The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . GREETINGS TO THE FIRST CHIEF Caranza was welcomed by the Minister of ForeignAffairs FIRST SESSION OF THE CONGRESS By raising their right hands the delegates took the oathof office tion which the congress gave them spoke eloquently the factthat the peoples day had arrived. The clearest indication of the popular victory in Mexicois the program of reforms outlined by General Carranza asnecessary for the country if she wishes to make her place in theworld as a center of commerce and industry. The most im-portant of the measures advocated are: A divorce law to p
The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . GREETINGS TO THE FIRST CHIEF Caranza was welcomed by the Minister of ForeignAffairs FIRST SESSION OF THE CONGRESS By raising their right hands the delegates took the oathof office tion which the congress gave them spoke eloquently the factthat the peoples day had arrived. The clearest indication of the popular victory in Mexicois the program of reforms outlined by General Carranza asnecessary for the country if she wishes to make her place in theworld as a center of commerce and industry. The most im-portant of the measures advocated are: A divorce law to place the family relationship on a basis oflove, and a law defining the nationality of the children bornin Mexico. The divorce laws were shaped after a carefulstudy of those of the United States. Labor laws to fix minimum wages and maximum hours oflabor, and calculated to abolish the hideous state of peonagewhich has existed in many different parts of the measures to prevent strife between labor and capital. Abolishment
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