Show MEXICO RELAXES IN OLD CRIMINAL PRACTICE WASHINGTON w Nov Kov Tho 16 Tho Mexican government has broken through the tho old tradition of Latin-American Latin criminal proceedings proceedings pro pro- by permitting the American consul at Guadalajara to communicate with Carlos B. B Carothers the tho American merchant who vho was placed under arrest last week for 1 killing a year old Mexican boy and wounding a a. gendarme while defending his home against rioters The state department moreover has bas received i a copy of a decree issued by the Mexican government last Saturday granting granting grant grant- ing inS to foreign prisoners otherwise in- in the right to communicate freely and in to person with tho the resident consul of their own country This action will tend very veo much to prevent friction and international disputes dis dis- disputes hen hereafter after in connection with the thear- thear ar rest and trial of Americans in Mexico |