The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-18
BANKERS CHARGED
WITH ENGINEERING
DIPLOMATIC NOTES
Placing of Bond Issue Believed
to be Part of the
Plot
SCANDAL MAY RESULT
WHEN TRUTH is KNOWN
Ministers of Foreign Nations In
voIved---Anti- American Dem
onstrations in Mexico
Artificial

WASHINGTON. July 1.-The
statement was made today that Jose
Y Lima ntour. who was mir istcr Of
finance In the cabinet of Porfrio Diaz,
when the latter vas president of
Mexico, has directed from Paris an
intrigue which has resulted in me
foreign diplomats accredited to Mexico
making representations to their gov
ernments regarding the failure of the
United States to rec Jgnize thu Huerta
administration.
1t is declared that IL war known
in Washington week ago today ;hst
TIE diplomats in Mexico City w"u ]
represent to their governments that
hey now ~ terrain gra's fears o. The
ra1ety of their citiZans, and tina. te
state department o. at least one al
cial of it had an inkllng as long aso
as last Thursday of what would i,e
done.
Limantour's Scheme
1t Is stated that Limatour's Ian
contemplated these representative III
the hope that at least one Une.Sd
States ambassador or minister 10
European country would be called mt"
the foreign Office OF the cal. it.l
which he Is attached and asked in
formally to inquire of the state de-
partment a. Washington what pros
!
1, Is s;ateG that THIS informal ~
quiry has been made in one CT the
European capitals, Limantour hoping
that the moral effect of the inquiry
and the joint representations by the
Mexican city diplomats of the unrest
there would serve to hasten the pos
shle recognition of Huerta by the
United States.
1t is stated that when the details
OF Limantour's alleged intrigue be-
come known the facts will constitute
one of the greatest scandals ever
known in diplomatic history. Under
1t is said to be money-rlaking
scheme, in which, tits charged, ftuurra
is to share. II is said that the foreign
ers In Mexico City are concerned in
it. and that many of the leading
foreign business men of Mexico city
are To profit financially If the United
States government takes any step
whatever that will enable a syndicate
of French bankers to place for cash
the recently authorized loan 10 the
Mexican government of $50, OF 9, 900.
The recent so-called loan" to Mex
leo by syndicate of foreign bG mixers
is declared to have been farce.
The creditors received per cent
bonds at ninety. in lieu of cash, for
their claims. but the promoters OF the
loan" have been unable TO sell the
remaining $4,000, 900 worth of bonds
authorized for cash. or any part OF
them, and it is declared that they
will not be able to sell them until
the United States recognizes the
Huerta government
Promoters of Loan.
The promoters of the loan" are
the Banco National and the Tanco
Centrale of Mexico City, the two lead
ing financial institutions of the Mex
lean capital, both of which are own
ed by French interests, for whom LII
mantour Is said to have ben acting
in Paris since he has been expatri-
ated there for the past two years.
Just which foreign power had in
quired for a definition of this gov
ernments attitude In the present sit
uation was still unknown officially to-
day, though reports in official circles
mentioned Great Britain and Fra nee.
The denial from Berlin that Germany
had made representations was gem
orally accepted as removing that
country from the list. The report
that the situation had been discussed
by representatives of the powers in
Paris yesterday seemed to strengthen
the belief that France was Interested
1t was pointed out that the French
have heavy interests in Mex co.
French investigators are said to. HAYS
I heavy holdings of Mexican railroad
securities Great Britain's interests
are said to be principally In the Ma
| tional railways and in mining. Ger.
many's interests are said to lie large
I II In agriculture and a nationwide
hardware business.
1 American Losses Greatest.
While American losses are believed
to have been greatest in the revc,u-
ton. English losses also have been
heavy through destruction Of rcil-
road property. French losses, II -
said, have been largely so-called spec
ulative losses. that Is losses Of what
would have been profit had not er.es
of revolutions depressed business.
Both the White House and the state
department continue to observe strict
official silence on the situation, tho
President and Secretary Bryan evil
IDENTIFY awaiting first hand reports
from Ambassador Wilson, who Is ex-
pected here about July 23rd.
From official quarters. however, Il
was learned that the state department
has been informed that the anti
American demonstrations In Mexsc0
City where entirely artificial and Slim
ulated because Of the lack OF rect e
milton of the Huerta government ana
for the purpose OF demonstrating thai
power OF the provisional government
to control them. n:
II. Perez Romero, CONFIDENTIAL A8ent
LOT the "constitutionalists" r Wn1hs
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