Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-03-15
COL. HOUSE WAS
@ ON MISSION
TO BUY N. MEXICO
EXPORT RECEIPTS ON CRUDE OIL AT
TAMPICO ALONE WOULD HAVE
LIQUIDATED THE DEBT.
PERSONS FAMILIAR WITH North
MEXICAN STATES INCLUDED
SAY STORY RIDICULOUS.

1900. 00Q 600 for the five Northern Mex
ico states. including Tamuulpa-. Nucvo
Leon. Coahuila, Chihuahua and sonora.
would nave been N rare bargain counter
purchase. according tu men III Brownsville
familiar with these states and what they
! produce. ~ local man interested III al de-
vclopmeni said that The export lax on crude
oil "a Tampico alone would IN 2 compare
lively few years liquidatc .hc entire debt.
And this does not include the great income
from the immense gold. silver. lead. zinc
and coal mines III the states Ut Nucvu Leon.
Coahuila. chihuahua and sonora.
The entire story. originally published WV
thc Philadelphia Public Ledger. one If the
biggest Of American papers, h regarded y,
men u this city a~ ridiculous. even without
the denial that has come out Of the White
fIouSe ~ Washington.
III addition tn tie mpruhIhiltv that
american statesmen even for "a moment be
Icve that Mexico would accept \ price VIII
that kind for the five states. there II, The
further fact that there i- at the pre- cnt
time III the republic WY government tlat
could take any binding action for such 4
sale. 4 congressional ACT would hc rcrc-
-ary. There wy uo con.rc~~ wv Mexico.
\ staff special from Wa~hingtc1 q, Tic
Houston Post on thc purchase story ay
Al the White House tuda, w ua~ state,
emphaticallv that there h. nothing Tangible
upon which A. u.t-c thr story founded cn
Z ttt..l,- ,ss..t ,t,,,. -l..l 49, 49, -
the rounds If 'hc press ~ the eject tHa,
Colonel II. N. House was charged with th,
mission While abroad " sounding Furop-ar
sentiment upon thc Hdvi-abliiy MI thc
| mtcd State purchasing Northern Mexico
From official sources 40 the Nh.tr
House ramr tho statement, "ull NJ know WI
such q proposal ~ what wc have seen "
Chicago and philadelphia paper"
From the office nf Secretary Tumait,
came th~ statement d. Has mo ~ formation
upon this subject and suggests an inquiry
at the state department" Those close WV
President Wilson branded the story d. ab-
~urd.
nnc prominent government Official -a,d
"Nhai good would ID ,hn tn merely fn e1-
tend thr southern boundary af thr United
states u few miles or y few hundred mile.
VIZ would ~till have Mexico a. the -outl
NJ IT, would WI not. and how would .u
aci 81 purchase put down %outlawry or re-
-t"rc government and ordcrl
u you suppose such Y sale would rep
der CarranZa amy more secure than he Is
today
at ~ or his officials took money for III,
northern STATES of Mexico and left. would
not the United States ~til have to restore
law and order il the remaining Mexican
states n A. all idle talk
MOI only .Arrrdando. representing Car
ranza, bur such foreign ambassadors ~
are supposed ~ know VT the alleged mis-
sion of Colonel House make sweeping DE-
nlals 81 the truth cd the story or uf ever
having heard officially WI Such Y p~rono-aI.
The only Information obtained al the stafp
department wa- q sweeping deniAl. Tic
Philadelphia Ledger. thr latest " thc east
en- paPer~ 70 give currency 10 the story.
today SAYS.
II D. ~ ~ expected that there should
be oihcial denial # 2 matter which has not
yet reached " point where any detail .-an
be- safely made publie and NAV never reach
it,"
Young man. beware 81 the dear eirl who