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Show hun colonists; Government Making Bid for Teuton Immigration, Berlanga Admits. (Chicago Tribune Special Service.) "WASHINGTON, July 13. The Mexican government has made a bid for German colonia ts, it was learned today from "Mexico City. As soon as it was known that Mexico would lie barred from tlie league of nations, the Mexican officials began negotiations with a view to securing secur-ing immigrants from Germany. As a re-milt, re-milt, it is report'."!, youu Germans will lie welcomed to Mexican shores as soon as they can find transportation. Agruirre IJerlanya, secretary of pob-ernacion, pob-ernacion, is quoted as saying that German Ger-man immigrants would be granted tlie same Kuarantees and ia' ilitics yiven to other foreigners. It is believed, however, that further inducements have been offered of-fered to Germans who desire to yo to lUexlco to escape the heavy taxes in Germany. Ger-many. He nor Berlanya admitted that "the Mexican poveriinient through its consulates, con-sulates, in various parts of the world, has been stimulating immigration." His department de-partment has jnst completed preparation of a bill to be subniltted to congress proposing radical changes in the Immigration Immi-gration laws, he said. A cable report from Rurope to Mexico City quoted in the advices said 5000 Germans Ger-mans were planning to leave for Mexico. It was stated officially in Mexico City that general immigration on a larye scale, such as Indicated in the cable, won id bring" to Mexico unquestionable ad-vantases. ad-vantases. "The Germans as a general ride are good Immigrants," says the official statement, "as they are all hard working work-ing men, devoted to industry and commerce, com-merce, and to a certain extent to agriculture. agri-culture. "It is believed that this lare German immigration would be beneficial in settling set-tling larpre areas of land at present abandoned aban-doned through lark of men with enough enterprise to cultivate them. The Germans Ger-mans will be excellent settlers In such portions por-tions of the country and there is no doubt that the country as a whole will be benefited by this class of Immigrants." There is some opposition to this movement move-ment by lending opponents of Carranza, v.'ho have been firmest in their contention that Carrrinza is to blame for the discrimination dis-crimination against Mexico as a member of the league of nations. They cite "serious "se-rious dangers" which should be watched and avoided at all costs in admitting immigrants, im-migrants, especially Germans, to Mexico. The situation in Brazil is cited, and It is stated that thousands of Germans settled In the southern part of Brazil have acquired ac-quired a preponderance that almost allows al-lows thern to dominate southern Brazil. They declare that tlie same thing would doubtless be witnessed in Mexico, and it is shown that Mexico has not the power, as Brazil had, to quell any attempted uprising up-rising mnnipuiated hy tlie Germans. They declare that militarism in Germany Ger-many Is not wiped out but is merely dormant. dor-mant. "After some time the Germans will undoubtedly attempt to recover lost Kround." one opponent of the plan is quoted as saving, "and if there were large colonies of Germans in Mexico it Is not unlikely that we would experience the prcat difficulty that Brazil had to face in the south." |