The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-27
MEXICO MAY ''CUT LOOSE
 FROM U. 5.
Republic of Diaz Receives Zelaya
 Like a Fugitive.
OPIUM DUTIES DISCUSSED
Monument to Lieut.. Thomas L.
 Selfridge to Overlook Potomac
Washington Bureau, United Press As
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Washington Bureau, United Press As
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 Washington, April 27.-Has Mexico decided to cut loose from Uncle Sam and follow it's own course in supervis- ing the political affairs of Central American
 This is becoming a serious question, not only in the United States, but in those republics which have heretofore kept their. eyes on their big neighbors of the north before executing a poli- ~tical coup. There is reason to believe, too that the bonds of mutual inter ted States in keeping the peace in Central America and possibly, with each other, are just about ready to snap.
 The particular occasion for this sur mise was the Nicaragua situation. When the United States could no long CT tolerate the impossible Zelaya, who committed just one crime too many in nlurderihg the two Americans, Mex ico hurriedly sent former Anb bassador Creel to Washington to see if some shown very quickly that something could not be done and Greet went back to Mexico. Of course that should have ended the matter, but it didn't. Mexico and the United States had a1- wayso joined hands on Central Amer ican affairs.
 Together they naQ. arranged the washington conventions by which the five republics had agreed to keep the peace.
 when Zelaya fled, Mexico received him more like a fugitive king than 8 de- spicable tyrant whose career in Nic- aragua would have made Caligula green with envy He was taken aboard a Mexican war vessel and hon or was paid him in every possible way by the government But this was not all.
 zelaya having left, his office fell on the shoulders of Madriz, a more or less constant adherent. and follower in his footsteps The United States did not propose to accept Madriz any more than Zelaya, at least not until he had shown himself in mood. to give some heed to the constitution of Nicaragua. Mexico thought otherwise. Madriz was recognized almost innme- diately and Mexico did it with an air that indicated that if Uncle Sam didn't like it he could put it in his pipe and smoke it. This was a vast contrast between the attitude of the two gov ernments which worked together so Tremendously in arranging the peace conventions of Washington but few years before.
 When the Pan-American conference meets in Buenos Aires next July it will be very embarra ssing if Nicaragua should send delegates who would be recognized by Mexico and ignored by the United States.
 'sHow to make opium might be the popular title of a customs decision just made public by the Treasury De partment.
 Not that the government has any special desire to spread knowledge of that sort regarding a drug which is under the ban of practically every civ ilized nation. But in the course of process, and subject to a duty of only quarter of a cent per pound and 10 per cent ad valoren.
 This contention was upheld by the decision of the Board so the importers were only required to pay from 50 to 80 cents per pound, instead of dol lar.
 It is a common thing, according to all reports, for the small boy who l wa rltS fO see the hall game fn lze 1