New-York tribune., 1920-09-12
Mexico Hopes
ForRecognitio1n ON
Above ALI Else
Government Puts Reliance
i'm Its Good Behavior of
Last few Months to Win
Favor of Many Nations
Business Runs Smoothly
However, All Intercourse 1s
Unofficial; Belief Prevails
u. S. Will Send am Envoy
BY George E. Hyde

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 2.-Were some
international fairy princess to offer
Mexico one wish there is little ques-
tion that Mexico would wish for Arecog-
milton. One runs into the question at
every turn, both in the Office Of the
government and in business and social
circles. The Mexican people feel at
present that they have been left out
in the cold long enough and that it is
time that they were allowed to come
in and sit by the fire.
The Mexican Foreign Office, under
the hand of Miguel Covarrubias, now
Minister to the Court of St. James's
and more recently, under DR.. Cuth-
berta. Hidalgo, acting Minister Of For
eign Relations, has tried to make be-
iieve that everything was quite all
right and that international amity and
intercourse remained uninterrupted.
Business has been conducted as
usual, even with Great Britain, with
which intercourse had been broken off
for many months. With the majority
of nations the intercourse has been
conducted OF, basis of cordiality
which has seldom characterized Mexi-
can international affairs in recent
years.
Unofficial Intercourse
In spite of any efforts to make things
appear regular however, all diplomatic
intercourse between Mexico and other
nations is being carried on unofficially.
Members Of the diplomatic corps have
carefully abstained from anything
which might be construed as commit
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ment Of the de la Huerta regime.
Two nations, Spain and Argentina,
went so far as to consider diplomatic
intercourse interrupted, and a few
rather disagreeable incidents occurred
in consequence. Finally, both the Span
ish and Argentine foreign Offices dis
covered that they had more to lose
than to gain by too strict an adher-
ence to the letter Of international pre-
eedent and quietly resumed business.
Although outwardly everything is as
It should be, Mexican diplomats
abroad are not yet received officially
and foreign agents here have not pre-
sented their credentials. The new Ger
man minister has been in the capital
for some weeks, but has made no move
to place himself on an official basis.
The single exception to the rule is in
Paris, where Alberto PAM, the Mexi-
can minister, continued through from
the Carranza regime and where he has
continued to be received officially as
though nothing had occurred to inter
rupt the placid course Of political
events here.
Expect U. s. ENJOYS
Official Mexico to-day is entertain
ing a slight hope that political events
in the United States may induce the
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of the situation here and that the good
behavior of the last three months
might not be wasted. High officials
are known to entertain belief that
Washington may send new am
bassador here just to spite the Re-
publican Congress and to show how,
apparently, the Democratic policy has
worked out.
There is also belief that the re-
cent declarations of the Democratic
Vice-Presidential candidate on the
status of Latin American nations in
the league might induce some one Of
the South American countries to break
away from the tutelage Of the United
States and extend friendly hand to
Mexico.
The isolation in which Mexico has
been left has not been without its
benefits to the new regime here. On
the fall of Carranza, the problem of
the pacifcation of the country was
the question Of vital moment and one
which had to be solved before any
thing erse could be considered. The
absence of wholesale protests and rep
reservations from foreign governments
such as deluged the Carranza foreign
Office at that time would have been
very inconvenient if not disastrous.
These protests and representations
the files awaiting the day when Mexico
Is ready to talk about them. There
have been unofficial protests and ex-
pressions of opinion, but like an ar
gument over the telephone, they lack
punch.