Arizona republican., 1906-04-23
NO DEAL PENDING
 FOR CALIFORNIA BAJA
Semi-OfhCial Denial of a Widely
 Published Story.

Several of the border ncwsps. pcrs nave lately been printing stories of nr- sniiati ''is of this Sovor- n;t Ut v!jh the government of Mexico for the pur- chase of lower California. and some nave gone so far as to igJintate that the leal has been practically conclud- ed
 Mexican Consul A. Pima of this city sends to The Republican the following from the Mexican Herald Co show the baseless character of these stories:
 "A good many American newspapers have recently published alleged te;e- grams purporting to have been sent from tnis city and from Mazatlan, but in all probability originating on the border. to the effect that Mexico is willing to sell the Peninsula of Lower California to the United States and Is about to open negotiations with the American government to that end.
 This statement is not only false but also absurd and calumnious.
 The government could not ic it would. and would not if it could sell Lower California to the United States or to any other power for that mat ter
 It could not if it would. as the
 
 inch of the national territory.
 Tt would not if it could. for the req son that not only would such an act be diametrically opposed to the patri- otic antecedents and sentiments of General Diaz and the members of his government, but that-supposing for a moment the impossibility-even if il were disposed to entertain such a project, the people of Mexico would affix to 1t their strongest reproba ton.
 On the other hand, there is abso- lutely no reason why Mexico should want to sell Lowe California and there are no special circumstances at the present time that give any par ticular pertience to the discussion or that can have afforded any founda- tion in fact for the preposterous TumOrs in question.
 Whether those rumOrs originated in mere stiffness or in malice can be nothing but a theme of speculation Certain it is, however, that reports of this nature appearing in the Ameri- can papers do a great deal of harm. They do harm because they wound the legitimate susceptibuities of the Mexican people in point as to which they are peculiarly sensitive. and thus
 
 distrust and suspicion which. in these days when the relations of the two governments are so cordial and sat- isfactory and commercial intercourse between the neighboring nations is constantly increasing, ought to be fast 
 "The governments of the United States and Mexico are working just now in entire accord. particularly ir. regard to the preparations for the coming Pan American conference. And 1t is to be regretted that irres- ponsible sensationalism in the manu- fracture of news should to some ex- tent tend to counteract the realization of the full benefits that ought to flow from this practical entente between the chancelleries of the two powers.
 Such rumors do harm to Americans and American interests in Mexico. for. by furnishing d spacious theme for anti American tirades on the part of journals which exploit ancient ani- mosities, they are an obstacle to that complete frankness and unreserved friendliness of intercourse which ought to prevail between the peo- pie of the sister republics We would not, of course, be under