El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-24

THE Caranza government in Mexico persists in It's pol
icv Of soaking the foreigner. FoTeigners-Amercans
British French and Spanish; yes and Germans, too-have
made Mexico what she is industray and they are being
penazed for IT, Foreigners operating mines, SHELTERS big
ranches, oil wells are having hard time Of It. Because
they have bult up esaDnens OF value because as lh
result intelligence courage and labor they have,
some instances oec9ine Weailnys snort sgnlec mexican
government IS hoslie toward Jhea hosue IS not 100
strong word Il matters not how vouby Carranza and
his cabinet members may deny any feeling against for
egne their hostility IS too patent CurTylng favor with
The Mexican by policy Of all for Mexico and down
with the foreigners they actually killing the goose
that lays the golden eggs
and only that but he is visiting upon them all manner
Of unjust and c0Hscaory DEGREES the effect OF which VIII
be 10 drve them out Of business-or big foreign army
into Mexico.
As vas pointed out at the time Of its adoption the con-
stuou which president Carranza and his satellites II the
have substituted ror the old constitution one or
the radical documents Of its kind devised It
S0castc not say Bolshevk, and contains the pro
vision which allows the Mexican government to load any
Of burden foreign company and denies the for
gn company the right appeal its government for
protection or redress It seeks TO make Of the foreigner
Mexico without country, forced to accept meeky
whatever may be meted out to him or sacrifice his bust
ness and get cut
The oil industry has been hard hit by the altogether
eEoIhtaut taxation scheme Of the Mexican government and
The oil industry so important the injustice Of the
treatment accorded It threatens result in international
compilations
The British government has registered digniied pro-
test declaring that the decree Of president CaEIanza Is OF
an arbitrary and coufsat0ry character and that the
imposes appalling charge the petroleum industry
the result Of which VII be that an esction Of tribute on
the petroleum industry VIII exist higher than in any Other
country Of the world" II concludes:
For the above reasons his majestys government for
aly and eneTgecy protests against the putting into
effect OF the provisions Of the decree question far
British subjects and British capital and holds the
Mexican government responsible for loss and damage
Which might result 10 English subjects and capital as
consequence Of the decreen
To this protest, foreign minister Gen Candida Aguar
made typical Csrranza reply saving:
The Mexican government does recognize the right
or any foreign oouHtyto protest against Of this
lure coming from the right to exercise interior sovereignty
and IN consequence cannot accept the responsibility levi
IDENTIFY the responsibility imposed in the British note)
The French government has also protested that the oil
foreign OIL firms
AguilaT little disposed to be couciliatory in his
reply 20 me French note saying he did admit the right
france 10 protest. but that the interests of French
stockholders would be protected There Is no evidence
however tHat this has been done II were done If
finn stoooers received favored treatment than
s accorded British and American and other foreign stuck
eminent &c
II vieE Of the British and French protests If i mira
nle hat the American government IS silent sIthooh tbar
ere highly important American interests IN the -
alc and the Americans are as much u1posed rno5 in
ne matter Of taxation the other foreigners WIN i
AnaIan government always last Of the powers TO
loTa protection to Its nationals IN Wexco7 Tba +s+ =
4IeHt long ago gave the Carranza government some
a O md inng that It considered the oil decree rnfai-
ernitani5 but apparently let the matter drop there
Our government should have backed m LII s-Ls.
ne British and French protests II We sra 70 Ei -
eoelIlne and expect the foreign powers 10 respeef
sae-egaIed supervision Of affairs on The A-sTics
ointment shan have to straqbte7 ont 5ifI.S~
1-ise OtherElse these European governments iii
e o1hged TO step n and settle them themselves and 10
-'l5Ioe aoetTl1e vii go glimmeriHg +
nat the oil decree must be n7o57fe5 A o- =.. i
o- olner power or combination Of powers rsr- +
21A iu1 granted The Carrauza government - = =
-e-io - Ssles with excessive taxes and its con "
- - loleis1 powers must observe Stands off, 4
lon1y because this is internal matter viii mo- III