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HAT shnll bo done with Mexico?
Nobody seems to bo ready
with n complete program, but
everybody seems of the opinion
that somothlug must be done
and done soon.
In this ago of the world civili
zation cannot afford to let. a
country like Mexico one of the
garden spots and natural store
houses of earth continue out of
the line of march. It must join the procession
and must keep up with the procession.
, So It Is evident, nsldo from the question of the
killing of American and British citizens and other
nationals human life appears to be cheap these
days that financial matters and economic ques
tions will force action by the United States and
the allies against Mexico, the outlaw nation.
It Is no exaggeration to say that for months no
other International problem, not connected with
the proceedings at Paris, has been so fully dis
cussed as the Mexican question, and apparently
sentiment In this country and abroad Is rapidly
crystallizing.
The exclusion of Mexico from the League of
Nations was based on the ground that Mexico had
been unable to give proof of Intention to observe
International obligations. Mexico has failed to
observe these obligations In these ways:
Mexico's neutrality was more than tinged with
German, bias.
Mexico has made no attempt to meet her foreign
debt obligations.
Mexico shows increasing Inability to afford pro
tection to the lives nml proporty of foreigners and
nationals also.
Mexico has given evidence ot a studied and
systematic attempt to put through schemes which
would result In the confiscation of foreign prop
erty, the most glaring example of which Is tho
case of tho oil companies, although the express
and railway companies' Interests are In almost as
great dnnger.
It is no secret In Washington that renewed rep
resentations on the Mexican situation aro being
made to the American government by Great Brit
ain and France. For several months these counj
tries have been urging upon tho United States tho
desirability of putting Mexico on Its feet so that
It might resume the payment on national and other
debts and afford adequate protection to foreign
lives and property.
British citizens jire holders of a considerable
amount of Mexican bonds, both nntional and rail
way, while tho French have extensive investments
in the banks, which It has been charged were loot
ed by the government under the guise of obtaining
"loans." Nationals of both countries hold exten
sive interests In oil properties. Many French citi
zens of moderate means Invested their savfhgs In
Mexican bonds, on which they hive received no
interest for six years.
In short, the Mexican situation has apparehtly
resolved Itself into this: Tho United States will
soon be compelled to take Mexico In hand unless
European nations are to bo suffered to Interveno
there In spite of the Monroe doctrine.
In ofllclnl Washington tho prediction Is hnzarded
that tho United States will Intervene, acting as
tho mandatory for the Lcaguo of Nations.
In congress tho Mexlcnn situation has ceased to
bo a partisan question. Senator King of Utah, a
Democrat and one of the administration's strongest
supporters, Introduced tho other dny a very stiff
resolution directing the secretary of slate to re
port In full on Mexlcnn conditions nnd what the
department of state was planning to do In tho
matter. The resolution was Immediately consid
ered nnd ngrced to.
In tho house Ropresentnt've Gould of New York,
Republican, Introduced a resolution providing for
n sweeptng Investigation of American-Mexican re
lations and all phases of the Mexican problem
since 1010. Tho Investigation would be inndo by
a committee of three senators and three repre
sentatives, to bo selected by tho foreign affairs
committees of the two houses. It was stated lead
ers of both tho houses wero consulted beforo tho
resolution was Introduced, nnd that they are
favorable to tho Inquiry. '
Mr. Gould gnvo figures showlnj;, that, 800 Amer
icans had been murdered between 1010 and 1010;
figures for tho three years following being unob
tainable. AH of which seems to indicate that President
Vcnustlano Carranza of Mexico is in bnd with
Undo Sam and tho allies. It seems reasonnbly
certain that ho cannot much longer stavo off a set
tlement of tho grievances which havo been piling
up in tho United States and various European
nations because of tho high-handed trcntment nc
corded to foreign Interests In tho Mexican repub
lic. Also It appears that either Carranza must como
to terms witli tho United Stntes and tho allies,
wltb . ( i'. ptalilo guarantees that -Mexico v.W meet
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her obligations to these countries, or tho revolu
tionists will shako him from power. In addition
to tho Villa rising there are not less than ten revo
lutionary movements In Mexico. There aro those
who say ho would not last two weeks should ho
bp thrown over by the United States.
