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Show MEXICO MUST SETTLE GIGANTIC DAMAGE BILL By International News Service. WASHINGTON, Aug. SO. Mexico will have to settlo to tho last cent millions mil-lions of dollars damage dono to property prop-erty owned by Amoricans in the southern south-ern republic when tho reign of rebellion begun three years ago ends. During tho present lull in tho negotiations between be-tween tho United Statos and tho Huorta govornmont, the state dopartmont is turning its attention to the immense indebtedness" that Huorta is piling up to be settled b(y his successors. An international commission would ascertain thiB indebtedness, it was definitely defi-nitely stated to tho International News Service today. Officials .of tho state department Bald today that by Tcason of the Madero ro-bollion ro-bollion and tho present disturbance, Americans already liad sustainod a loss of $500,000,000. The international commission will bo charged with ascertaining: First, the original value of tho property. prop-erty. Second, ita depreciation. Third, what would havo been its present pres-ent value. The same officials Bay that a fair international in-ternational commission in determining a claim would tako these throo items at their full value for the reason that both Madero and Huerta wcro given full opportunity to mako somo move for tho arrest of depreciation by the restoration of peaco in tho country. There is novr a so-called oommlsslon sitting at Mexico City, but it is composed com-posed entirely of Mexican officials, and thoy Bay it is making tho minimum of progross; that, in other words, but vory fow claims have reached tho stago of settloment, and a sottlemont, except on a promissory note, appeared to bo now an impossibility with the Huerta government. The commission which the stato de tho rofugoes eald, six Americans, members mem-bers of tho conatltutlonallst army, recently re-cently were captured and summarily executed. exe-cuted. Losses in recent ongagemonts, they declared, de-clared, ure not nonrly so heavy as reported, re-ported, totaling not mora than 300 or 100 on each side. Tho Huerta forces havo thirty cannon and fifty maohlno guns. Tho constitutionalists aro poorly equipped In this respect. |