Evening star., 1942-03-23
5py.Conscious Mexico
Puts Rigid Curbs
On Axis Citizens
Germans, ItoIions Fare
Worse Than japanese
Under War Lows

BY Wide World News
MEXICO CITY, March 23-Mex-
leo is putting a sharp curb on its
Axis citizens.
Consider the hypothetical case of
Karl Giovanni Hurusuki:
If he worked for a United States
company he has been fired. If he
had his own business. he's been
blacklisted by the United States and
England. and unofficially by pro-
democratic Mexicans.
He can't send cablegrams or let
ters to his home country. He can't
send messages out of the country
except in English or Spanish. He
can't send kilograms from one point
to another in Mexico except in
Spanish.
He can't hire an airplane. He can't
draw pictures if he travels by regu-
lar plane. He can't live within 100
miles of the Pacific Coast.
Bank Account Frozen.
II he used to work in the Mexi-
can oil or fishing industries or for
a radio station he has been fired.
HIS funds have been frozen and he
can only take money for living ex-
penSes out of his bank account.
He has to be newly registered by
the Interior Department. To do this
he has to prove he is legally in the
country. If he is here illegally he
To
Some OF these regulations apply
to Observation-Disclosures and citi-
zens of the democracies as we'll as
Herr HuruSuki. These are the re-
StrlctiOns on air travel, those re-
qulrlng the use of English or Span
lsh. and the new alien registration.
However, the alien registration is
class conscious. First, non- American
foreigners have to register. Later,
those born in the Western Hemi-
sphere will be listed and. still later.
those who have lived in Mexico for
more than five years Everybody has
to pay the 30-pe fee.
Country Spy Conscious.
Probably several score persons
have been picked up on charges of
pro-axis activities, some for alleged
espionage. Their cases are still
awaiting decision. The country is
spy-consciouS.
just In case Herr Hurusuki might
have sabotage in mind soldiers pa
troll the roads out of Mexico City
and most trains carry a military
guard. Even foreign reporters can't
see the orders issued daily assigning
units to various guard duties. al
though Herr Hurusuki can walk
around little and see where they
are.
But he'd better talk Spanish-and
good Spanish-if he meets any
friends. Five men talking German
in a parked car late at night were
hauled into the police station. Luck
lily for them they were -Nazis
and had the scars to prove 1t.
japanese Fare Better.
Japanese fare better than Ger
mans or Italians under the new reg
ulations. This is because japanese in
Mexico are mainly farmers and
Mexico is permitting them to live
in the suburbs of the capital and
continue farming in an attempt to
increase agricultural production.
Germans and Italians were mainly
tradespeople. They can run stores
if they wish. but they are finding
it's hard to live taking in each 9TH
er's washing.
The pioneer Sinarauista colony In
Santo Domingo. Lower California.
which provoked a bitter debate over
the semi-military groups alleged
Nazi-Fascist tendencies. is described
by responsible military sources at
La Paz as settlement of hard
working peasants trying to make
go of their venture on the penin-
sula's inhospitable soil.
There were charges in the Mex
ican Congress that the colonization
was maneuver to put Axis sympa-
thizers within striking distance of
the vital Magdalena Bay naval base,
only few miles away
Sinarquista leaders hotly denied
the charges saving the colony was
settlement of industrious farm
ers trying to build a decent life for
themselves.
They predict migration of 1OO.-
900 followers to the Santo Domingo
territory. where they have founded
a city of 600 population. Permanent
homes are under construction. Wells
have been drilled for irrigating the
arid soil.