Does Mexico Face Rebellion?

The article discusses the Mexican presidential elections. All presidential elections in Mexico are overshadowed by the question: Will the transfer of power be effected by peaceful means, or will the candidate counted out try to seize by force of arms what he was unable to win at the polls? As July 7, 1940, approaches, Mexico begins to hold its breath in anxiety about what the immediate future may bring. The difference between the coming contest and the numerous putsches since 1920 is that the previous upheavals, although of varying severity, were hardly more than quarrels over the spoils between members of the ruling clique; only incidentally if at all were genuine social antagonisms involved.