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Show AMERICAN HEAD OF MEXICAN RAILROAD I TO LEAVE SERVICE Interference of Govern ment Officials With Management Man-agement the Cause. MEXICO CITT. July U. Negotlatloni between tha government and B. N Brown, president of tha National Railway Rail-way a. have coma to auch a deadlock that Mr. Brown haa aakad for a apaclal meeting meet-ing oti trie board of dlractora to name hla auccaaaor and haa reaervad accoro-modatiorai accoro-modatiorai on a ataamar sal Una from Vara Crux for tha TJnltad Stataa on Thursday. President Brown haa ended tha nego-tlatlona nego-tlatlona with tha government, following repeated proteata against Interference on tha part of government offu ial. with tha operation, of tha railways. A statement state-ment from hla office calla upon tha direct di-rect ore definitely to determine hia auccaaaor auc-caaaor and ha daclarea that hla decisive request la made in view of tha failure of tha dlractora to accept hla previous proposal of resignation. Since presenting hla resignation Brown had been urged bv President Huarta to remain at tha head of tha railways, which poet tha American haa held for many yearn. Brown stipulated condition, condi-tion, upon which he would remain. Th.se, in a word, wars that tha gov -eramsnt officiate must positively refrain re-frain from interference in rive business of his offlca. The federal administration administra-tion appeared to realize tha asriouanes. of peissllllm aim to withdraw at thin tlms, but It was not prepared to make tha concessions demanded, which Included In-cluded the revision of a circular laaued by former Minister of Finance LI man -tour several years ago providing for a gradual Mexlcanlaatlon of tha system. That tha govarnment may even yet concede President Brown's farms Is possible, pos-sible, but ths chancss of this appear so alight that Mr. Brown ha. booked for passags to the United States. Ths probable suocsssor Is unannounced, unan-nounced, but it is regarded likely that ha will ba Salvador canctno, now tha govarnment representative of the railways. rail-ways. President Brown's withdrawal cm rrlaa with it that of Oeneral Manager Clark, and It la expected that C. R Hudson, vice president; J. M. Raid, the chlaf engineer of construction, and a number of other American officers, will also resign. In his statement President Brown says: Under present conditions success for and with the railways seams Impossible, snd I do not feel that In justice to my high reputation I should remain and go down with the properties. Tha government govern-ment owns the majority of the stock, and aa it apparently seas fit to dictate to the management of the railways a certain cer-tain line of policy which ths management man-agement feels will not allow the properties prop-erties to ba successfully operated. I thought It best to ask ths directors to relieve me of my position " |