Thero Is no gainsaying that Carranza Is In a
tight place, with thp League of Nations plnnnlng
economic pressure from without and a growing
pressure from revolutionists from within.
What are tho Investments of foreign nations In
Mexico? No official figures are to be bad, with the
exception of the estimate prepared In 1010 by
Marlon Letcher, an American consul In Chihuahua,
which is this :
American $1,057,770,000
British 321,802,800
French 143,440,000
Various 118,535,380
Total 51,011,054,180
Another estimate, prepared by an American cor
poration enjoying special facilities, totals nearly
tho same, but differs' widely In the distribution of
Investments. It Is regarded as tho best obtainable.
It follows:
American 055,000,000
British 070,000,000
French '. 285,000,000
German 75,000,000
Spanish, Dutch, etc 100,000,000
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Also Mexico has been using tho total Income of
tho railroads and express companies ns well as
other public utility establishments nnd hns stead
fastly refused to make admission of responsibility.
Most of tho Amerlcnn money went into Mexico
during the 34 yenrs of the Diaz rule, ending In
1011. Tlfb following figures as to Investments and
damages aro regarded as tho most reliable
Cash Physical
., Invested. Damage.
Railroads 150,000,000 40,000,000
Oil 200,000,000 5,000,000
, Minos 200,000,000 15,000,000
Lands nnd cattle. 50,000,000 10,000,000
Industrials and pub
lic service...., 50,000,000 10,000,000
Total
.1,875,000,000
These figures are said to include tho foreign In
vestment in tho nntionnl debt of Mexico and tho
distribution, as far as can bo worked, out, of the
holdings of the securities of all companies operat
ing In Mexico.
Tho British government Is demnndlng adequate
protection for British subjects and property in
Mexico, including specifically tho oil wells tho Brit
ish government recently hns purchased from Brit
ish corporations, and nlso Is demanding reparation
for the destruction of British lives nnd property, f
Tho French government1 is making similar de
mands and In addition insists that Carranza pay
the Interest on the 30,000,000 Ilucrtn loan, which
was lloated In Franco but which has been repudi
ated by the present Mexican government.
The $30,000,000 loan constitutes tho difference
between the amount of tho Mexlcnn externnl debt,
as estimated by T. W. Osterheld at 173,400,007
and tho figures given today by tho Mexican gov
ernment, which aro 143,472,125.
Regarding tho internal loan debt ,of Mexico, the
Mexlcnn treasury department says It totals 00,
397,775, with interest to June 30 next amounting to
S17.014.G72.02.
The ofllclnl Mexican figures fall to take into
account the entl.ro rnllroad Indebtedness, guaran
teed specifically tiy the Carranza government when
tho lines wero tnken over, and which Is given as
$290,504,532, United States currency.
Nor do the Mexican figures Include obligations
other than railroads which tho Mexican govern
ment has guaranteed and which, therefore, con
stitute a valid claim agninst Mexico as a direct
external loan. Chief of these Is tho "Cuja do
Prcstamos" farm loan banks obligations which,
with Interest to Juno 30, equul $31,500,742.75. Nor
does tho olllclal Mexican report take Into account
tho "Infalclficuble," Issue of paper money, of which
$80,000,000 at 10 cents United States currency, re
mains outstanding, mnklng another 8,000,000,
which tho Mexican government upon issuing
solemnly pledged itself to redeem, but which It
Inter repudiated and which It will some day bo
compelled to pay.
Nor does tho ofllclnl .Mexican report tuko into
nccount tho 20,000,000 which tho Carranza govern
ment took as a "loan" from banks of Issuo In
Mexico City and which Is now the subject of In.
Junction proceedings by tho Bunk of London to
enjoin the financial ngent of Carranza In New York
city from reaching credits In United States bnuks.
HEWS NOTES OF
INTEREST TO EVERYONE
IN NEBRASKA
Total 050,000,000 80,000,000
This investment of 050,000,000 bnd grown In
vnluo until In 1010 it was said to bo worth 2.000.
