Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-18
U. S.-MEX|CO CLAIM
BODY IS EXTENDED
Due to Pending Matters Gov
ernments Agree to Two
Year Continuance.

A two-year extension of the special
claims commission by the United
States and Mexico to negotiate the set
Element of claims amounting to more
than $500, 100000 was effected yester-
| day with the signing Of convention at
the State Department by Senior Don
Manuel G. Teller, Mexican Ambassador
to the United States, and William-R.
Castle, jr., acting Secretary of State.
The commissions life was due to
| expire at noon yesterday, but owing to
the thousands of claims still pending
the American and Mexican Govern
| ments agreed to continuing 1t for two
more years. It was established in Sep
TENDER, 1928, and has been extended
every two years since that time.
Only cases involving the claims of
Americans against Mexico growing out
/ of losses in revolutions during the pc
Rod between November 20, 1910, and
| May 81, 1920, fall within the jurisdic-
] ton of the special claims commission
These claims include 3,148 applications
for adjustments with Mexico involving
1920, 435 ,256.
Extension Of General Body.
The State Department also made
known that 1t Is now negotiating the
extension Of the general claims COM
mission with Mexico. This commits
sion has authority over claims Of Amer
leans against Mexicans, and MeXicanS
against Mexico. over the period be-
tween July 4, 1868, and August 80, 1927.
Such claims are of general character
and involve any loss sustained by the
citizens of either country.
There are at present 2,781 claims ag-
gregating $5l3,694,267 before the gen.
eral claims commission. The commits
sion Is expected to be continued through
a convention to be signed before Au-
gust 80, the date of its expiration, be-
cause Of the vast amount of uncom-
pleted business. In this case, 1t Is said,
the extension probably will be for two
more years.
To Renew Investigation.
Ernest B. Perry Is commissioner for
the United States on the special
Roa, commissioner for Mexico. Since
the resignation of DR.. Rodrigo Octavio
of Brazil, the neutral commissioner, the
commission has been inactive, but with
the extension today an appointment
will probably be decided on and the in
vestigation of claims against Mexico
promptly resumed.
The most important case heard by
the special claim commission resulted
III Tic dpplICdIlOIl 1OI 1OllOW~
ing the massacre OF Is American citi-
zens by Pancho Villa. rebel leader who
has since died, in Chihauhau in 1915.
This case was known as the Santa
Isabel claim.
The personnel Of the general claims
commission includes DR.. Kristian Sind
bale of Denmark. presiding commits
sioner; Fred K. Nielsen, commissioner
for the United States, and DR.. Fernan-
dez MacGregor, commissioner for
Mexico. Col. c. L. Bouve is the agent
appointed by the United States to pre-
sent cases to the commissioners before
both the general and special commits
sions. Two agents, DR.. B. Sarbajally
Rosas and DR.. Aquiles Elorduy, repre-
sent Mexico.
Extension of the two commissions is
authorized in a resolution passed by
the Senate at the instance of Senator
William E. Borah, Republican, of Utah,
chairman of the committee on foreign
relations.