Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-24
Communist Agitation Against
Government at Home and
Abroad Charged.
POLICE UNCOVER PLOT
TO KILL HIGH OFFICIAL
Parties Connected With Conspiracy
Lead to It's Discovery-No
Names Disclosed.
BY the Associated Press.

by the ASSOclAIeQ HreSS.
MEXICO CITY, January 24.-The
entire staff of the Mexican legation at
Moscow has been ordered by the Next
can government to leave Soviet Russia
as a protest against Communist activi-
ty against the Mexico City regime, both
at home and abroad.
At the same time Ell Universal Graft
CO said the Mexico City police had
frustrated plot to kill several high
officials of the Mexican government. No
names were disclosed.
The paper said Police Chief Valente
Quintana personally conducted the in
vestigation Of the plot and carried out
raids in Mexico City and two neigh
boring towns. The conspiracy was dis
covered through denunciation by parties
connected with the plot.
Political circles expect the action in
volving the Mexican legation at Mos
cow to result in recall by the Soviet
of the Russian Minister In this capital,
A. M. Makar. The Mexican government
thus far has made no move to oblige
him to leave the capital; he remained
at the legation last night and refused
to make any statement.
Ordered to Leave Moscow.
A statement by Genaro Estranda,
foreign minister. revealed that the
Mexican Minister at Moscow had been
ordered to leave several days ago.
The statement referred to recent
"communistic manifestations before
Mexican embassies in some of the capt.
tails OF the American continents on the
pretext Of protesting against measures
being taken here in the case of foreign
agitators who interfered with Mexican
domestic affairs and endeayored to dis
turb public ORDER the reference
obviously being to the embassies in
Washington, Buenos Aires and Rio de
Janeiro.
The statement continued: THE Mexi-
can government has known perfectly
well that this propaganda against our
institutions and against the national
revolution has been prepared in and
directed from Moscow. 1t also knows
and cannot act independently, because
any political organization Of that
country is subject to the Soviet govern
ment."
After recalling that the Mexican revo-
lutionary governments have consented
to maintain friendly relations with
Soviet Russia the statement charged
that unfortunately this high conduct
has not been justly appreciated by the
U. S. s. r."
Acts Of InsOlence Charged.
Instead, by creating difficulties for
Ie kr1 ofV ,lokS
propaganda among citizens and for
eigners, by committing acts Of insolence
and discourtesy or affecting inability to
understand our actions and directing in
various countries manifestations against
Mexican institutions and ideals, Russia
has brought on situations which 1t is
not possible nor decOrous to continue
tolerating with the discretion and calm
We have been showing.
LAS the most elementary common
sense indicates the Mexican government
has full right In the name of its laws
and principles not to permit foreign
clements to interfere with our political
acts, the exercise of which our conSti-
tuition and the uSages of all nations
reserve exclusively to nations, nor to
permit said foreigners to take our terri
tory as the theater for their machin-
atoms and intrigueS against Mexicans."
Senior Genaro Estrada declared that
Mexico did not hold any Of the coun-
tries where the demonstrations occurred
responsible for the happenings; on the
contrary, in most cases full cooperation
with the Mexican government in put
ting down the manifestations was ac-
corded The foreign minister's state
ment made no mention of the status of
the Russian Minister to Mexico.