000,000. Damnge claims aggregating 500,000,000 nro-said
to be filed with the Amerlcnn state department. In
this arc included Icgltlmnlo claims for additional
losses duo to tho following causes:
Destruction of new values created by tho Amer
ican energy which hns now been driven out.
'Destruction of business through confiscatory
taxes and uncurbed bnndltry, making operations
Impossible.
Destruction of original values through unstable
gavornment.
Destruction of entlro flnnnclnl and credit system
of the country through government decrees.
Losses In profits which would have been mndo
during present era of high prices.
Potential damage which would wlpo out virtually
all values will become actual If President Carranza
carries out his confiscatory "Constitution of 1917"
and his subsequent decrees, Including tho follow
ing: Mnklng foreign corporations or Individuals In
competent to own property In Mexico unless for
elgh citizenship Is renounced.
Appropriating all corporation-owned land, giving
In return unguaranteed stuto bonds of virtually
no value.
"Nationalization" of oil, making oil subject to
denouncement, when tho entlro oil-producing sys
tem Is now founded on the principle of Its belong
ing to the land Itself.
Prohibiting any foreign corporation or Indl
vidunl from owning anything within 00 miles of the
frontier or 30 miles' of tho seneonst.
There aro dozens of other Interesting things In
the Mexican situation which canuoUbe considered
here. For example, a study of Carranza's sayings
and doings shows him to be a human curiosity.
Is Villa allvo or dead? Of course his name Is
very much In evidence. Nevertheless, who has
seen lilui In the llosh for n year or moro? Ho Isn't
being Interviewed nnd photographed that's sure.
Tho personality ot Angeles, who has cast his lot
with tho Vlillstas, Is Interesting. Ho Is educated
and personally attractive.
Then there Is tho national election coining on
with Curranza saying ho is out of it and Obregon
und Gonzules, rlvnl candidates, tnlklng now revo
lutions. Logically, it would seem (n be sufficient to
niako Carranzn adopt a satisfactory policy and
glVo guaranty of good behavior.
But can he glvo guaranty? Can anybody In
Mexico guaranty anything?
It looks as If It would bo necessary for somo
power to Intervene.
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And If tho United Stntes delegates tlio Job of
establish w p aco and order In Mexlco--i'cd-b;
Monroe dottrtaul
Governor McKelvle hns appointed
six departmental secretaries provided
for under tho administrative codo bill,
passed by tho last legislature. The
appointments nro ns follows: Philip
F. Bross, "prlvato secretary to
the governor, secretary of finance.
Leo A. Stuhr, drug and dairy com
missioner, secretary of agriculture.
J. K. Hart, secretary state banking
board, secretary ot trado and com
merce. Frank A. Kennedy, Jabor
commissioner, secretary of labor.
George 10. Jobnson, state engineer,
secretary of public works. II. II.
Antics, former chief of police In Lin
coln, secretary of public welfare.
F.ach secretary will draw n salary
of 0,000 n year.
Hall county farmers, who signed a
petition for u county ngent, and which
was turned down by the county
board, have decided to carry tin1 mat
ter Into court to test thu constitution
nllty of the now statu law, which pro
vides that each county In Nebraska set
aside funds for farm bureau work, If
petitioned by tho required number of
citizens.
Nebraska has tho honor of being
the fourteenth stato to ratify tho na
tional suffrage amendment. Tho states
which acted on tho amendment ahead
of Nebraska are: Illinois, Wisconsin,
Michigan, Kansas, New York, Ohio,
Pennsyhanla, Massachusetts, Texas,
Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas and Mon
tana. A man and n boy wero injured nnd
windows wero broken In a number of
buildings, while firemen word destroy
ing walls of tho Paddock 4 block nt
Beatrice. Flro had completely gutted
tho structure.
Tho rains of tho past week came
just In tlmo to snvo crops and pas
tures from serious damago In many
sections of Nebraska. Crop experts
contend thnt tho long dry spell did
not damage corn to any extent.
One of the most hilarious sessions
oVer held In tho senate, chamber of tho
state house at Lincoln took plnco
when tho upper house- of the stato
legislature unanimously ratified the
national suffrage amendment.
Uousowlves nt Fremont aro now
paying 15 cents n quart for milk.
