The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-22
IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL
ASKED BY CAKRHNLA

Washington. kuge5t fl Immediate
withdrawal Of be Ansria troops now
on the trait oC baA1As in northern
Mexico was asker toJay by Mexican
Ambassador BagIes 8ho called at
the state denar,~ erl to present a
formal protest iton ne carranza gov
eminent
The tex Of the est was not made
public, and oifa'.s would not discuss
it furthsr ths.u t3 4y that no reply had
been mace
Al the VS. depa ttment it was said that
no hd0llicrai Jorts on the operations
or tle "a forces had been received
sral Diekman, command
1artment. The troops
uto 4dexico and some army
ina before they return they
RI bgndits from the stretch
~ niles south of the border
ArG operating.
Nhetbrr reply to the Mexican pro-
-es VIII oe sent has not been announced.
such frotests have been made heretofore
slho drawing response. officials re-
E4fa' & them as having been submitted
L. y, for the record.
Ahe American forces went into Mexico
on hot trail seeking the bandits who
held the American army aviators, Lieu
tenantsi Davis and Peterson, for ran
som, and it was indicated today that the
Mexican protest would not hasten their
withdrawal.
KEEP TAB ON MEXICO
Daily advices to the state department
are keeping officials here informed as
to the state of public opinion in Mexico
as reflected in the newspapers of Mexico
City. Reports received today show a
general belief in the capital that fail
ure to solve the petroleum problem is an
important factor in the present strained
relations between Mexico and the United
States
The Universal is quoted as saying that
official opinion in Mexico demands a
change in the cabinet.
Undoubtedly the key to our differ.
ences lies in Article q of the constitu-
ton as it affects petroleum" the paper
says. This fact must be faced squarely
and periodically"
The paper then expresses dissatisfac-
ton because the house is wasting time
discussing the labor law, which must
and will be vetoed because of the wild
it contains" and adds:
Some think that in order to bridge
the. crisis mere regulation of Article
II will not be sufficient, but it is i'm
perative that it be amended prudent
iy and judiciously. Some hold that if it
is interpreted in a liberal spirit and
free from the bolshevik tendencies
that inspired it's framing at Quere-
taro, it would be sufficient. Possibly
it will be enough if Article 81 is in
terpreted in such a way as clearly not
to give it any retroactive effect"
PAPER SCORES GOVERNMENT
Excelsior comments on Ambassador
Fletcher's extended stay in washing
ton and finds a connection betw cen this
and Lord Harmsworths recent an
nouncement that Great Britain would
not send any dipl> tic representa-
tive to Mexico unit ne alter country
changes it's pol'cy 5sg rd foreign cap
ital, or. as Ektei s'5f Yafs 1t, until
our governrsen hs& seem ii, y modify
it's attituGe Pr rtaAr f0reign CAPT
tall in wore uni sss gives eff
feet to gsics. S. ~ as constitution and
settle tne petrol Sara problem"
In another article captioned "The
Nation Has the Appearance of ar
Enormous Eorpse," Excelsior says
among the obstacles to better inter
national relations are the articles OF
the constitution of Queretaro so mimic
al to foreign capital The pseudo
socialiStic attempts of the constitution
al convention of 1917 could not fail to
hear this hitter fruit