Show TO DESTROY AMERICAN MARKET MARIET fOR LOOT OF MEXICANS Kahn of California Has Bill Intended to Prevent Confiscations WASHINGTON Jan 23 State 2 State department department de do- officials today expressed hope that con congress would pass a bill introduced by Representative Kahn of California or a similar measure which would II prohibit tho importation into tho the United States of any goods wares or merchandise tho the property of f Americans Ameri Amen cans an other foreigners in Mexico Malco which have htwe been confiscated by Mexican authorities It was pointed out that such a n. meas- meas uro urn would prevent most of the confiscations from foreigners of cotton copper gold old and silvor silver bullion bumon cattle horses hides rubber and so forth because it would take away tho the market in which the Mexicans have havo been beon Belling th these e articles arid and securing American gold to continue continuo their campaigns Millions Stolen While Whilo there thero was no definite fi figures res to show exactly what these confiscations from Americans Spaniards and other foreigners have hao amounted to it was declared declared de do- dared that they havo have mounted un up into the millions possibly or orni ni moro more 0 re The Pachuca Mining company a n Spanish concern to tho the department do de from Vera Vora Cruz recently when hen bullion bumon said to have hao been een worth wont more than was shipped to NewY Now New Y York orl n addressed to a n Carranza a agent ent They were told as was the Spanish ambassador ambassador am am- here here- some time n ago o when he ho asked the tIme United States to prohibit tho the importation through El Paso of a large quantity of cotton taken from Spanish subjects at Torreon that there thero was no law which could be e invoked Many Complaints Made Almost daily a ay y complaints are aro made to the tho department by Americans whose property had been confiscated confiscate The Tho ICahn bill would prohibit tho the importation importation im im- into this country of ot such goods unless s the collector of tho customs customs cus cus- toms at tho the port of entry is furnished with a n complete inventory inventor b by the n affidavit it of the shipper the ownership of tho property and tho particular locality from which it was shipped It If tho shipper claims ownership ownership ownership owner owner- ship by b- purchase the tho affidavit must disclose disclose disclose dis dis- close the tho namo name of the seller seHer and tho the price paid and amI said shipper shall produce pro pro- duco duce a receipt from tho seller showing full fun payment of the purchase |