| Show JIEXICAN CONGRESS OPENED Millions of Dollars Damage Along the Rio Grande River Tho IVkn mad l1nlllo 01 Sri ne lItrlntal to 1100 No 1I0n0 Flulica City of Mexico Sept 1C President Diaz opened Congress this evening reading his semlannnal message covering cov-ering the period since April lie said the country was at peace with all civilized civ-ilized countries and was gradually making mole Intimate ties with them He noted the decision of the court of claims at Washington adversely to the La Abra claim which had been pronounced fraudulent and went on to consider the question of the pro reiMU International dam remarking 1oronller 1000 from Juarez fur a distance of 113 kilometers down the river hae suffered damages which antou fit to many million ul dollar and hive lout a large number of Inhabitants In-habitants on account of the frequent Inundations front the Hlo Grande al use of the water of Iho river for Irritation Irri-tation purposes on land In the United btates which his greatly reduced the t olllm of water In older tu remedy as fur as possible these evils a great International reservoir has been planned and negotiations opened nt Iahlnglon by our minister It Is I to bellot1 that the government of the United litotes overcoming the illlil eollls raised by blenhllurs will con elude n Irealy with Mexlco for the execution ex-ecution of this work which Is of vital Importance to tile dwellers on either bank of the river The postolllce department and telc 2aphs owned by the government tile 1Ilsase slales abow a remarkoJl a In Lrea2ge crea of bulnes All Referring 10 the question of silver ns affecting the IInances uf Mexico the presllent says Unfortunately t Ihe I > rosent fiscal year does not Jegln under us good auspices as the previous previ-ous one for the exeeoIe wenkns and fluctuations of silver often bud den and violent in their charactet hon su Influenced tile economic lIua lion of the country that It Is demandIng demand-Ing the serious attention of the government < gov-ernment and hB aueJ the adoption of front Ineaure of Prudence I nil exiijuses not absolutely necessary be Ing deferred nr reduced The magnitude and sudden character charac-ter of the present peiturbatlon In ill Yer certainly doe not correspond to t lie known causes which have produced I it Md therefore there are elltoundd motives for expecting that the factors more or less artificial which may have had an Innnenea In Ih decline of oil vcr would be of thoit duration find mal even soon bring bout II favorable reaction There Is not therefore at present any serious reason for alarm The nation will be able to pus through tilts difficult period confronting It with the same serenity which It displayed a few Years agO hn tbs llama causes produced pro-duced alarm Thl portion of hIs message attracted attract-ed great attention and Was favorably received It was stated that th finnne department had Iud conces sion for several nf banks of Issue In the interior nnd had under study several sev-eral other Iopod bank charters In conclusion the President assured Cont that there was every reason for cnnulallon nn Ihe S rife of the country which steadily grows richer while tho government revenue Is con tlnttally Increasing There Is I only one thing to he legret ted and that Is I the single clause en tlrely outside of the power of tbe country coun-try to control which threatens to disturb dis-turb the foreign trade of tho Republic and the easy financial situation of the government The recent decline Ii silver which If continued and aggra 1 voted might occasion Berlous coneac iiuences only encourages natlonil ex portatlon and manufactures while the temporary nature of this Ieellne nc cording to the reports received by tin TTecutlve permits the Indulgence nl the hopo that the situation will sooi clear liptand In unroventthp national treasury prepeb prepared to meet It |