Boosting of the price to that level has
taken place at Omaha and several
other cities of tho state.
Paving Is being lnld upon a number
of streets nt Geneva. If petitions,
which havo been presented to the city
council, are favorably acted upon,
forty additional blocks will bo added
to the first district.
A (SOO-acro wheat field In Deuel
county yielded 21,100 bushels, which
tested sixty-two pounds. A number
of wheat fields In tho county pro
duced as high as forty-five bushels to
tho ncro.
Lack of attendance, duo to hot
weather, resulted In a deficit of 400
suffered by tho Red Cloud chnutnuqua.
Tho company announced thoy would
expect tho local guarantors to intiko
up tho shortage.
vnhoo expects n captured German
cannon In recognition of Saunders
county's wnr activities, according to
a resolution recently introduced in
congress by Representative Mcj
Laughlln.
Warden Fen ton of tho stato peniten
tiary has sold tho grain raised this
year on tho penitentiary farm south
of Lincoln and tho stato treasurer ro
celved a check for 0,008.
Tim stato supremo court lias ruled
that It Is not unlawful for n person
to have n reasonablo amount of liquor
In thelrj homes providing it was pur
chased prior to July 1.
Tho South Omaha live stock mar
kot led tho nation In tho receipts of
sheep Inst week, when a total of
123,200 wero marketed.
A total of elghty-llvo carloads .of
wheat waB shipped from tho Farmors'
elevator at Chnppcll in a little moro
than two weeks.
J. W. Lewis, Cluiso county fnrmcr,
threshed from two big wheat fields,
twenty-six and thirty-thrco bushels to
tho acre.
A company Is to bo orgnnized at
Fremont which will purchase an air
plane to mako (lights dally oVcr tho
district.
Tho primary election for selecting
candidates to tho Constitutional con
vention will ho hold on Tuesday, Sep
tember 10.
Laurel has lot a contract for 20,
000 yards of paving to cost about
82,000.
The Arlington Telephone Co. hns
made application with tho stato rail
way cDininlsslon for an Increase of
25 cents on each telephone.
Sixty Gago county veterans of tho
world war voted at a meeting at
Beatrice to apply for a charter, pre
liminary to thu organization of u part
of tho American Legion.
Mrs. Clara G, Qulmby, of Colorndo,
has assumed her uw duties us super
intendent of tho statu Industrial homo
for girls nt Gcnovu. She succeeded
Paul McAuIgy of Omaha.
With tho turning over of tho tele
graph and telephone companies to
their owners by tho government on
August 1st, word wap received by tho
Stato Railway Commission nt Lincoln
thnt a new schcdula of rates wou,ld go
Into effect.
Tho Lincoln street caar conipnny has
been permitted to lncreatio its fares
from 5 to 0 cents In tho city, and to
7 cents to suburbs by tho fodornl
court, which also Issued a icstrnlnlng
order against thu railway commission
from Interfering with tho establish
ment of ti now schcdulos.
The ndmlnlstrntho code law en
acted by the lust legislature and
which Is now' . operating, does away
with practically nil tho slate boards
and commissions, which havo boeu
conducting (lie various state activities,
such as Inspection of foods, drugs
and oils,' oJiTorceihcnt and health, snn
llnry.mhd JAjf? laws, suponlslon of
all agricultural activities, the oper
ation of tho blue sky law, tho bulldlnq
of stato highways and tho registra
tion of automobiles and enforcement
of water power nnd Irrigation and
drainage laws.
Governor McKelvle won the first
round of tho light to prevent the filing
of tho referendum petitions against
his code bill when tho Lancaster couu
ty district court denied u writ of man
damus to compel Secretury of Stato
Amsberry to accept the filing of tho
20,000 signatures. Tho court ruled
that each of tho 1,200 petitions circu
lated, should have had attached to it
a full copy of the code bill, contain
lug 500 pages.
Nebraska members of congress, es
pecially Representatives Reavls and
Jeffries, played n lending pnrt In tha
dolmlo In tho house preceding tho
adoption of n resolution dcmnndlug
that surplus army foodstuffs bo sold
to the public
Laxity In the method of keeping nc
counts is blamed for h loss of 7,000
suffered by tho Jnnsen Equity Kx
change, a Janscn organization, during
tho past year. An nudlt of the books
of tho company revealed this loss.
