The Washington times., 1922-08-23
RECOGNITION.
OF .0BREG0N IS.
CLOSE At HAND
Prospects Of Official Relation
= ship Brighten on Late
I Developments.
By Universal Service.

.....A by tntversht HerNlco.
President Harding may recognize
Mexico before Secretary Of State
Hughes returns from Brazil
month. hence, high officials let il
be known today. ..t.. .E
The Mexican supreme court is ex.
pected before then to han down
further oil and agrarian decisions
which will afford the additional safe
guarding of American rights in.
sisted upon by Secretary Hughes.
Recognition OF the Obregon gov
ernment by the United States viii
be automatic. once these decisions
are handed down and verified. IL
the rulings are made before Secre-
tary Huges' return, the matter will
be handled by Undersecretary of
State Phillips. who is in charge. of
the State Department in the Sec.
retarys absence. 'E,
The Mexican supreme court now
has before IL the case of the Hua
steca Oil Company. containing elC-
ments upon which the court Is en-
abled TO decide that Article u Of
the constitution is not retroactive
as applied 10 rights i'm undeveloped
lands. Five decisions already
handed down apply to leases Of
developed lands, and 1t was ruled
that leaseholds cannot be confls.
Gated by the Government for COM
munal uses.
A number of cases involving Amer.
lean property rights in agricultural
lands will soon come before the
court. II Is known absolutely that
the Mexican government and the
supreme court are determined TO
provide the safeguards desired.
And as the new Mexican congress Is
overwhelmingly committed to the
Obregon policies complete Co-opera-
tion in legislative matters affect.
ing American rigbts is assured,
Obreg0n Confident. =
A. Bruce BieIaski, of Washing.
ton. spent more than two hours at
the State Department yesterday
afternoon and said that his kid.
naping" experience in Mexico, from
which he had just come, was more
or less A picnic. He repeated his
denial that he had kidnapped him.
self i'm plot to discredit the Obre.
gon government on the eve OF recog.
milton.
Less than two minutes OF the
time was spent with Secretary
Hughes. The remainder was with
Undersecretary Phillips, Assistant
Secretary Harrison and Capt. Mat.
thew Hanna, chief of the Mexican
affairs division. He called also on
the military intelligence office of the
War Department.
President Obregon predicts the re,
sumption of diplomatic relations be.
tween the United States and Mexico
by September Is. according to semi
! official adviCes received here from
Mexico City today
1t would be an easy matter for
President Obregon 10 bring about the
resumption of diplomatic relations
Administration officials declare, and
| they, therefore, decline TO brand as
without foundation the reports from
Mexico City regarding the possibility
of recognition by September Is.
Huerta Policy o. KID.
President Obregon, il is unders tool
has approved everything done 10y
| Adolfo de In Huerta. Mexican fiuanC
minister, while in the United states
DE la Huerta had n long conferenC,
with Secretary Hughes and anoth er
with President Harding while he was
in Washington. and IT is admitted
that he left the Capital with a much
clearer conception of the American
attitude toward the Obregon regime
lnasmuch as Senor de la Huerta has
had several conferences with Presi.
dent Obregon since his return 10
Mexico, 1t is assumed that these
views have been fully presented ~
the Mexican president.
In addition. officials here point out
hat the press of Mexico City was al.
most unanimous i'm condemning the
Mexican supreme court for having
"quibbled about technicalities" when
broad, comprehensive decision was
needed. All these facts. officials here
believe, have tended to make easier
for President Obregon the work of
coming to an understanding with The
Mexican government regarding ade.
quate guarantees for the protection
Of American rights and interests in
Mpxicn