Arizona republican., 1916-09-16
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NEW LONDON, Conn. Sept. I5.-A suggestion that the Mexican govern ment create a constabulary for border duty similar to the rurales of the Diaz regime was made today during a brief session of the American Mexican joint week of it's deliberations Apparently the plan for a joint police force pre- viously discussed was abandoned as impracticable after the commissioners had conferred with Major General Tas- ker II. Bliss, of the United States army.
 The three Mexican commissioners left for New York tonight to join in the celebration there tomorrow of the Mexican national holiday arranged by consular officials. Dr. John R. Mott, of the American commission. is absent on personal business. but his assistants, Secretary Lane and Judge Gray. are devoting their time to a study of tele- graphic reports from the border and the interior of Mexico transmitted by the state and war departments.
 General Bliss 1t was learned. made the joint commission a dispassionate statement of the situation he believed would follow General Pershing's with drawal from Mexico before a properly constituted constabulary is created to relieve his troops. IL is understood he pointed out problems in the way of an effort to create a border police under dual authority.
 There isfreason to believe tAe Amer ican commissioners have sought to i'm press their Mexican conferees with the view that Mexico must recognize re- sponsibility for the depredations her nationals may commit on the border if good relations are to he unimpaired. The whole question of creating a non- military force to hunt down bandits in their hill retreats Is based on this feel ing. and 1t is believed the suggestion that the Carranza government under take this task for itself as an inter- national obligation came from the Mexican commissioners.
 The theory is that a force of care fully selected mounted police could be disposed in small posses in the hill country. The chase would become an individual pursuit rather than a mili- tary movement which becomes inef- iective if the bandits scatter and mingle
 with peaceful residents The police would check up the comings and goings Of every man in suspected com
 munity. Moving swiftly and unham-
 pered by women camp followers. it is believed, Mexican military force could
 do much toward putting a stop to
 banditry. The American commission
 CTS are not disposed to stand upon any
 technical laws but to deal with the situation as one of fact. taking into consideration social and economic con ditions.
 Other questions it has been planned 10 discuss next week are plans for the consideration of claims of American citizens against Mexico; allegations of American property owners in Mexico | that their property is being confiscated by excessive taxation or by decrees providing for forfeiture; the right claimed by the government to take over lands owned by foreigners on the ground that the property has not beer used during the period when it was Impossible to get to them to operate | them. and the consideration of de- | crees under which American citizen. | have been driven out of Mexico or no | permitted to practica their profession!
 or carry on their business, contrary [,
 treaty regulations.