El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-16
MEXICO AWAITS
AMERICAN HELP
Juarez Commercial Men
Bring Messages Of Friend
ship to ROtarians.

r. Paso and Juarez Joined hands So
cially Thursday noon at the weekly
luncheon CT the Rotarians and vowed
to cement the growing social and com
merciaI relations between the United
States and Mexico. FL Paso was rep
resented by the Rotarians. city attor-
. Eey j. II. McBroom and John NJ.
Wyatt. president Of the chamber Of
/ commerce. and Juarez was represent
cd by officers Of its chamber Of COM
merce, invited guests Of the Rotary
American capital viii find Mexico's
/ arms wide open TO receive il. said
I Angel Martinez, president OF Juarez
/ chamber. The new organization on
/ the other side has much 10 learn from
/ EI Faso, he said. Attention was called
+ TO a trade excursion into Mexico be-
/ ing arranged by the FL Paso and Jua-
rez chambers ard Rotarians were all
invited to Join. Let US hone said
senior Martinez, that the border line
may soon become an imaginary one"
NeNicHns Wish 10 Cooperate.
Is e desire 10 cooperate with YOU
in the utmost extent in fostering the
friendly social relations and the
growing business cooperation between
Fl Paso and Juarez," said Ulysses Iri-
COY en-, first vice president Of the Jua-
rez chamber.
We wait for the American mind,
American organization. American cau-
ital. and American work in Mexico
and are ready to receive you cor
dla4ll- said Rafael SaidauO. secretary
OF the JuareZ chamber He spoke az
some length on NeNicO's new coustitu-
ton. which, he said, was not iuimicaI
10 foreigners, but provides that the
courts be open 20 everyone at al
times
New Consul General Pleased.
1T is very pleasant 10 note the
spirit OF friendship and cooperation
evidenced here between FL Paso and
Juarez and II shall be my aim to per-
petuate DO, said Mexican consul Ken
ersl Guillermo n. SeEuin, who acted
as Interpreter for the other speakers F
and delivered short address himself /
Wyatt says Interests Identical.
Inc interests Of Ell PasO and Juarez
and the United States and Mexico are
Identical said John NJ Wyatt. presi- .
dent Of FL Paso chamber of COM
merce- Let us put the sentiments ex- /
pressed here ln action, so that the
friendly relations spread all along the .
Rio Grande and north and south there +
from until the two countries are one Ia T
spirit and trade
Pleads for Better understanding.
w need each others products .
continued M Wyatt, 'and there Is no I
section better fitted to teach this fact F.
TO the two republics than FL PasO AND T
Juarez- From this time on let there /.
be no differences nor misunderstaud- /
lnEs between the two cities. Let US F.
hope too, that all the young Ameri- ]
can men learn Spanish in order that I
vantage"
Robert Krakauer. president Of the .
Rotary club, followed Mr.. Wyatt with +
the suggestion that Spanish may he .
learned az the college Of FL Pas0. ]
spanish Is required study in the
commercial course he said.
Glad Rotary Not Selfish.
speaking for the city OF FL Paso. ]
Mt McBroOm said that the CITY off
Gals were always glad TO cooperate
with the Rotary club. because its
suggestions are not based on selfish
or political motives. 1T seems fit
ting them he said, that Rotary be
the means Of connecting the social
and commercial relations between FL
Paso and JUarez."
In union there is strength" said
Martes hernandez, a visitor from Chi
huahua City. He noted the growing
friendly relations all along the border.
and hoped the contagIOn would grow
lie TOO extended the invitation. we
wait American capital and energy I'D
Chihuahua"
Making II Better for Americans.
AmhrOsIo Escudero, Juarez's dele
gate to the recent commercial con-
gress at Mexico City. said we were
glad TO receive a telegram OF coopera-
ton from the FL Paso chamber at thar
meeting" Earnest efforts were set
in motion there. he said. TO remove the
difficulties they realized American
merchants encountered in Mexico. but
he reminded his hearers that the laws
IN Mexico were not originally formed
by merchants, and that reforms had
10 be made for everyone
hayser Encourages Mexican Visitors
The meeting was brought to a
close by a talk from Edgar W. Kay
ser. in Spanish, expressing the appre-
citation of the Eotarisns for the visit
Of the Juarez delegates and telling
them that he believed a perfect UNI
Outstanding would soon be brought
about between the people OF the two
cities by such meetings.
President krakauer. in dismissiuE
the meeting. said it seemed like old
times TO have the Juarez and FL Paso
people gathering together He said
DE saw no reason why there should
not be return to former conditions
when II Pasoans and Iuarez were one o.
socially and were more closely allied +
I'm business.
The grill room. where the meeting
was held, was decorated with Amert-
can and Mexican flags