"The insurrection which we−or rather which General Calles has just suppressed−," said President Emilio Portes Gil of Mexico last week, "will prove, I am sure, to have been highly beneficial to the country."
The paradox of a "beneficial insurrection" is readily explained. The revolt was led openly by several Generals of the Army and Governors of Mexican States (TIME, March 11, et seq.), who had machinated secretly against Plutarco Elias Calles when he was President and later against his staunch friend President Emilio Portes Gil. So...
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