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Show MEXICO WILL PAY DAMAGES TO FOREIGNERS .,MEXipo CITV, July 13. (By Tho Associated Press) All countries whose nationals havo suffered damage dam-age from Mexican revolutions have been Invited by President Obrcgon to appoint delegates who will meet Me.x lean representatives and form a permanent per-manent commission to pass upon claims. The Invitation was Issued In the form of a presidential decree promulgated Inst night, and It will be sent to all Interested nations by the foreign office. The president's action was in accordance ac-cordance with tho law passed In May 1913. ut tho instance of Picsldent Carranza, and was Intended to glvo whatever official stamp was necessary neces-sary to make a permanent mixed commission dealing with Indemnities a certainty. The foreign secretary's Instructions to various Mexican embassies em-bassies and legations request tho diplomats to Inform the nations Interested In-terested that Mexico Is disposed to enter into urnngements with foreign governments looking to the equitable equita-ble indemnification of persons who sufferred damage because of iovo-lutions iovo-lutions in Mexico from 1910 to tho present time." President Obregon In IssuBlng hts decree, Is declared to havo been, "inspired "in-spired by a desire to act 'll accordance accord-ance with tho precepts of international interna-tional law." He is understood to have requested tho foreign office to extend a cordial Invitation to nil Interested In-terested nations to assist In forming the claims commission. i |