The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-10

ated that to sign such treaty would stultify national honor Secretary Hughes Is insistent that proper guar antees for life and property be given and there are no indications that either side will recede.
 Twenty-six nations have now recognised the Obregon regime, in- cluding Germany. China. Japan, Italy Holland. Sweden and virtually all of the South and Central American countries.
 Congress Favorable President Oregon has a Congress, elected last September, that Is dis tinctly favorable to him in the lower house and not openly antagonistic in tho Senate. The Chamber of Deputies ratified without dissenting vote the de Ia Huerta agreement and has signified a willingness to give full consideration to the various pro- jects of law which the chief executive either has submitted or plans to sub init. Among these are regulation of article 27, which is the thorn of disagreement In international affairs; an amendment to article 123 dealing with labor, and numerous other measures concerned with domestic re- construction.
 Despite rumors of disagreement and personal jeaiousies, the Big Three" still continue to direct in the main the destinies of the republic. Presi- dent Obregon. secretary of interior Gales and Secretary of the Treasury de la Huerta have maintained throughout the past two years the same cooperation and cohesion that swept Carranza from power. named de la Huerta provisional president. and eventually seated Obregon at the head of government. The official family, however, has not remained in- tact. Gen. Antonio villareal resigned from the agriculture portfolio and that department Is now administered by Ramon de Negri subsecretary. Gen. Francisco Serrano is secretary of war, succeeding Gen. Enrique Els trada, and Miguel Alessio Robles re- placed Rafael Zubaran Capmany. re- signed. General Amado Aguirre Is at the head of the department of com munfcations, succeeding Pascual Ortiz Rubio.
 Radicals Stronger
 Radical clements are admittedly stronger than two years ago. but whether thls Is the result of alleged leniency shown them by high gov ernment officials, or Is the natural product of the times, Is a matter for speculation. Labor unions have en- larged their sphere greatly during the past year. and strikes have been fre- quent.
 What. then. of Mexico at the end of two years of Obregon? His friends point to the general peaceful sit- uaticn. to the de la Huerta agree ment. and to the reduction of the army as the substantial accomplish ments of General Obregon. Ills critics declare that the present peace is merely on the surface. and that all that Is needed Is a rebel leader of sufficient importance to cast the nn- tion once again into internal war fare. Business conditions cannot. exist much longer as they are at present, they assert. and they are gloomy In their predictions of the future.
 Meanwhile General Obregon, enjoy ing excellent health after several months of illness. betrays no anxiety and apparently is confident, to usa his words in addressing congress rc- gently that "the situation generally of tho nation indicates clearly that 1t is developing normally along tho read to prosperity In accordance with the political and social prinelpiss consecrated by the constitution pf 1917. providing an impregnHbie HHfs- guard for the dignity and autonomy of the republic"