Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-07
Harding Address
 Pleased Mesicans
President Obreson Declares
 Inaugural Message ''Was
 Highly instructive and Highly Moral.' 2. =

Mexico City, March 5.-(By the A. Ry 50 far as Mexico is concerned, < Presi- dent Harding's inaugural address con! tained nothing for criticism, ,fderiars President Obregon to the foreign news paper correspondents this afternoon, he sp.endid spirit for the peep;e- of the werld, highly instructive and highly mt raj" f, ef fr s. t-s5".j:l .
 The subject O. a. treaty between Mex ico and the United States the. president said, had never. been discussed oy the present government of Mexico, explain. ing that recognition wonld noe be urged ny Mexico. but must follow as The. III. clinat,ons of the several countries Gic- tate" i..f.-. Rumors that British mission was On it's way to Mexico were denied, but, he declared, special claims. commission which would look after the adjustment o1 claims from all countries, would pr35a5ly begin operations. some time, during the present month. .f y e,i President obregon spoke to the core sD1ndentN for. almost two hours at Cha putepec Castle. He appeared to De in good health, and took occasion Io COR tradicts recent runors that he was. se- verelys ill by asserting. Tt sometimes is necessary to become Ill in order to Ob. tain rest."
 Turning to Mexico's domestic problems | the executive stated they were rapidly be ing reduced to a minimum, and tha f"although the world, perhaps, does not | realize it. Mexico Is at peace with herself for the first time since 1910.
 Pleading fer patience by the outside
 world before judgment is passed upoI his administration, he, declared: Three months is. an extremely shor
 t,ne to normalize nation which hal
 been at war for more than ten years" 1 He pointed to stabilization of the na tional budget, establishment of the golt standard as a monetary basis the :nvi tation to the nations creditors to get 10 Cether with the government fer final ae Iirstment and the rehabilitation of th'
 railroads.. which probably would be com lpleted within six months as evidenc that the present regime was injecting bus l mess methods into its administration Aand was honestly attempting to solve tn problems which have been the basis fo previous revolutions.
 The agrarian problem was slowly be ing solved, said the president, by the re turr of land to it's original owners wit provision being made for establishing th working classes as small farmers. Specis commissions had been appointed to stud all classes of Mexico's popula tion, wit
 particular attention being paid 70 th Indians.
 , Asked concerning reported revolutionl
 especially one in the north kea led D Francisco Murguia, President ,obreg1 laehiitted that profniscuous uprisines lia I heen noted, but none of them was of 4 Serious character. =
 q am certain" he said, If the 7reseT ' government continues within the Ia, Mexico. has seen it's last revolution. No that Mexico is at peace means must [
 found to obtain tEe cooperative help .c
 intelligence: capital and .,ersona, -initia Etive to find a solution o fthe preser
 economic problems, which Is 5asicall agrarian."
 The present railway strike was d,
 scribed as purely labor trouble ! which the government would not taf
 part unless life and property were in per:Eed, when the necessary miiitaf steps would be taken. | President Obregon n.Ilde a .point-blsn
 denial that there was serious fric-ie
 within his habinet As for the na.io,
 al debt, he declared Mexico could r ) Inay at present. He did not favor a fo
 eign loan if some arrangement could made with the country's creditors. : Nothing definite had been done vii 7 regard to the petroleum question, but Il president expected to see some action b gun in congress this month.