Evening star., 1926-03-07
ROW OVER MEXICO
LOOMS AT CAPITOL;
KING BEHIND MOVE

Continued from First Page0
Senator King. Hundreds have beer
brutally treated and hundreds of mil
lions of dollars in property other thar
oil lands have been seized. thlnF
there ought to be light on this sub
iect. and I think also we should nave
light as to whether Ambassador Shet
held has been sidetracked in the pres
ent case in favor of Charles Beecher
Warren, about whom the Senate mas
heard before.
Says Action Was Taken.
Secretary kellogg disclosed yester
day that Amba ssador Sheffield had IN
terceded in the cases of Americans
recently expelled from Mexico, but
apparently without making any Tor
NAL protest. In a letter to Represent
ative Boylan, Democrat, New YORK,
who had demanded withdrawal OF
American recognition to Mexico, the
Secretary said:
''The only information l have as to
the expulsion OF citizens of the United
States from MeNco is the following
I'm a dispatch from the American
Ambassador to Mexico. learned that
Mesdames Semple, Evans and Con
nelly of the Academy of the Vista
ton, a Catholic school situated at Coy
oacon. in the neighborhood of Mexico
CITY. had been ordered expelled. Mr.
Sheffield interceded for them with the
minister of foreign affairs. The order
was subsequently revoked, but L am
Informed by the American AmbaSSa
dor that they believed it to be the
best policy to close their school and
leave the country, and that they are
leaving on the fourth day of March for
Mobile, Ala. l have received a mes
sage that Nine. Semple has informed
the embassy that all government su
pervision has been Withdrawn IRON
property at Coyoacon.
Cites Pastors Case.
Another case which came to my
attention was that of DR.. J. a. Phillips
a Methodist Episcopal ordained minis
ter, who was principal Of the Institute
of the People, school at Pledras
Negras, opposite Eagle Pass. Tex
The expulsion was also said to include
three teachers. 1t was afterward re
ported to me that the order had beer
revoked and | am now informed by
the embassy in Mexico that Phillips
will be allowed to return to Mexico
and the school will be reopened pro
vided he, being a foreigner and q
minister of religion. does not teach
I take it that in this case the ex
pulsion is claimed on the ground thai
under the Mexican constitution ne
ordained minister of any creed may
teach in a school OF primary instruc
ton.
There has been reported to me
that r der Ralph f. Brown or the
Church of the Latter Day Saints was
ordered to leave on February 20 by
the municipal authorities Of Tuia da
Allen, state of II.3algo, and that the
following Mormon missionaries from
Ozumba, State OF Mexico. have beer
given 10 days by the muntripa
authorities in which to leave the state
No mention is made of their leaVins
the country. The names OF Inc
parties as near as / can make ou'
are Owen V. Call. Daniel II. HlSgen
botham and one other person whose
hame I cannot make out from the
lispatch, from salt Lake City, and
Alton ). HaNs of Provo, Utah.
MT. Sheffield reports that he is
doing everything he can on behalf OF
Nine. Semple and any other American
citizen who may be in difficulty. and
that he will continue TO do 50. He
has been instructed to this effect. Ii
10 impossible for me to determine In
each of these cases exactly the
ground OF expulsion, but lasSume on
the ground that they are teaching in
violation of the constitution and laws
of MeXicOn