Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-04-27
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TOARBITRATE
CONTROVERSY
Mexican Leader Says
Difficulties Can Be
Settled by Means OF
Negotiations

Nd XICO CITY. April 2T.-tP)--
President Gales believes that the
road has now been opened for a sat
isfactcry settlement 0f all difficult
ties between Mckee and the United
States.
He emphasized this in commenting
on President Coolidgc's New York
speech and said that at the bottom
of all the difficulties "there Is moth
ing more than "a Misunderstanding
or divergence OF judgment IN ap-
preciatinr matter Of legal order,
which really had not affected the le-
gitimate interests. nor, fortunately.
injured the sentiment Of the nR.-
tion, nor brought any injury 70 our
dec0rum"
The Mexican chief executive has M
desire that the MeNican-American
controversy shall be settled by arhi-
traticn, saying: 1T appears 70 US
perfectly satisfactory that such set
tlement should wv obtained Nv means
Of negotiations"
III think as President Coolidge
does he said, "that there Is n great
desire a. maintain cordial relations.
II " not only possible. but easy 70
reach an amicablc settlement. and
using Mr.. Cooiidge's own words, NV
carried by the newspapers. Il believe
that the two countries should corr
port themselves IN such u way that
their friendly relations are not i'm
paired
Asked his opinion relative to Pres
ident CoulidTa's mention to the ORR
gin Of the difficulties with Mexico,
President Gales declared.
II believe Ne spoke w claims which
over q long series of years We're re-
ferred ~ as damages, either nA re-
CARDS American lives or property,
which. due principally 10 revolutions
ary acts. have been and will ~.
Judged by general and special claims
commissions, which are functi0ning.
According to the newspaper ver-
sion OF President C0uIidEe's speech.
he traces the origin of the intensi-
\ ficntion Of difficulties 40 pr0mul-
cation IVY the Mexican government
4 Of laws which Washington considered
\ practically mtnaring cOnfiscatiOn Of
American property. Fortunately. due
to correct understanding and exact
comprehension or our purposes and
the scope Of the laws. President
Coolidge IN his speech showed
4 thorough understanding that Mexico
\ never proposed, and never will pro-
\ pose. 20 confiscate foreign property.
\ A. 1 clearly expressed it. nc every
opportunitEa the policy and its eS-
/ preston ~ means Of laws have
\ never had either the spirit nor inten-
tion Of confiscating.
There may have been. there Ray
continue ~ bc. diverrenccs w In
Z terpretations Of technical nature
is studying those laws not so much
with regards practical results which
the laws may produce. but aH the
ideologic conception which has given
them life. hut application Of those
laws translated into facts. has not
resulted. nor do we intend that it
shall result. ip material injury Nv the
principals invoked.
"We think exactly as Mr.. Coolidge
does. that. stripped of aIl techni-
tcalites and " legal discussion. the
principal difference which our gov
errment has with that az the United
States AN the supposed threat 0f con-
fisration and Nv this principal dIf-
ference ! think have been abso-
Tut wv rlefr.
"Reenrding the appropriation or
agricultural lands which has never
denied compensation naturally with
In tho governments power. having
regard t0 the economic situation. w
Is very satisfactory for me % note
that INV. Coolidge remembers shat
the American government agreed "a
accept bonds iasuAd by the Mexican
government in paAnent for damages
admitted by the Aspective commits
sions in eases in mich lands were
taken FOR division
Asked hia opinloM on she mrbitrn-
ton question. Pres eat Gales A.
ciared that Mexico the present
time hud two commits Innx tn nrhf.
trate with the United Btaaes snargn
~tneral principles Mexico always
had been and woald be. d partisan
az such remedy.