Evening star., 1924-03-17
VITAL ERA AT HAND.|
lin MEXICAN EVENTS
|Sending otsWarrengExpected
=. -"
to Cement Friendships of
Two Nations.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

! The departure Of Charles B. Warren,
fncwIy named American ambassador
sto Mexico, for his post next Thursday
safter conferences which began today
s>rith President Coolidge and Secretary
Hughes. will mark the beginning of
Jan important era in the relations be-
tween the United States and Mexico.
In some respects the months that
slie Immediately ahead are more vital
to the future of Mexico than any
Speriod since the fall of Diaz in 1911.
= yThc presidential elections will be held
on July to choose a successor to
President Obregon. who. under the
constitution, is ineligible for re-elcc-
ton. The charge that the Obregon
administration was trying to foist
Gen. Gales on the electorate led to
Sthe recent outbreak of revolution
under Adolfo de Ia Huerta. another
las been fairly we'll suhdued. due, to
some extent. to the promptness with
= which the Washington government
sold munitions TO the Mexican gov
crnment and arranged for the pass
age of Mexican troops through Amer
ican territory 50 as to reach other
wise inaccessible parts of Mexico.
Sought to Uphold Ohreg"n.
Having recognized the Obrcgon
government. tho United states did not
wish to see it dissolved when the
export of munitions and the display
OF real moral support might he the
means of discouraginG not only the
de la Huerta rebels, but prospective
volutionists.
In the last few weeks it has be
come apparent that the Oregon forces
were gaining the upper hand. The
reconstruction of the country has
been delayed by revolution and now
the opportunity comes once more to
Mexico to begin the mending proc
css. Satisfactory adjustment has
been made of the long drawn out oil
controversy we'll as the matter of
iclaims. The Mexican government has
iratified both the treaties negotiated
by Mr.. Warren when he was special
commissioner together with John
Barton Payne last summer. .. Now, as
fthe machinery of claims tribunals is
;about TO be pat into operation. the
american government considers it
self fortunate that Mr. Warren was
persuaded to go to Mexico City as
Ambassador and take up the work
'of cemeRting the relations between
the two countries.
May Prevent Friction.
Also European governments have
claims and controversies. ana the ex-
tercise by the United States OF its good
,oficcs will on the one hand prevent
friction between Europe and Mexico.
but will also prevent undue interfer-
iCDr" ny European elements in the in
it..'." =! affairs of Mexico. Only today
it ches from Mexico charge some
IL h oil men with having sup
:purtcd the de la Huerta revolt. The
United States has always taken The
,position that since Mexico was such a
near neighbor. the friendly influence
.of the American government could he
sought either by MeXico or the Euro
pean governments in. composing diff
,ferenceS between the MeXicans and
the governments across the Atlantic.
Mr.. Warren Won the confidence Of
President Obregon last summer, and
=, 1t was due to the tact and diplomacy
of the American commissioner that
the negotiations eliminated i'm for
.mal recognition and the ratification
of the two treaties. Mr.. Warren.
therefore. goes to Mexico with a