Show FACE LOSS OF MILLIONS Investments Thre Threatened by New Agrarian Ag Law Enacted In Mexico Washington More tore More than a thousand Americans are threatened with loss o of millions of dollars In Investments by bya by a n. bew new ew agrarian law enacted by the congress of Sonora Mexico l at the direct dl di Instructions of Governor Go Calles Several American merican companies already have filed complaints with the state department against the operation of this law and other complaints are In preparation The department Is preparing pre pro paring representations to the time Carranza government against putting the time law Into nto operation because of injustices this government contends It works upon upon up up- UP-I UP on United States who citizens who have Invested invested In In- InI I ve vested ted many many millions In agricultural lands in Sonora By the terms of the time law It Is provided provided provided pro pro- vided that the state will pay for lands expropriated with agrarian bonds bonda Is Issued Issued issued is- is sued by the state redeemable e at a time and manner to be stipulated later The new constitution o of ot Mexico provides provides provides pro pro- vides that the states shall 11 Issue agrarIan agrarian agrarian ian bonds u under der authority of a law that has not yet ret been enacted by the federal congress The American point out In their complaints to the state dei department de do- i that these bonds are of no value and Inasmuch as the national government of Mexico lu hums has s not paid the interest on Its bonds since 1013 1913 there is no Indication that the agrarian bonds will be of any value |