Omaha daily bee., 1920-09-08
Obregoll to
Ask Loans
In America
New President Declares Inten.
ton of Requesting Finhn-
cial Aid for Reconstruct
tion Purposes
Affairs Near Normal
BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chicaxo Tribune. OmNha Ree Leased Wire.

BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNlNG.
Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Washington, Sept III General
Obregon, the newly elected Mexican
PRESIDENT, succeeds in maintaining
order in the rcvolution-torn republic
and makes good his expressed desire
of American cooperation, the next
administration of the American gov
ernment, whether republican or DEM
ocratic, will be called upon to dis
play high order of craftsmanship
i'll promoting the rehabilitation OF
Mexico. 49,,
General Obregon has been quoted
as stating that when he is inaugn.
rated president OH December ! next,
lic will seek 20 obtain loans from
rAmerjcan financiers for reconstruc-
ton purposes and other American
assistancnto revive and increase pro-
duction OF Mexico's natural wealth.
Mexican spokesmen here declare
, that alleleme1ifs in Mexico are salts
| hed with the acts of President de la
Huerta, and his administration is
cverywhere receiving popular sup
port! so that General Obregon will
lind public affairs more nearly nor
NAL when he is inducted into office
than they have been i'll the past
eight or ten years. -
Mines Again Running.
Mines that were compelled to
close down in Mexico during the
revolution are now opening and in
few months. it is predicted, all will
again be in operation. Other indus
tries also are being rehabilitated,
and there is said to be only one rebel
operating in Mexico--Zamora, in the
state of Jalisco. whose capitulation
or capture Gn the near future is re-
garded as certain. as he has only
a handful of followers, while the
government has dispatched between
1000 and 5000 soldiers against him.
Mexicans here are hopeful that the
State department will extend recog-
nition to the Dc La Huerta govern
ruent, asserting that there has been
no lapse of the constitutional regime
and that no change of government
has taken place, the circumstances,
on the contrary, paralleling those
when President Mckinley was as
sassinated. In America, they assert,
the vice president became president:
in Mexico the constitution provided
that the congress should meet and
elect d new president, the course
that was actually followed.
Damage Claims Large.
~ Among the outstanding questions
between Mexico and the United
States}is that of claims for damages
suffered by American nationals dur
iag the years Of revolutionary dis
turbances in Mexico. These are re-
ported to run into the hundreds of
millions Of dollars, ItNis believed
that the settlement of these claims
will run through a period of years,
and that the initial steps toward a
liquidation of them will be an agree
llent upon principles between the
two governments. After such an
agreement shall have been reached,
it is suggested, joint commission
for investigating the claims will be
created, which commission will re-
port its findings to both govern.
ments, The State department is said
to have on file, many hundreds Of
claims. and the total amount OF dam
ages asked for is estimated to be be-
tween Ssoo,000,QO0 and 100000.
000.
: There is reason to believe that if
the Obregon government undertakes
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