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Show panics It is already seen in anti-Jewish riot and fascist-type expulsion of newspaper correspondents. correspon-dents. Political opposition is beginning to aria as business grows slacker. The U. S. silver-buying policy, on whose tax proceeds the whole Mexican budget is based, is in danger. One New York paper insists that "A lot of Americans are saying. 'Why not Just go down there and take over Mexico?' " A Wall street lswyer Is organizing a petition to "use our whole armed might" to get back the seized oil wells. A congreaaional Inveatigation of American-Mexican relations is being demanded. It ia time that responsible officials on both sides of the border recognize that delay is doing infinite in-finite harm to both countries. Settlement With Mexico ONE of the strsngest stories In the whole history his-tory of the relations between the United States and Mexico Is that sent on from Mexic City Wednesday by H. R. Knickerbocker and ' published in The Telegram. It told of note transmitted by our state department through Ambassador Josephui Daniels. At the time he received it be warned the state department of ita explosive character. It might have resulted In the breaking oft of diplomatic relations by Mexico or, as other informed Mexicans believed, have brought about the fall of the Cardenas government Neither consequence was desired In thia country. With diplomacy's politeness It is agreed on both aides of the international . boundary that "the note was never received." At any rate its contents have not been published atithar in thm United Ktatee ne In Uvim The story throws the spotlight on the desirability de-sirability of an immediate settlement of the controversy which sprang from Mexico's expro-' expro-' priationg of foreign-held properties, chiefly oil wells, refineries and mining investments in which the stake of Americans mounted to an inserted 1200,000,000 an Incident now more than 10 months old. Both countries would profit from settlement; neither profits from the present pres-ent chaotic situation. Her are some reasons why the United States If losing out by inability to adjust this matter: Export trade to Mexico has taken a terrific dive. Exchange by Mexico of oil for German machinery machin-ery and manufactured goods Is eliminating a natural and valuable market and turning It over to foreign countries which are certain to use it as an entering wedge tor their political philoso-' philoso-' ' phiea. The unsettled relations with the nearest f all the Good Neighbors is bad example. The trade into which Mexico is being pitchforked pitch-forked is an unnatural and unsatisfactory one, providing no needed foreign exchange. Evidence Evi-dence of the political penetration which accom- |