Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-05-13
READJUS7M ENT OF
MEX|C0'S AFFAIRS
EXPECTED SO 0 N
Agreement With u. S. Not DIE
ficult-Obregon. and Gonzales
Are Working in Harmony
Both Are Excellent Business
Men and Have Wholesome
Respect for American Gov
eminent
ny DAVID LAWRENCE
r,-or,rh, 1ooo bv FREQ Press)

ny DAVID LAWRENCE
Copyright, 1920, by Free Press)
yVSshington, May 12.--Mexico may
~ee,n overhung with clouds of trouble
but there's a silver lining beneath. Be-
fore rnanyslays the situation will have
clarified.
There will be an ad interim presi-
dent named by agreement between
Generals Pabalo Gonzales and Obergon.
the two new chiefs in the new revolu-
ton, and the program of the United
states government upon which recog-
milton wilt DO conditioned VIII be re-
Vealed-
Two ia ctors are necessary TO solve
Mexico's Observation-Disclosures of ex-
ternal relations. particularly with the
United States, and satisfaction of In
ternal demands for q democratic gov
eminent, free from the tryrannical
end dictatorial abuses of the Carranza
regime.
Agreement with the United States
will not be difficult. Nor will the re-
quests of the Unitel States govern-
ment be severe. Fabrication of Mex
ico's various factions depends upon
the patriotism of General Gonzales and
Gen. OberGon. Both have arrived in
Mexico City. Don Pablo, as the former
Ia affectionately called. is a good busi-
ness man. He has shown once before
how to establish order in the Mexican
capital He won the confidence and adj
miration of foreigners generally. when
he entered Mexico City, after Huerta
fled. He deliberately went counter tc
Carranza's spurious neutrality pro-
gram during the war with Germany
and came out fatty against the Cen.
trail Powers. This happened. too just
after the United States entered the
war. He was tho only pro-ally Mex
lean of prominence and government
circles.
General ObreGon, also has n whole
some respect for the United States. HI
has travelled extensively and was I'm
pressed with our war operations ant
preparations as the war department ex
hibited them to him. He is bushes:
man. He has made a big fortune selling
'Garbanzas," or "chick peas" in tn,
export trade.
Therefore. Mexico is ruled to-day by
two men of business minds. They under
stand the language of commerce ant
should make il possible to do what Car.
rama has so stubbornly refused to do
namely. make q business agreement witt
the United States. looking toward tn.
commercial advantages of both countrie:
, and the economic regeneration of Mexi
co particularly.
Ever since Carranza came into power
he has been at the mercy of Generals Obre
/ gon and Gonzales. So long as they wer'
, loyal. the Carranza regime lasted. Boil
! we're fond of Carranza. Both expected
! his support in the race for the presi
| dency. But Carranza went back on botl
| his friends. His attitude In the prelimi
! nary elections was so raw that it. com
! pletely alienated both Obregon and Con
! zales. They saw that Carranza was us
; ing the governmental machinery for hi
! own purposes, and would not permit
fair and free election. SO they determines
20 get rid of him. And the bloodless revo
luton is the result of a working agree
ment between Obregon and Gonzales. TIL
entire Mexican army was devoted I
Gonzales and Oregon under whom the
fought so many battles. 1t was easy 70
these two generals to take possession o
Mexico by military force and with a mini
mum Of fighting. Carranza, a civilian
never was held in such esteem by tn
military
Both Obregon and Gonzales met in Mex
leo City before the revolt and dined tc
gether at the Chapultepec Inn and cam
to an agreement the details of which ar
expected TO be made known at any tim
now. Presumably they have agreed upo
an ad interim president. who will call
constitutional election In which Obrego
and Gonzales will have an equal oppol
tunity.
Meanwhile, the Washington government
which has had such a perpleXing exper
ence with CarranZa, is rather relieved {
IL l. t. at III,
ready to present to the new Central az
thority a program upon which defac'
recognition would be extended.
Here IT is: First the appointment of
mixed claims commission to settle a
claims pending against the United State
and against Mexico, on the part of nj
tionals of both countries. Carranza q
pointed a commission of Mexicans al
the department of State advised Amer
cans not TO submit their claims to sue
n tribunal
Second: A pledge guaranteeing prote
ton 10 the lives and property of America
citizens, and particularly removing &
doubt about vested rights prior to Il
adoption OF the Mexican constitution
1915.
Third: An understandings concerning Il
distribution of the waters of the Sou
leans in the Imperial Valley.
Fourth. An adjustment of the situate
created by the appropriation, by the Ca
rama regime of waterways, irrigati
projects and other improvements ma
by American citizens on Mexican ter
tory.
Fifth: Removal OF the decree forbidd
Americans TO own real estate in the 5
called frontier zone. both on the bord
and along the sea-coasts
There are other matters which "
have to be cleared up. before recognti
will be extended. But both Obregon a
Gonzales are men who realize the i
portance of the moral and even mater
support of the United States and I'll
may be expected 10 remove the obstac
that have blocked a good understand
and friendship between the United sta
and Mexico The future may appear
certain, but 1t gives ground for optimis
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