Evening star., 1927-11-29
Oil Decision Is Held Aid
to i. S.-MexicO Relations

A turning point in relations between
the United States and Mexico is seen
by the press in the Mexican Supreme
Court decision upholding private prop
erty rights in certain oil lands which
had been threatened by the so-called
confiscatory Mexican laws.
Both the United States and Mexico
score in the decision of the Mexican
Supreme Court that the Mexican pc
troleum law cannot be interpreted to
deprive oil companies of rights ac-
quired prior TO PRONUNCIATION of the
present constitution in 1927" says the
Newark Evening News, with an ex-
planation in which it is pointed out
that The Mexican government has
been protesting that the constitutions
ality and confscatory character of the
petroleum law were for the Mexican
courts to decide
"Apparently, the relations between
Mexico and the United States are bet
ter than they have been at any time
since the overthrow of Diaz," declares
the Fort Worth Record Telegram. with
the suggestion, as to this decision and
the Mexican welcome to Ambassador
Morrow, that the better basis for
mutual understanding" which is indi
Gated might be described as an in
stance where some tact was sprinkled
on troubled diplomacy and consider
able oil sprayed over disputatious land
titles" The Altoona Mirror feels that
the court has justified the eXpecta-
tions of peace-loving citizens of both
countries and rebuked the agitators
who have seemed eager to destroy our
sister republic to the end that they
might appropriate the treasure buried
beneath her soil
1T is signal proof" according to the
Oklahoma City OllahOman, that JUS
tice is functioning properly among the
Mexican people, that many of the in
dictments of the Mexican government
have been spurious, that the charge
Of Mexican prejudice and corruption is
not we'll taken, and that the time Tor
the conquest of Mexico has not ar
rived" The Pasadena StarNews be-
lieyes that with the Supreme Court
Of that republic standing unreservedly
behind alien investments as related to
the prospective confiscations of the
Mexican alien land law, American in
vestors will be heartened to keep on
investing down there"
X y Y X
AS to the attitude of the Washing
ton government, the Rochester Times
Union expresses satisfaction that lin
the last few months 1t has happily
entered upon a course of action more
conciliatory than ever BEFORE" and the
New York World expresses the view
that there is little doubt that this
decision was timed to follow the APP
pearance of Ambassador Morrow, and
that it is first step in the program
Of reconciliation on which the two gov
ernments have now entered"
In the opinion of the Minneapolis
Tribune: 1.-The decision probably had
no connection with the Morrow APP
pointment; but it represented happy
and we'll timed break, none the less.
Coming on the heels of the Morrow
appointment" adds the Tribune, lit
fills one with the conviction that the
worst of the Mexican-American trou-
bles are over"
Revival of exploitation of the coun-
trys tremendous oil resources by for
eign capital as a result of the deci
Daily World, may be looked for al
most at once. and the direct result of
that, of course, will be a greatly in
creased employment ratio for Mexican
labor and new streams of tax revenue
for sadly depleted Mexican Golfers"
The Lincoln Star states that "insta-
bility has been the curse of America S
southern neighbor." and that Mexico
has suffered greatly because foreign
capital has been timid." That paper
concludes that "in the long run the
court has chosen the course which will
benefit Mexico most"
With a similar point of view, the
Milwaukee Journal is convinced that