The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-15
MEXICAN CONDITIONS
/ IMPROVING RAPIDLY
? SAYS SENIOR CREEl

Los Angeles, Cal, June l4.-Enri'
.uue C. Creel. twice Mexican ambassa.
Dor TO the United States, minister OF
Foreign affairs in the cabinet OF Por'
brio Diaz and for many years governor
i of the Mexican state OF Chihuahua'
| now living In exile In Los Angeles. has
. lust divulged for the first time how
. The CarranZa government has returned
| 20 him his family securities valued at
more. than 81 200, 600 and other valuable
property. He told, also. his belief that
conditions In Mexico are rapidly I'M
proving.
The securities, hidden in two large
boxes since 1914, have been restored TO
his sons. Edward and Salvador, who,
under the name of Creel Brothers, CON
Quoted banking establishment In the
City of Mexico. To the former MeNi'
can ambassador has been returned his
family home in the Mexican capital.
"As yet" said Senor Creel, my
estates have not been returned to me,
but, as conditions in Mexico are stead
lily improving believe they soon Will
be-"
when the first revolution came in
1914" recalled Senor Creel, my sons
packed away in two large boxes securi'
ties owned by clients of Creel Brothers
and valued at more than Sl,OOO,OO0.
together with valuable paper of my
own. The boxes We're placed for safe
keeping in a vault at the Banco Cen
tral Mexican, in Mexico City.
THE forces which captured the city
n hon
ID .Ihe capitol where they have been
Aging for more than four years. In
that period, the government has been
making an investigation to learn II
Creel Brothers had been involved in
political Vaccinations against it. Re
Gently the official report that the es-
tablishment had been guilty of no po-
litical activities was made and the gov
ernment directed the return of the Sc
curities and of my residence in the
capital.
"As my sons now are living in the
United States, the boxes We're return
ed to their attorney, Francisco c. Ter
razas, in Mexico City, who has dis
tributed them to clients of Creel Broth
ers. Nothing was missing"
SenOr treCl, now ABOUT OU years Olu
short, with gray mustache is living
here in sem-seclusion. Since he left
his native country nearly five years
ago he has not returned but through
his correspondence with friends in
Mexico he has become convinced that
"a better day is dawning there"
This view is held also by Adolfo Car
rillo. formerly Mexican consul here,
who has just returned from Mexico
City, where he had Il conference with
President Carran2a.
business is booming in the Mexican
capital" declared Senor Carrillo.
There is plenty of money. One sees
only gold and silver. Laborers are
now paid $3.50 day, as compared with
81 a day several years ago.
"President Carranze told me he wei
comes Americans and American capital
but that he does not believe any one
Nhould have a monopoly in any bust
IAsss."
Jose Cara Zertuche, recently ap-
pointed Mexican consul here also de-
clares conditions in Mexico are rapidly
returning to normal. He said he did
not take seriously the recent proclaim
ing by Villa forces of General Felipe
Angeles as provisional president of
Mexico and of Francisco Villa as secre-
talV of war