an atmosphere ofabstractions and phrases. The first is this: The sooner an earnest endeavor ismade to get this embarrassing obstacle out of the way the. smaller will be the sacrifice it will entail. Like the pur-chase of the Sibylline Books, it will turn out to beincomparably more advantageous to conclude the bargainat once than to go on haggling indefinitely over theterms. In the second place, the matter can still be settledsatisfactorily for both sides in harmony with law andequity, for as yet it is merely a dispute between the MexicanGovernment and foreign individuals. But the subject should be tackled without delay and ina genuine spirit of fair play. For if it be postponed orapproached without a firm resolve to arrange it amicably,moral issues, such as that to which I have > elsewherealluded under the name of manifest destiny,* are sureto catch fire and set the interested nations in a blaze. Andthat would constitute the most sinister upshot to what atpresent may be treated as a mere passing misunderstand-ing. To-day this misunderstanding can be settled by anappeal to the canons of logic, jurispruden
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