Mexico Today. III. Danger on the Right.

The direct Nazi-Fascist threat is slim outside the small heads of the oil companies' propagandists. There are about 7,000 Germans in the republic, of which perhaps 400 are Nazis and another 1,000 Nazi sympathizers. As to the Italians, here as elsewhere they possess few Roman virtues and few Roman vices. The Mexican government sells oil to Italy and Germany, of course — many millions of barrels; it must sell where, it can; it will drop the disadvantageous barter system as soon as democracies give it a chance.