The Cordova daily times., 1921-04-26
JOURNALIST IS IN WASHINGTON
 AS MEX AGENT
BY COL. WINFIELD JONES

arrived in Washington. Strange to say Dr. Dillon Is not visiting Wash ington this time on pleasure or to gather material for another series of his justly celebrated articles, of which he has written many on other coun- tries, but he comes to the national capital as an avowed confidential agent of President Obregon of Mexi- GO. The object of his mission to Washington Is to ascertain, it Is said upon what terms the Harding admin istration is willing to recognize the Obregoa administration.
 It is considered strange here that Obregon should choose an English man to represent his government on such a mission to the United States. Dr. Dillon has had other confidential agents procede him, but they were all Mexicans and accomplished uoth- ing toward getting the Obregon gov ernment recognized by the United States, Perhaps Obregon thought that the accomplished Dr. Dillon would succeed where men of Obre- gon's own race had failed.
 While it is true Dr. Dillon is an unofficial envoy nevertheless he has full authority to privately negotiate with the state department, or at any rate to learn from the state de- partment just what President Hard ing will require from Mexico in the way of guarantees before the Obregon administration is recognized by the Washington government
 Dr. Dillon recently spent consid- erable time in Mexico City where he was the guest of Obregon at the presidential residence. The British journalist while in Mexico skillfulIy paved the way for his mission to Washington by publishing a series of articles on Mexico under the new regime. These articles were print ed in one of the American weekly magazines which boasts @ circulation of more than two millions. They were mainly devoted to an ardent boost" for Obregon, and nothing in the way of biographical sketches containing more fulsome praise for any ruler have been seen for long time in any publication in this I country. It would be interesting to learn if Dr. Dillon killed two birds with one stone in these articles, which were read by millions of Amer l jeans, and while he was getting a 1 high price for his articles, which they always command, was also put ting one over" on the magazine in the shape of left and effective pro- paganda almost sole personal to the ' Mexican president. To judge from these articles, which this writer care fully read, President Obregon has all the native and acquired ability of a Napoleon, Washington and a Lincoln rolled into one, and is the very greatest Mexican president since Benito Jaurez, who achieved the in- dependence of that country and de- Heated and executed the Emperor" Maximilian.
 Considerable speculation exists in Washington diplomatic circles as to whether the British government is quietly backing Dr. Dillon and his eff forts, or whether the celebrated Brit ish writer is in Washington lon his own" with nobody but Obregon back of him. Color is lent to some of this speculation because the Lord Cowdry interests in the Tampico oil fields are the single largest British invest ment in Mexico and are destined to be one of the principal future sources of fuel oil for the British navy. The British embassy, however, is silent on the Dillon mission.
 ! President Obregon is said not to desire to be placed in a position of asking recognition for his government
 
 Obregon, it is said here, fears that such step on his part would be seized upon by his enemies who would accuse him of yielding to American influence, and use that as a pretext to start another revolution. This was the same attitude occupied by the late President Carranza, whose game was to make the Mexicans be- lieve that the United States was the enemy of Mexico and had sin ister designs on Mexican territory and people. Under present condi- lions in Mexico Obregon is forced to occupy a defiant if not a hostile at titude toward the United State be- cause of the dislike of some of the Mexican leaders to this country and their belief that Washington wants l fa