| Show CARRANZA SAY MAY CAPIT CAPITAL AllS IS SAFE IN MEXICO MEXICO If Leader Will Give This As Assurance rance U. U S. S May Give Recognition By W WASHINGTON ASHI Aug 17 Will Carranza assure assure- our capitalists that their thou Interests tR will m be he protected If It he receives government recognition cognition On this question hangs hanga tho the Mexican sit sit- Up to date Carranza declines to give c the tile required assurances In New York and Boston are principally principally principally prin prin- held hold stocks In Mc Mexican n lc In Industrial Indus trial enterprises with a n. face tac value ap approximating ap- ap eighty million dollars rs and having a real comm commercial value except for war of or nearly that amount Many of ot them date from the time of or Diaz Some were ratified b by Madero dadero They consist of or concessions for mining min mm- ing railway rights of ot wa way oil fields grazing lands forests and public service service ser ser- vice franchises In the cities and nd to towns The Mexican government Is Isan isan an nn endorser of or tho the common stock of the Mexican Central railroad It guarantees the 7 7 per cent dividend dl Most copper mines are arc owned by the tho Guggenheim Smelting company Tho The ThoI Harriman estate la is a R. heavy Investor I In all an the Mexican railroads There are Immense ranches In Mexico whose owners have h held ld on to the bare hare I titles hoping for tor the long long-d long delayed lt I peace pence What will Carranza do o for these In Interests interests In- In Villa Was Friendly Villa showed a n. rt readiness to todo todo todo do business with our American cap cap- p- p He did cUd It but Instead of sticking to his knitting an as a warrior he went In for Retting gettIng rich and spendIn spending spending spend spend- ing In- his riches on faro fare drink anti and pleasant nt faced girls So In course of at time his military star has waned and old Carranza who Is a patient waiter walter has been gradually getting stronger At last the d day y arrived when It seemed that he would have ha to be reco recognized and then there came a n. rushing consciousness upon the American capitalists that Carranza I never had given tho the necessary nee nee- essary to th the st stability of ot their Invest invest- ments What hat would tho the old oUI whiskered pirate do Would he ho ratify and continue continue continue con con- the mining titles or confiscate cate them Would 1 he divide th the large cattie cattle cattle cat cat- tle tie ranches of tho the American gringo among his faithful fighting men or orlet orlet orlet let them remain in tn Am American possession posses posses- 11 Ion sion 7 Would he see Jee ee to th that t 7 per ce cert guarantee of t th the the HarrIman railroad stocks To answer er these questions Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary tan of ot Stated Lansing was was app appealed aled to Also AlIo Paul Fuller who m made de a special t Investigation ion tion f for r President Wilson t S. f President nt Wilson has haa been obliged to o alter id M of-a of Ca Mexican n policy polley t to meet this thit new ne ew em emergency emergency- r enc American Amer ican lean capital in Invested In Mexico cannot can can- not be entirely disregarded I In Tn d de- de who is entitled to to the moral morals s support going with th Jal r tion the attitude altitude of oC a revolutionary evolutionary leader toward the American InvEstor mu must mut t be considered Loth to to I Interiors Interfere In his his' speech at Indianapolis last las J January President nt Wilson said I I hold If asa fundamental pie and so do you that every people has bas th the thaT right to determine its own form of ot government nt and until this recent revolution in Mexico until th the end of ot the Diaz rel reign n 80 SO per cent p pt pf the people of or l I Mexico never ne had bad a look-in look In determining who should b be their governors or what their government government govern govern- ment should be It Is 19 none of ot my business bustness bust busl ness and It is none of or your our business how long Jong the they take In determining it It It is none of my mr business and It Is none none of ot yours oura how they go about the thc business The country is theirs the government Is theirs and the libert liberty it if they can get et it it and and 1 God speed them in getting it It-Is It Is theirs and so sotar far tar as m my Influence goes while I am ampre pre president nobody shall elicit Interfere with will It n. S the European na nations nations nations na- na taken as aM long as the they wanted want l rind and nd spilled as much blood as ns the they pleased In settling their affairs Shall w we den deny that to Mexico because she shei i Is weak weak I But facing Carranza's Carram aI unsatisfactory tory attitude toward American concessions con- con cessions l President resident Wilson has had tolIa say to to say In Mexico ae us' he ha did 1 In his 1 roto oto to the Mexican leaders on June 0 Mexico la Ia apparently no nearer a of h her r troubles than she uhe wa wan when the revolution was was was' first kindled And she has been swept by bj vivid war as ns if by fire It l j i time therefore therdorE that the ho government of ot th the United States should frankly state the policy which In th these 8 nr ary circumstances H it becomes Its Us duty to adopt It must presently do what It has haa not hl hitherto he to tor r lone done one or felt at liberty to do 1 lend 10 lend nd It Its I active moral H to some Bomo man or group roup of men I therefore publicly and ver very solemnly call cnn upon the leadis leaders lead lead- ers rA of ot factions In Mexico Ic to cat to net act to together ether and to act promptly for tor the relief relle and redemption of or their prostrate prostrate pros pro country I feel It to b be bp my dut duty to tell tElI them that if hey canno ac accommodate accommodate ac ac- their difference and unite for tor this great grent purpose A within a aveI very short time this government will ill be constrained to decide what whal means should 1 be employed by tho the United Stat States s in order to help Mexico save herself and her serve people Threatened with this counter revolution revo reo lution lutton an and the probability that the United States Stales will espouse the cause of ot some Borne rival leader Carranza Carran- m may give the necessary sar assurances This will lead quickly to recognition of ot him and his regime as aR the de facto government In Mexico and the end will be In iii sight lIght The administration would like to establish some BOme such Ruch supervisory arrangement arrangement arrangement ar ar- ar- ar as that which prevails under the called so-called Platt amendment for tor tho the maintenance of or business stability eta sta In Cuba but the Mexican prejudice pre judice against gringo o interference o 01 or any infringement of or Mexican sovereignty sever sever- el nty makes this a difficult thing tc bring about Moreover Moreo the of the Latin American countries is it lr Is entire accord with Mexico on this thi proposition Thc They want no Imperialistic imperialistic Imperial imperial- precedents which may rise tc trouble them Will m Carranza come through Thai Is the question |
