Bisbee daily review., 1906-01-14

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 The report was received in Douglas l yesterday that Americans and foreign 1 CTS in general were, by an order from the government at the City of Mex ico, barred from denouncing mining claims in the state of Sonora. without special permission from the City of Mexico.
 The report also included some other properties which aliens were disabled from acquiring under the order. The report was the cause of some excite ment on the streets yesterday and of much more today. Douglas has many scores of people who make prospect ing in Sonora a business during the greater part of the year, and the ef- fects of the order will be keenly felt for time-untii people can adjust themselves to the new order of things.
 In a matter, which so nearly coa-I cerns the people of Douglas the In-' ternational-American has made an eff
 fort to give the facts, So far as ob- tainable. to it's readers, and the fore going telegram from Cananea is the
 result in confirmation of the report. Following is another and fuller re- port received at Bisbee:
 Bisbee, Jan 11.--News of a sweep ing proclamation of large importance
 to those anticipating investment and in
 brought to Bisbee yesterday from Can | anea by George Motts, who had been there on business connected with the Brooks Consolidated Mining com pany. ... ] The proclamation is issued from government offices at Mexico City. It provides that no alien in Mexico may
 make mining locations or secure the
 same, or secure lands for municipal
 enterprises in the state of Sonora or
 in Lower California without securing
 special privilege to do so from the
 national government Municipal" as used in the proclamation, is taken to
 cover townsites and manufacturing
 enterprises of all sorts. a The proclamation was received in
 Cananea on Sunday and became of
 public knowledge on Monday. It be- came effective on receipt. Those who fhave had entrance to Sonora or Low CT California for the purpose of secur- ! ing mining lands or engaging in man Iufacturing or real estate enterprises, therefore, may not now do so without operating through Mexico City to se-
 cure the special privilege that is stip- ulated in the proclamation. AmGri- cans and other foreigners in Sonora
 and Lower California who now hold title to interests there are secure, but
 they may not add to their holdings without securing special privilege.
 The proclamation does not state the manner in which special privilege may be secured, nor whether it will
 be granted upon application. The in-
 ference is, however, that application
 for privilege will have to be made to i the government mining department
 in Mexico City or to such other de- partment that the privilege desired
 may come under the head of, and that
 following this the department inter-
 ested will make examination and de- eide whether it wishes to extend the
 requested privilege to the seeker.
 | Mining men in the city last night
 who were talked with regarding the
 matter expressed the opinion that t
 was one of vital importance to So- nora and Lower California, and that the loss of the two states through re- ltarding, if not losing. the investment lof capital and the making of increased general activity would be such that lthe national government after a
 short trial would discontinue the rul- ling. However this may be, the proc Iiamation will undoubtedly for the immediate present baIk the plans Of many Americans. and for those wao
 have not all their papers fer holdings lin the states may cause serious less.
 Those who are in on good thiags liu the Mexican states and have clear titles to their holdings naturally have
 some elf-congratulations coming