The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-28
PROPAGANDA DELAYS MEXICAN RECOGNITION
 OFFICIALS THINK
Interpretation of Supreme Court Text May Bring
 Settlement of Differences.
By HARRY l.. ROGERS, International News Service.


 Washington, July 2S-"Boomerang" is the name originally given to a weapon of warfare believed to be in digenous to the wilds of Australia, but in more modem times a term used to characterize any sort of attempt which recoils upon the attempter The srecently reported bandit out rages in Mexico against Americans come within the category of "boom- erangs,'' in the opinion of officials here inasnauch as they appear to have re. Obregan rather than upon Obregon himslf. Far from having the effect intended, there apparently is reason to bslieve a, considerable element in the United States looks upon these incidents as proof that the United States Government should recognize General Obregon without further de- lay
 Mexican officials were were skep- tical from the moment the first re- ports of the kidnapping of A. Bruce of Investigation, Department of Jus tice. were received. Even one Amer ican official, with @ penchant for jok- ing was quick to point out that Biel- aski's alleged ransom was less than | the cost of page advertisement in a modern American magazine, while as a result of the incident Bielaski and his company had received large-type mention on the first uage of every newspaper in the United States. ''Coup'' Well Planned.
 
 I to point out all the alleged bandits, contrary to all traditions of banditry, had allowed the women to depart, holding only Bielaski, and that a member of the party of Bielasiki and his wife was Mile. Milo, danseuse, | of Mexico City.
 On the heels of the announcement | of Bielaski's alleged kidnapping came | reports from Tampica of the ho1d-up | of the Cortez Oil Company by bandits, with a demand for 15,O00 pesos ran l A ,1,~S., k5 to have been held by the Mexican l bandits for ransom. Then followed | other reports of hold-ups of the Cor ona Oil Company. the Mexico and Gulf | Company and the Penn-Mex Com pany. There was, however, a curious l lack of detail, even in the reports of the American Consul at Tampico. which gave some credence to the as sedtiOns of Mexican officials that no | hold-up had occurred at all. Indeed, l there were numerous semi-official sto- ries to the effect that the American | Consul had been imposed upon- 1 As sort of counter-blow to these 1 stories came an official announcement l from the Mexican Foreign Office pur- cision of the Mexican Supreme Court On the subject of the non-retroa ctivity | of Article 27 of the Constitution of 1917. 1nasmuch as this provision has been the principal obstacle to recogni- ton of the Obregon Government by the United States, the announcement
 
 friends of the Obregon regime.
 Derision Considered Important. State Department officials freely admit the importance of decisions of the Mexican Supreme Court on the question of the confiscatory provis- ions of the Constitution, but pending the opportunity to study the official text of the decision are not prepared 1 to say whether the decision clears the path of recognition.
 Article 27 provides that the prop l critics of the SubSoil including such mineral products as gold. iron and State regardless of the persons hold ing the surface rights. Carranza in- terpreted this provision as applying to subsoil properties acquired prior to May 1, 1917, the date of the adoption of the Constitution.
 Thus Article 27 became the great f stumbling block in the way of re- f tween the United States and Mexico In various exchanges of correspond. ence between Washington and MexicC City Secretary of State Hughes made
 it plain that the United States mus
 have adequate guarantees from the Obregon Government that American
 property rights, legitinate1y acquired Q must be respected before his Govern, | ment could be recognized.
 $ The amicable settlement Of finan z cral questions under discussion be e tween Finance Minister de Ia Huerts
 and representatives of the interna, i tiona; bankers with interests in Mex S ico was heralded as a forerunner O. n a solution of the diplomatic problem. II outstanding between the United State,
 and Mexico.
 Settlement Is Welcomed.
 It was soon made plain, however = that while the New York settlemen = was welcomed by the State Depart S ment as a step in the right direction = it was not regarded as touching thu fundamental questions at issue be