New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
Mexican Claims
Due TO Resolution
Flood Committee
Ncw York Tribune
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WASHINGTON. March 90 - The
Mexican Claims Commission, IN ses-
sion at Mexico City, is flooded with
claims against the government, ac-
cording to adviccs received to-day from
the Mexican capital. The commission,
which was appointed to investigate the
various claims by citizens and for
eigners against the government as a
result of the revolutions, has been
in session for several months, but has
not been able yet to make a report
on any one of the claims. Each day
brings many moro claims to be m
vestigated, ranging from the loss of
checks in the mails and failure on the
part of the government to pay bills,
TO the loss of concessions granted
prior to 1910 and since abrogated.
It is estimated that the number of
claims for damage to property during
the Madcro revolution alone will be
about 5000, Of which probably one
third will be filed by foreigners sor
foreign companies.
The claims growing out Of the Car
ranza revolution, it is reported, have
been very numerous, and the number
is SLlli growing.
SO many of these claims have al
ready been filed and they are so varied
in character that the commission has
announced, according to to-days ad
vices, that only those covered by Ar
ticle 10 Of the rules under which the
Claims Commission was authorized and
organized will be considered. All others
are being thrown out without investi-
cation.
Article 10 provides that all claims
must be submitted in writing and
drafted in the Spanish language; that
vouchers must be submitted to prove
that the damage as alleged was actu-
ally sustained, which has been inter-
be produced to show that the value Of
goods lost or damaged was what is
claimcd that the name and home of
each claimant must be shown: that in
case the claimant does not submit his
claim in person, it must be submitted
by some duly authorized and accredited
agent; That the greatest care must be
taken to specify the date and place at
which the damage or loss for which
claim is made took place, and that the
names Of all who 'intervened in anv
way in the case must be given with ad
dresses, and that the amount, in ma
tional gold, of the claim must be ex-
actly given.
Some objection has already been
made to these rules by claimants be-
cause Of the difficulty, and in many
cases the impossbility of presenting
the exact facts in the case involved. 1t
II cited that in the case of checks lost
IN the mails it is impossible to give
either date or place of the loss; and if
the loss were occasioned by robbery of
the train by bandits, which is often the
case in many claims already filed, it
Is impossible to give the names of '"all
those who intcrvcned."
The claims and complaints regarding
the claims are being turned over by the
commission to the individual members
Tor consideration and study The mem
bers conduct their own investigations
OF the claims turned over to them.
Thus far not n single case has been re-
ported upon. The advices state that
the claims filed in February form the
grehtest aggregate in any month so fnr.
1t could not BIZ learned how many of
the claims were filed by American citi-
zenS or corporations.