Evening star., 1923-08-17
MEXICO LEFT FREE,
OREGON DECLARES
Says No Obligations Were
Contracted in Agreement
With United States.

The Mexican embassy today made
public a statement by President Obre-
gon saying that should diplomatic
relations between the United States
and Mexico be resumed as a result of
the Mexico City conferences II will
not be due to any obligations con-
tracted, nor to any agreements which
have been entered into for the pur-
pose of resuming diplomatic relations.
nor to anything that might contra
vene our laws or the rules of inter-
national law
In the. event the Mexican govern
ment is recognized by the United
States. President -Obtegon's statement
ADDS. such a happy event should be
attributed. as far as these confer
ences are concerned, to the ability
and patriotism of our own commits
sioners to explain. and to the gener-
GUS broad free from any
unwise prejudices, of the eminent
American commissioners to under
stand the fundamental problem that
Mexico is now facing, namely, the
economic and moral betterment of the
people In harmony with the develop
The full text of President obregon's
statement follows:
"The work of the Mexican-Ameri-
can commission. constituted by Hons.
Mr.. Charles b. Warren and Mr.. John
B. Payne, as representatives of the
President of the United States. and
Mr.. Ramon Ross and Mr.. Fernando
Gonzales Roa, as my own representa-
tives in my capacity of President of
Mexico, having been concluded, 1t is
now my duty to inform the country
regarding the manner In which that
work was carried OUT and it's Sig
nificance. To that end l wish to make
the following statements:
First. The work of the Mexican
American commission, which was be-
gun on the 14th of May last and end
fined. in accordance with the pre-
liminary negotiations, to a direct
exchange of views and Information re-
garding the difficulties which up to
the present time have been an OBJ
stacle to the resumption of diplomatic
relations between the two govern
ments.
2. The Mexican commissioners.
after hearing the American point of
view in every case, but without enter
ing into any discussion intended to
modify our present laws, offered ex-
plantations of those parts OF our laws
relating to American interests in
Mexico in connection with the oil
and the agrarian questions only, and
then also explained the manner which
the present government, in pursuance
of its original policy. has been en-
deavoring to conciliate with the
principles Of international law the
revolutionary ideals now embodied
in our laws.
Sent Invitation.
8. In addition, the Mexican COM
missionerS confirmed the intention of
the government to conclude two con-
ventions for the creation OF mixed
claims commissions. This intention
was communicated to the embassy of
the United States by our chancellory
10, 1921. and to Congress in my mes
sage Of September 1, 1922. Re-
garding the first of these conventions
our chancellory, on July IL, 1921, ail-
dressed an invitation to all the
governments whose nationals had
suffered damage in their persons or
in their properties through the last
revolution in Mexico, and that invita-
ton was based on article 5 of the
decree of May 10. 1912, issued by the
first chief Of the constitutionalist
army, Mr.. Venustiano Carranza, and
on article 13 amended, of the law
of December "a. 1917. The object of
that first convention would be to
anime. from the point of view of
equity, all the claims. which citizens
of the United States might have
against the Mexican government for
damages arising out of the revolu-
tion.