The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-11-21


foreigners, Americans and Europeans,
were treated on an equality, as Presi- |
dent Diaz welcomed foreign capital
and accorded equal privileges to con-
cessionaries. The American oil mon
opoly had long planned to extend its
operations to Mexico, and was greatly
disturbed when English capitalists in
vaded the Mexican oil fields.
eff reports based on something more
than mere rumor are reliable, the
American oil monopoly had no small
share in the events that led to the ex-
pulsion of President Diaz and the sue
cess Of Senior Madero.
at is, fact, and not mere rumor,
that Americans enjoyed the favor of
Senior Madero and intrigued against
British interests, and 1t is also a fact
that since General Huerta came into
power the Americans have lost their
advantage and the English are in a
better position than they were.
"Rumor has it that the Americans,
convinced that there is nothing to be
hoped for from General Huerta, are
financing General Carranza, and will
look for their reward if he comes into
power.
1.-THE oil-fields of Mexico are SO en-
ormously rich, and assure such great
wealth to their possessors, that it is
not slrprizing there should be keen
rivalry on the part of great financiers
to secure their control, or that both
sides should use the disturbed politii-
cal condition of the country to their
advantage
So high an authority as DR.. Emile
Joseph Dillon AYERS in The Contem-
porary Review (London) that we are
disgruntled because Europe has got
the best of us in the Mexican markets,
and hence we oppose every Mexican
government that refuses to give us
! special favors. He writes
"Of late years every stone has been
| turned by Americans for the purpose
of obtaining firm economic hold of
! Mexico Industrial companies and
commercial firms have set themselves
| to bring about so-called reciprocity
treaty with Mexico, whereby Mexican
raw materials would be admitted into
the United States in return for the adj
mission of American manufactured
wares into Mexico. For, strange
though it may appear, American man
ufactured goods have not yet been
able to displace those of British, Ger
man, and French workmanship, in
spite of the juxtaposition of the two
countries and of the cheap railway
communication they enjoy. The re-
ciprocity' arrangement would, it was
erican exports, and GUST those of Eu-
ropean origin from Mexican markets.
But the Mexican government has new
er swerved from the principle of CIV
ing equal opportunity to all foreign
countries in the shape of the most
favored-nation treatment, with no
privileges to any neighbor. And this
attitude was calculated to turn Amer
leans with an ak to grind against the
Mexican government, by whatever pa
triotic party it may be carried on.
Mexico's statesmen held that the least |
they had right to expect from Euro
Fpean states in return for this policy of
equal opportunity to ALI would be
friendly neutrality in the diplomatic
struggle which it must of necessity |
precipitate between the two republics.
And they now complain that this mod
est hope has not been realized
OF railway and oil rivalries this
weIl-informed and authoritative writ
er continues as follows:
"The railway policy of the Mexican
government likewise engendered bit
terness in the minds of patriotic |
millions of pesos the ministers of
General Diaz, and in particular his
finance minister, Senior Liamantour,
bought back over 10000 kilometers of |
railways, retained over half the shares
for the state, and sold the remainder to |
Mexican company. This patriotic
and statesmanlike action caused heart
burnings among the financiers of the
New World and their friends, who
treasured up their ire until the insur-
rection supplied them with an auspi- |
cious opportunity to translate it into
acts. In like manner the exclusive rule
of the American Standard Oil Com
pany in the petroleum markets :. Of
Mexico was broken, and now Brit
ish company, known as Aguila, is
struggling with that great firm for
the mastery.
"Those are some of the manifesto
| tiOns of Mexican policy which Yankee