The Washington times., 1923-04-24
U.S. NAMES
MEXICAN
ENJOYS
C. 8. Warren and j. B. Payne
VIII Negotiate for Recogni-
ton Of Oregon.
BY HARRY l.. ROGERS.
international News serxice.


Charles Beecher Warren, for
mer Ambassador to Japan, and
John Barton Payne, former Sec
rotary of the Interior, have been
selected by President Harding to
represent the United States in
the negotiations at Mexico City
looking to the recognition of the
Obregon government, it was an
nouhced at the State Department
today.
u. s. Attitude Unchanged.
/ The American position toward
Mexico Was described at the Stare
Department as unchanged. Follow
ing is an exact statement of the
attitude of the United States as cx-
pressed by Secretary of State
Hughes:
Our feeling toward the Mexican
people is one of entire friendliness,
and we deeply regret the necessity
for the absence of diplomatic reia-
tions. We have had no desire to
interfere in the internal concerns
of Mexico. 1t. is not for us to sUg.
gest what laws she shall have re-
lating to the future, for Mexico,
like ourselves, must be the judge OF
her domestic policy.
I'VE do, however, maintain one
clear principle which lies at the
foundation of international inter
course. When a nation has in
Vited intercourse with other nations,
has established laws. under which
investments have been lawfully
made, contracts entered into, and
property rights acquired by citizens
of other Jurisdictions, it is an essen
tial condition of international inter
course that international obligations
shall be met, and that there shall
be no resort to confiscation and re-
pudiation.
1--WE are not insistent on the form
of any particular assurance to
American citizens against confisca-
ton, but we desire, in the light of
the experience of recent years, the
substance of such protection, and
this is manifestly in the interests of
permanently friendly relations. |
of the past. The problem is a very
simple one, and its solution is wholly
within Mexico's keeping.
Recognition of Mexico by the
United States Government will mean
heavy flow of American capital
into that country, Secretary Of
Commerce Hoover declared today
While considerable amount of
American money has been invested
in oil and. railroad development of
Mexico in the last few years, capi.
f.aIi toto
the southern republic on extensive
terms under existing conditions,
Hoover said.
government officials have a COM
munistic tendency Hoover ex-
planned an official delegation from
the Mexican government which
studied conditions at Moscow, re.
turned with a highly adverse re.
port. This, he believed, cured Mex
leo of the Communistic idea of
government.
Discussions by the joint COM
mission will include:
Article 81 of the Mexican
constitution.
2-The agrarian question.
3-Outstanding A m erica n
claims.
The American members are men
competent TO discuss these Dues.
tons from every possible viewpoint.
Though their functions are only
advisory, they will have behind
them the fullest confidence of Pres.
ident Harding and Secretary Hughes
and any recommendations they see
fit to make to this Government will
necessarily carry the greatest posi-.
bic weight.
IN examining the present status
or the much discussed Article 81,
they will seek to discover whether
adequate guarantees have been
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