Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-07-12
|MEX1CANS RELIEVED
As WARSH|PS LEAVE

MEXICO CITY, July 9.-(By the
| Associated Press. 1.-The withdrawal
| of the United States cruisers Sacra-
mento and Cleveland from Tampsco
| has relieved situation which Off
| Gals here declare might have proved
| embarra ssing any moment. The pres
| ence Of the American warships with
their quotas of marines, although
| their mission was declared to be
| friendly, was fraught with real ele-
ments of danger which were quickly
ment officials, who took all possible
| precautions to prevent trouble.
| There was always the danger, they
pointed out, that someone, either un-
| wisely counselled or acting with mis-
| guided patriotism, might commit an
| overt act which would cause a
| landing of the marines, with subse-
! quent unpleasantness. 1t is general
! ly believed here that fear of this dan
ger prompted the United States au-
thorities to order withdrawal of the
vessels.
The rumor factories of Mexico
City have been working overtime
during the last week. Reports from
the Tampico region have been star
! thing, and the fact that the press
bulletins from the various govern
: mental departments were somewhat
| contra dictory, gave substance to false
reports that under ordinary clrcum-
] stances could have been branded as
such.
The tenseness has been greatly
| lessened and the editorial signs OF
! relief today were many, but there is
no apparent intimation that the
| Mexican government intends to re-
cede from the position it has taken
| on the recent increase in the export
| tax on oil, Which prompted the oil
| properties to shut down. The tax
/ became effective July 1, and the gov
| eminent expects to be paid when IT
| becomes due, which will be August
| 25 Such imposts are to be paid on
| the 10Th of the month following the
month they become due. The gov
! eminent declares the tax is just and
that protective economies demand its
| retention, Notwithstanding declara-
! ton of the oil men that it is con-
| fiscatory and prohibitive. There Is
also the question of the indemnlt1es
| which it is understood the govern.
ment wishes to secure for discharged
! cIIplOy cS VI TIC oA1 PloPCl OiCc AhS-N
| lean law makes provision for the
| payment of three months salary fol
| peremptory discharge, but thus fal
nothing on this phase of the situation
| has been taken UP through diplomatic
| channels.
! Various government officials art
| vehement and bitter in their charges
against the oil men, who are openly
| accused of Intriguing against Mexico
and attempting to embroil it in wal
with the United States. Genera
! Gales, chief of the cabinet, who re
tour of the oil regions, has beer
| particularly outspoken, and in {
| statement issued last night, said:
! Mexico is an absolutely free ant
| sovereign country and is therefore II
a position to dictate laws favorable
provides ample protection to all for
eigners. but it also specifies their
| obligations"
Referring to the labor situation
General Gales declared:
THE infamous Vaccinations OF the
| oil men have failed in their purpose
] to ALLEVIATE the worllmen from the
l government"
| Meanwhile, the oil men also have
! had their innings in the newspapers
and have published exhaustive lists
of figures showing how it is impos-
| sible to operate at a profit under
| the recent tax decree.
The department of industry and
commerce issued statement today
by its chief petroleum inspector in
| Tampico to the effect that two hun
dred thousand tons of oil were eX-
ported during the first seven days
of July, representing no material
decrease in such expectations. The
statement added that many requests
were being received for permits to
drill new wells and that not more
I than two thousand men now were
out of work as a result of the shut
down in the Tampico region. Other
sources of information have esti-
mated the unemployed to number
from ten thousand to thirty thou
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