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RIGHTS OF MEXICO
Emergency Foreign Policy
Conference Condemns
Coercion"
BY the A>>o, Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. March 1.-THE Elmer
cencv Foreign POLICY conference. in
Guiding Senators and 10 Representa-
lives of three parties. last night
issued q statement calling upon the
state Department t. recognize Next
can S"verei@lt.% yer property rights.
;::"ludin- those 10 oil.
The conference is headed by Repre-
sentative John N. Nelson of Wiscon-
san. Mrs. J. Borden Hartman of
Cross Motor Corps and chairman of
a commission in the Council of
National Defense is one of the mem
bers George Stewart. in. of New
York, is another.
Relations between the Cnlted
States and Mexico have reached
critical condition." said the statement.
Condemns State Department.
",rnc conferences advocates the fol
lowing United States policy toward
Mexico: Provided only that the MeNl'
can government practices no dlScrlml.
nation between the nationals OF
different foreign powers. the rlSht OF
Mexico to exercise complete SoVef-
eighty over all property rights. within
shin of land s,,bsurface rights to oil
and minerals and AL other natural
resources. shall AT all times he rec
ocniZeA
The conference condemns the tend
ency of the State Department of the
United states to interfere with the
internal affairs of Mexico and to at
tempt TO coerce Mexico by direct and
indirect threats of the withdrawal of
recognition and moral support from
the present democratic ana eStab-
liShed government.
The present ptlicy of the Mexican
government is to subject ali property
rights in Mexico. including especially
control of Mexican law. This is no
greater right than the United States
claims and exercises over the same
and other property rights within the
territorial limits of the United States. y
The statement adds that no evi-
dence has been adduced that diScrimi-
nation between the nationals OF for
eiSn powers would result from the
Mexican policy, but that its primary
purpose is TO remove existing dis
elimination in favor of foreign own
ers by requiring them to recognize
Mexican sovereignty SO far as such
property is concerned.
Cites L. 5. Laws
In contrast is the law of certain
States of the United States that not
only prohibits ownership of land by
foreigners, but also diScriminateS be
tween nationals of different powers"
The statement concludes by declar-
ing that State Department officials
"miSconceive their office" when they
use it for the special protection of
foreign property rights in Mexico. ac-
quired in large part in eraS of un-
democratic dictatorship or disorder
and revolution.
The conference includes: Senators
Lynn j. Frazier, Republican. North
Dakota: Robert E. Howell, Repub-
lican. Nebraska; Burton X. Wheeler,
Democrat. Montana; Hendrick Ship
stead, F'armerLabor. Minnesota; Rep
preventative John NJ. Evans. Demo
rrTat. Montana: Rev. John A. Ryan.
Washington: Capt. Paxton Hibben.
New York: William II. Johnston. pres
ident of the International ASSocia ton
Of MaChinists: Representatives Edgar
Howard. Democrat, Nebraska: ]. n.
sinclair, Republican. North Dakota
j. j. Beck, Republican, Wisconsin,
Oscar +. Keller, Republican, Mime
sofa: Edward Voigt, Republican, Wis
consion: O. J. kvale. Independent, and
knud Wefald. Farmer Labor. Mime
sofa; iona Gale, novelist, and Mr.
Nelson.