New-York tribune., 1886-06-10
suREWD SCHEME OF MIR. Villas.
HOW HE CsEs TIE MEXICAN GoVEkSNENt ~
GET THE UNITED STATES MAILS CARRIED.


GET TIE UNITED STATES MAILS CARRIED.
U,suNGroN. June 9.-The Post Office
schedulo OF departure OF foreign mails from New-fork
,his week presents now feature, in that Tomorrow
,n.iis for Canpeche. Yucatan, Vera Cruz ana other
ueYcan ots are advertised to he taken on the steamer
fgtv of Puepla, OF tue New-York, Cuba anu MeNe"u
Inc Upon this published announcement the question
oro.c Have the Alcxandres rcceded from ther
nosiion ~ This will naturally be tho presumption Win
those who read announcement Tile fact that tue
Mexican postal officials have raned such STORM vi
ohuse upon the Administration for its nigeafdiy' uh-
American policy in the matter Of ocean mail trahspor'a
,,o, that to escape further condemnation from tnat
uarter and to avoid further unpleasant d!poma'c cor
r. rssponlence touching the violation OF the postal treaty
with Mexico the Postmaster General has devisei %
,cheme by which the above mentioned line VIII hereafter
rry the mails Mexican ports and the Mexican "oV
ernment pay the expense therefor
Tho Aexandre Company have contract with
tho Mexican Government to transport Its NAILS put
this contract has not required the company 10
90, the mails from New York It being supposed
that i,ts Government w0uld do that much. since thc
Po.m,s.er- ser tral began his war upon American
stoamshp nss which has worked 80 In the Interest o
foreign co 3ancs the Mexican mails have oeen sent In
varions -oun ,ut ways and resulted in some sharp
correspondence between the Mexican POSTAL officials anu
seuor Romero tn, Mexican Minister, who brought tue
matter to the Official attention OF Postmaster-General
Villas On May 49, Nichoasl NJ Bell. superintendent OF
Foreign Mails, instructed to write to senior Romero
In his lettcr he said:
would suggest that n the agent Of tho Mexican Gov
erumeDt would receive the mails uosllheu Ioi tn"So
Svcxicanl ports at tho New. York Post Oiice, ara
arcomnanv them to the steamer, IL uOWd erpcdttr me
dIirery of The mails to the Mexieau GovernDe"t n
over the question to where and how tie asent sna
come into OF these mails Is matteI Oh det
10 he decided by our Government.
The Mexican Minister then Instructed DI. navarro
the Mexican Consuli at New York, to lay the whole
matt before Aloxandros. and uron the receipt OF
DR. Navarro's report Senior Romero addressed the
Ale1andrcs follows:
undersiaVd that you have objection To receive on
hoard OF your sailing Tor NcKican ports lhe
na sent by the rostu ast at New York o Dc delIy-
cred ny him to our mall agent
To this the Acxanfrcs replied rs follows
We have always been. and are really to carry gras
ali mas that the Mexican Government, las conSnS' t5
mail arcut or Others OF its representatives would send
to our steamers for transportation from New lork UT
from n ydna ports in McXlcO ana also all h1is rom
Wexcan ports and to the United states, or otlrr
Iace ALI OF which according 10 our contract with ho
Mexicau TO yernment. II iOes not eoncorn US as 10 o
manner mail agent may employ 10 tehuer 10 our
ste ,mers the mails for Mexican ports
After so the General tried to
adj to tho little scheme by which he hoped 10 smusgie
tho mails from New York 10 Havana by ihe same ne'
rorosnp that the Mexican mail agent should take hose
mails on board also. BIT the Mexican Government
thinks II ha, done its part well when 1t has paid Tor
Transporting The mails to and from Mexico without
including the Ct an mails. and tho Acxandres aDso-
tcy refused receive them 90 their steamers by any
such uhierhanded arrangement.