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Show .uhuiiLiiil uflG !M:n MTU 1! q ! hull y hi u. u Mexican Secretary Says the j Conflict Will Start Over Oil Wells. i LAREDO, Texas, Pec. 1C Kt I'p.iver- sal of Mexico City in its lsr.-nic of Sunday says Luis Cabrera, secict;M-y of the j treasury, "ir.ak-'-.s the alarming preuic- lion" tMut the "new conflict which will ! arise between the United Suites and ' .Mexico will !fe due to thy refusal of the (Mexican) government to permit petroleum petro-leum companies to drill new welit;." Declaring that Cabrera's "prophecy" is probabiy correct, VZl 1'niversal says that, failing in the "Jenkins case to get result?," re-sult?," the enemies of Mexico have appealed ap-pealed to the American congress in an extended ex-tended memorial complaining against the action of President Carranza in restricting restrict-ing drilling of new oil wells. The newspaper news-paper adds that production of oil has been considerably reduced "by some wells being be-ing salted," and admits that twelve wells have been shut down "by force on orders of General Murgula, who was instructed to do so by the secretary of industry and commerce." Seeks to Mediate. MEXICO CITY", Pec. 1C Gabrlele Terra, the Uruguayan minister of for-' eign relations, has offered the services of his country as mediator in tho difficulties dif-ficulties be-tweon Mexico and the United States, according to advices received by the Mexican foreign relations department here today from Mexican Charge d'Af-faires d'Af-faires lir.rig.uez at Montevideo. . Advices from Santiago, Chile, on November No-vember 29 reported the newspaper Nac.ion as saying it had learned from well-informed diplomatic circles that there was a possibility of mediation of the governments gov-ernments of the ABC group (Argentina,. (Argen-tina,. Brazil and Chile), with the object of composing the difficulties between the United States and Mexico over the Jenkins Jen-kins case. In official circles at Washington Washing-ton it was stated no such proposal had been received from any of the ABC powers. The offer of Uruguay, as reported re-ported in today's dispatch from Mexico City, is the first indication that any South American government aside from the ABC powers might take steps to adjust the differences between the United States and Mexico. Washington in Dark. WASHINGTON, Dec. lG.No intimation intima-tion that an offer of mediation between the United States and Mexico was forthcoming forth-coming from the government of Uruguay, had reached the state department tonight, to-night, officials said. Pending official notice no-tice of the Mexico City advices, comment as, to the probable attitude of the Washington Wash-ington government, toward such a propo-1 propo-1 sal from Uruguay or any other Latin-I Latin-I American government was withheld. I The Uruguayan legation also was with-1 with-1 out information on the reported proffer. Whether such a suggestion would be ad-, ad-, vanced through that channel or through . the United States minister at Montevideo as the Mexico City report indicated, was J 'done with relation- to Mexico, was not i 1 clear. j , '' In connection with the nrobable atti tude of the Washington government, j should a- fnediation proposal be received, : it was recalled that- recently, when rela- ! tions between Mexico and the. United ; States were apparently close to the break-: break-: ing point over the case of American Consular Con-sular Agent Jenkins at Puebla. Mexico, j and other incidents, that vague rumors j of Latin-American intervention with mediation me-diation proposals were afloat. Nothing definite ever came of them, but at that time a' strong impression obtained among some officials that the position of the United States would bo to accept only in case the mediating powers were ready if necessary to put armed forces into Mexico to protect Americans and American Ameri-can interests there during the pendency of the negotiations. Was Well Treated. EAGLE PASS, Texas, Dec. Flatly refusing to answer the direct question as to the conditions of his reiease and whether the money had been paid, Fred G. Hugo, the American ranchman abducted ab-ducted last week by Francisco Villa and held for $10,000 ransom, said today he had no reason to complain and had suf- i fered no hardships. He arrived in Eagle j Pass last night and said today he would . return in a few days to the J. M. Pobie ! ranch, in Coahuila, of which he is man- I ager. Hugo said he was liberated on the prom- '! ise not to state wdiere lie was taken nor j the conditions of his liberation and he J proposed to keep his promise. He said ; he had become "favorably impressed" with Francisco Villa, . who- personally com- I manded the forces which raided Muz- i quiz last Thursday, and that while a cap- ' five lie was treated as one of the party, j Villa invited him to "come down and, have Christmas dinner with him," Hugo said. Villa's ambition, Mr. Hugo said, "was to establish a new civil government in Mexico, and not a military one." Conference Called. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 16. Governors of all the states of -Mexico have been summoned sum-moned to meet in Mexico City on December De-cember "0 for a conference with President Presi-dent Carranza, looking to a more rapid pacification of the republic and also to outline plans whereby the approaching elections may bo carried out with the least disturbance of unfairness. Refuses to Attend. MEXICALT, Lower California. Dec. JR. Governor Fsteban Cantu of Lower California. Cali-fornia. Mexico, wiil not attend a conference confer-ence of governors at Mexico City, called by President Carranza for December 20. Governor Cantu made this announcement here today, assigning a his reason that he is governor of a territory, holding an appointive office, and that the call is intended to apply to governors of states only. |