Evening star., 1927-04-11
i. S. BANS MEXICO
NEWS IN DISPUTE
Arrival of AttaChe Davis To-
morrow May Concern
Embassy Leak"

So far as the State Department is
concerned. the lid was clamped down
securely today on all controversial
matters affecting directly or Indirect
" this Governments still somewhat
strained relations with the Gales adj
ministration i'm Mexico City
Despite the fact that it has never
been denied that Lieut.. Col. Edward
Davis, military attache to the Amer
ican embassy is coming here to help
investigate the reported leak from
the embassy offices in Mexico City.
Secretary Of State Kellogg continued
calmly to ignore. for official reasons,
fresh and more persistent rum0rs
growing out Of that alleged scandal
State Department. officials insisted
that no new developments have oc-
Cured Of late TO indicate a change Of
policy on the part of the American
Government or anything affecting re
lations with Mexico.
This was as far as the department
would go in commenting on COndi-
tions south OF the Rio Grande. an at
titude that evidently repudiates re-
ports from some sources that new
note has been exchanged between the
two governments.
Davis Due Tomorrow.
Col. Davis is due TO arrive here 10.
morrow and dispatches from Mexico
City say he already has crossed the
border enroute TO Washington. Off
cially, dispatches said, Col. Davis is
away on his annual leave, but the
War Department has admitted he is
on "a confidential mission"
The State DpD9vfnpnf'S chief Con.
Germ, it was said is TO close the leak
and prevent any more information be-
ing ''smuggled" from the embassy in
Mexico City and turned over to Presi-
dent Gales. In the absence Of any
official explanation at the department
concerning the nature of the informa-
tion thus said to have been divulged.
1t was explained that the department
assumes no responsibility for the va
Tious unofficial explanations that have
found their way into the public press
Just how long this secret pipe
line has been operating between the
Embassy and President Gales private
office is not known, but it is under
stood rather definitely that suspicious
were not fastened on any particular
person until early this year when a
civilian employe was dropped from
the rolls of the embassy. His where
abouts now is unknown.
Feasibility in Reports.
While officials decline to throw any
light on the situation, it was admitted
that certain acts within the last year
or so could be made to sound rather
plausible when hooked up to the
'leak" No responsibility is assumed
for these explanations at the State
Department, however, and yet no rea-
son is assigned for the departments
reluctance to discuss them.
That the purpose of Ambassador
Shefields return to the United States
from Mexico last Summer was to try
TO pave the way for American inter
unofficially. to be the gist Of one of
1.-The forged documents" reported de-
hvered to President Gales. II was
explained that President Gales called
at the embassy to say farewell to Mr..
Sheffield just before the Ambassadors
departure. No sooner had the Am
bassador gone, these reports said, than
President Gales received photostatic
copy of what was purported to be a
confidential embassy document stating
the alleged object of the trip was
prejudicial to the interests Of the
Gales administration.
It was explained that this matter
was brought to the attention of the
American embassy through the in
discretion of a member of President
Gales clerical force, who returned
the photostatic copy to the American
embassy.