New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-12
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rites Secretary Colby



+ CREENCAsTLE, Pa. July II (By
fSe Associated Press). Warming
] .xsinst premature recognition of the
Nav Mexican government was given
lie Administration to-day by Henry
4 Fletcher, former Ambassador to
Mexico.
rotary of State, he urged that in no
xsse Should the recognition OF the de
4 Huerta regime be other than that
a de facto character, with the un-
! ,derstanding that even this would be
withdrawn should subsequent events
prore that It was prematurely ex-
{ fended
Mr.. Fletcher's letter resulted from
negotiations now in progress between
the State Department and DR.. Iglesias
CtIderon. Mexican High Commits
!. s;oner to the United States, regarding
recognition of the new government at
Z Mexico City.
3 Dr.. Calderon has assured the Ameri-
Z an government of the desire of the
rev regime to live up to the obliga-
tons of q government, but Mr.. Fletcher
IN his letter suggested that before any
I recognition was extended an informal
authorities that American citizens
would not be deprived of their prcp-
erty rights without compensation and
that such property rs they were de-
prived of during the Carranza regime
I without compensation would be re-
turned to them.
: Mr. Fletcher was the Amer ican AM
: bassador to Mexico during the Car
Yanxa administration but resigned sew
: eral months ago because of a disagree
ment with the American governments
policy toward Mexico. His letter to
Secretary Colby follows:
AIn my capacity as a private citizen
interested IN good relations between
! the United States and Mexico, may I
suggest for such consideration Is they
may deserve the following regarding
: the recognition of the new government
Of Mexico?
Without aninnadverting to past diff
hculties and with a view to avoiding q
repetition Of them, would respect
fully suggest:
First: That the United States
should not recognize the new govern
ment OF Mexico until it is reasonably
clear that said government is not only
willing but able to regard the funda-
mental duties of government, i. e.,
to maintain law and order and to
afford adequate protection to the lives
and interests Ct foreigners in Mexico.
Second: That the new regime
should be recognized, if at all, merely
IS the de facto government, and it
should be Informed that such recogni-
ton was provisional and would be
withdrawn if it should subsequently
prove to have been prematurely ex-
tended
yThird: That before extending such
de facto recognition we should take
steps TO secure an informal agreement
later to be made formal if desircd)
covering the following pending mat
tars:
1ta) That the constitution of 1917
and the laws passed in,s pursuance
thereof shall not be given retroactive
effect as to property lawfully acquired
previous to its PRONUNCIATION, and that
American citizens shall not: be deprived
OF their lawfully acquired rights with
out compensation.
"(b) Return to American citizens
and corporations of such property Eek
GLIDING taxes) as they were deprived
Of during the Carranza regime without
compensation by either national or
state governments of Mexico.
s(c) Immediate constitution of
mixed Mexican-American claims COM
mission to adjust all claims of Ameri-
can citizens against the government of
Mexico and of Mexican citizens against
the government of the United States.
"(d) Appointment Of commissioners
to settle defnitively the Cmaizal and
all other boundary questions, including
the detection, canalization and protec-
ton Of the waters of the Colorado
River for the irrigation of the I'm
perial Valley in Mexico and in the
United States. / make no mention of
financial or economic matters, believ-
ing they ST Guild form the subject mat
ter Of negotiations subsequent to
recognition.
Eve should make il clear that these
eonditions are attached to our recog-
hilton merely because our unfortunate
experiences with the Carranza govern
ment make them appear necessary to
avoid future trouble, and above all
that we are not asking for our ma
tonals a privileged position, but
simply Justice