Plans for tho erection of a building
to replace tho Hotel Paddock at Bea
trice, which was destroyed by fire, aro
already under consideration. Tho de
struction of the Paddock leaves Bea
trice without a first-class hotel.
Plans for Nebraska's 1019 Stato
fair, to bo held at Lincoln, August 23
to September 0, havo been vlrtunlly
completed. Those In churgo say tho
fair will be tho greatest over held in
tho stato.
Tho now social science building and
tho teachers' college building on tho
downtown campus of tho Stnlo Uni
versity at Lincoln will bo ready for
occupancy when school opens next
month.
Thnt southeastern Nebraska Is a
profitable fruit raising country Is at
tested by tiio fact that.n quurter acra
of raspberries on the farm of Oscar
Mason, near Stella, netted tho owner
81.15.
Elghty-llvo Nebraska soMUers, resi
dents of nearly as many towns and
cities of tho state, arrived at Now
York aboard tlio transport George.
Washington from overseas. The men
wero members of tho Second dlvlson.
Flro departments from Fatrhury,
Wynioro und Lincoln wero called to
Beatrlco to assist In controlling u lira
of unknown origin which destroyed
the Paddock hotel, at u loss of
300,000.
Tho Ashland Pint to river bridge la
now the property of tjio stato and
Saunders county, nnd hereafter will
bo free to tho public.1 It has been op
erated ns n toll bridge slnco 1911.
Tho state board of assessment has
fixed tho state lovy at 13 mills for tho
year 1019. On an estimated valuation
of tho stato of 572,000,000 this will
ralso 7,420,000.
Juvenile farmers, members of Ne
braska boys and girls' clubs, aro ex
pected to havo moro exhibits by far at
tho Stuto Fair at Lincoln this full
than over before.
A fast' Burlington passenger train
crashed Into a herd of 43 cattle near
O'Dcll, Gago county, killing thirty
four of them. Several wero puro-bred
Horofords.
Street car fares nt Lincoln havo been
Increased from 5 cents nnd 0 cents to
suburbs to 0 cents and 7 cents, re
spectively, on authority of thu federal
court.
Preparations nro being mndo nt
Red Cloud to pave thirty-four blocks
of streets and four blocks of alloys.
Tho work will cost between $150,000
and 200,000.
Several farmers In Dodgo county re
ported loss of stock from tho recent
liot period. Ono furmer reported tlio
loss of a 1,000 bull from sunstroke.
Fnrmers south of Superior report
much excitement In the vicinity of the
Stnudard Oil company's drilling, oil
having been struck, thoy say.
Wayno Megrue, 12-year-old Harvard
lad, was killed when a Ford In which
ho and a chum were riding, turned
over neur Blugvlllc.
A total of 772 bushels of wheat.'val
lied nt 1,019, was harvested from a
field ut the Richardson county poor
farm near Falls City.
Omaha's olllclal welcome-homo day
for soldiers and sailors has been set
for August 27.
Scptivnber 21 to October 4 aro tho
dates sot for tho Ak-Sar-Ben fall fc3
tlvul at Omaha.
Chancellor Avery of tho University
of Nebraska announced ho hud' denied
the application to admit to tho Uni
versity of Nebraska for technical
training a number of students Identi
fied with tho federal soviet republic
of Russian.
W. 10. Sharp, president of tho Am
erican Potash company, unnounced
that ho has received jm ordor for 150
carloads of Nebraska, potash, valued
at $1,500,000. It ,1s tho largest sale
of potash over made In the United
States.
Pender has a now banking Institu
tion, thu Farmers' and Merchants
Stnto lmn,lc. It Is capitalized at ?50,000
and opened for business tho first ot,
tho month.
The recent convention of tho Stata
Suffrage association, hold ut Lincoln,
was tho greutcst in tho history ot tha
organization. It was decided nt tha
meeting Unit hereafter elTorts of tha
association will bo centered upon tho
education of women voters along tha
lines of government politics. Mrs. O.
II. Dletrlck of Hastings was chosen
resident for the eusuluu venr