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Villa himself in this connection. Francisco Villa, a ple-
beian, a man of the people, born in the midst of misery and
unhappiness, brought up among the lower classes; a man
who knew since childhood all the prejudice and persecution
the poor people of Mexico have been subject to for cen-
turies; a man who was able to appreciate through life the
bitterness of the despotism created by a privileged class; a
man practically illiterate, but with a wonderful idea of
Justice and a great common sense, a man who has made
himself through his own efforts. Nobody helped him,
everybody was hostile to him. He came up to the surface
because he had the qualifications, and also because he came
right from the bottom. All the proletaria of Northern )
Mexico who were hungry for freedom and lands, flocked
to him, armed themselves, went to battle, and Francisco
Villa proved to be one of the ablest generals Mexico ever
had. A man like this, had of course to represent that 85 %
of the people who are asking Justice and Rights. The
other man, Carranza, could not understand the miseries
of his people and consequently could not help them. I will
say before going ahead that I am not in favor of speaking
of any individual in particular, but in this case I have to say
something about Francisco Villa, because this man on ac-
count of his humble birth and his lack of education has
been made the target of the "new cientificos" who are try-
ing to prove the world that the principles of Mexican peo-
ple are wrong because Villa the proletarian is a General in
the army defending those principles, and has sworn to give
his last drop of blood for them.
If Villa has been the nucleus of the Northern prole-
tarians, Emiliano Zapata has been the proletarian leader of ^
the South. Zapata is another son of the lower classes and
has been fighting for four years under the banner of LAND
AND EQUALITY. President Madero fell into a trap laid
to him by the "cientificos" when he entered Mexico City,
and consequently could not put into effect the agrarian re-
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Esteban A. Navarro. The Ills of Mexico by A Mexican - Esteban A. Navarro, book, 1914; Chicago, 1914. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth188060/m1/11/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas at El Paso.