Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-03-22
SMUGGLING
CONVENTION
NOT RENEWED
u. s. Serves Notice on
Mexico That Pact
VIII Terminate On
March rs


WASHINGTON. ID. III, March e.
bPl-Aa intimation that the United
States had been unsuccessful i'm ef-
forts 70 negotiate commercial
treaty with Mexico was continued
today in state department an
nouncemeat that the smuggling con-
vlntiua between the two nations
tt -ld X terminated on March IS.
The notice was served on the Mex
lean foreign office BY tbs Ameri-
can embassy a. Mexico City last
n-Et A statement. issued at the
state department. today. said that
inasmuch as the United States has
no commercial treaty with Mexico,
lit is not deemed advisable 70 con-
tiuue IN effect un arrangement which
might in certain contingencies bind
the United States 20 cooperation for
the enfoTcement or laws or DEGREES
relating "a the importation Of COM
mOdities of ail sorts into another
country while this government has
rn arrangement by treaty or other
wise. safeguarding American COM
merce against Dos aible discrimiaa-
tion"
The smuggling convention has a
direct bearing On the American en-
barge on arms shipments into Mex
leo. Under tine convention. even Tx
the embargo were lifted. the United
States would he required 20 notify
Mexico NJ impending shipments from
the United states vi arms or any
other commodities prescribed from
importation under "a eXican law.
Whether the recent secret corre-
spOndeEce with Mexico involved
renewed American effort to nego-
tiatc . commercial treaty with that
country 70 protect American-owned
property has not been disclosed. AM
bassador Tcllez has not visited the
state department since his hurried
trip t0 Mexico City tu consult Pres
ident Gales tie sent a communi-
cation to the department OH Satur-
day, however. and the state depart
mcnt last night notified the foreign
office that the smuggling convcn-
tton would cease t0 he effective so
fur as the United States w con-
ccrned March Is, when its original
onc-ytar term expires.
Termination NJ the smuggling
couy ntion will have practically 10
effect. it was stated by Officers, as
there hgs @t nO time been marked
efforts on the part Of Mexican Of
ficlnls "a aid in the suppression vi
smuggling of aliens. liquor or drugs.
No efforts have baen made I'd cx-
,radite known smuEglers. IA prnyid-
4 cd under the terms Of the cOnven-
Y tiOn. Mexican officers stated, how
I ever, that they have prevented
smuggling ~ liquor across the Rio
J Grande. where they had conclusive
I evidence that such liquor was % be
smurgled, but due to the fact that
l n xican citizens are permitted to
possess any quantity uf liquor the
results OF their efforts have been
almost negligible. No effort has been
made t0 break up the alien snug
cling ring. which European aliens
captured on this part VI the bor-
4 der assert, has headquarters at Tam
pic0 and Monterrey.
American officials have turned
Y over tn the Mexican authorities "a
number WI we'll known smugglers
captured on the American side Of
the Rio Grande and their deporta-
+ ton ordered by the immigration de-
fartment after regular deportation
v proceedings.
WASHINGTON, ~. C., March 2z.---
I tRl-Eexican Ambassador Teller
conferred with President Coolidge
and Secretary Kellogg az the Cool
fLontinuel on page twO.D