| Show Joint Border f l 1 Police Force I Is s Suggested Mexican People Consid er Constabulary Less Offensive Offensive Offen Offen- sa sive ve Than an Troops fl ii I EW LONDON Conn S Sept SApt pt 14 if H-if i I N NEW MaJ Gen Tasker II H II Bliss aS asala- asala ls taut ant chief of oC staff of ot tho the United States rt I array army is la to appear before the b Amerl-b t Amerl-t I Mexican can commission tomorrow when discussion of oC border problems 1 Is 1 I renewed He Ho will bo be tho the first a and possibly the tho only witness to bo be interrogated interrogated inter Interrogated Inter Inter- by the commission In 10 Joint ee Bea ses- J slon alon as It Is said to bo be tho the desire of the American commissioners to expedite expedito dite dito deliberations by keeping the door closed against an endless succession of of persons person who wish to be heard It was as thought adI advisable that General Bliss Bliss' should explain to tho the Mexican commissioners commis commis- commis stoners the military aspects of border bordor plans plan a as seen b by United States army officials official No definite plan for border patrols I Ihas has taken shape In the minds of ot tho the 1 commissioners The Americana Americans conferred con- con tarred with General Bliss again today It was as indicated that tho the proposal which has h appealed most strongly to to them was WM that a border bordor I constabulary bo created to ope operate ope ate as a n. police force i along both sides Ides of or tho line lino It was suggested sugs-ested that tho the force torce bo be composed of oC former soldiers of ot both countries under Joint control and that the ex- ex ext f ex-f t ponso penso be ba shared by both governments i It was argued th that t the Mexican people pea peo I pie pia would not feel toward the tho constabulary con cen r tho the same samo hostility that the they displayed toward the American troops it If It also was suggested lugs that the police force would be far tar more effective In f clearing the mountains of ot northern Mexico of M bandits The Joint commission probably will h Ii adjourn tomorrow over o tho the week end to permit the Mexican members to celebrate celebrate cele cele- Y brate the Mexican Independence day September 16 In a n. statement issued tonight tho the following summary of ot today's proceedings proceedings proceed proceed- i in ings s was as given 10 1 The session was devoted to an nn In Informal informal informal in- in formal Interchange of views on tho the enforcement en enforcement enforcement en- en i of ot law in Mexico and on the tho tho guarantees to personal property rights ht l' l The Tho Mexican commissioners presented a clear picture of tho the purposes of ot the 1 Carranza government with reference to the reform of ot the civil and criminal codes and tho the codes cods of procedure Tho They explained the fact tact that under tho the Diaz Dias regime the Judicial procedure was ao so cumbersome and expensive and the j judiciary Ju- Ju dietary so corrupt that It was Impossible sible for tor a A. poor poor man to obtain Justice 1 The purpose of the Carranza government government gov- gov Is so to simplify procedure that the courts of Justice will be open to all and that the personnel of th tha Ju- Ju will Ill be so ao carefully selected that corruption and bribery will m be be completely eliminated As soon a as the tho the plan for Cor the tho revision re of ot the constitution has haa been carried out through a constitutional convention a thoroughgoing reform of the national codes will Ill be undertaken un In order to make these codes conform to the now new standards of Justice Jus jus- tice and equity to be Incorporated In Inthe inthe i ithe the constitution The Mexican commissioners emphasized emphasized l I sized the fact that the Carranza government government gov gov- has no Intention of ot weakening I Ithe the tho guarantees to civil rights although the present abnormal condition of the country has ma made c It necessary to suspend sus SUs- pond pend the constitutional guarantee In various sections of ot tho the republic In short the purpose which the Carranza 1 government has hag In mind Is to make not f only the system of ot law but tho the administration administration administration ad ad- ministration of Justice conform to modern modern mod mod- ern standards and to Incorporate the the principle of equality of or opportunity In i every department of ot national life lite |
