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Show ( , JAPAN, WITH PERMISSION OF MEXICO, SAID TO BE ESTABLISHING NAVAL STATION AT THRESH- I OLD OF THE UNITED STATES ' 1. 3. L lifefe 4 J11 I fe';fA BAY OF CAIJlPEfctlE' jf g ' J II Mmhir- ' JUCHiTAft .-.dM&PAS'-- -' - I I ., F 'I' WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Nogotia- Jr tions being carried on between Mex- iH't ico and Japan will result in an'ultii j I j mate treaty which will give tho Nlp- ' lj ponesc navy a supply station in Ba- m hia do Todos Santos, or tho bay of f All Saints, according to a statomont j f II made by Gustavo Madoro, brotlior of L. . Gonoral Francisco lladero, tho loader m of tho Mexican rebels. "Within 50 1 I miles of this bay, which Is called tho 1 1 best baao on tho frontier, is a colony I of Japanese who, according to Gusta-i Gusta-i (I vob Madoro, havo boon importod by II President Diaz and fflvon concoBsions ,, Ij tlxat no other mombor-u of a Corolgn rnco Uavo iberen given heforo by an t official of tho govornmont of Mexico. i i ' ' ' The motivo bohind! tho treaty, accord- i ill lnc to tho brother of tho rovolution- mMM arl leader, is that th0 opening of the ( fall Panama canal will virtually kill the Mi eatiro business of file TjJhauatopcc railway, in which Mexican and some American Interests have invested somothlng like $100,000,000 of capital. "This railway.' nald Senor Madero, "Is at the zenith of its power financially finan-cially and is practically coining money. mon-ey. It runs from the port of Mexico on the Atlantic coast, to Salina Cruz, on the Pacific, nnd controls almost cvory bit oT freight and transportation transporta-tion pouth of th" great transcontinental transcontinen-tal American roadt.. It can eablly be scon what the opening of the Pnnama canal will do to the Tehauntepec railway. rail-way. And it must be remembered that President Diaz han never fprgot-ton fprgot-ton and nover will forget that the United States is the dominant nation of tho westorn hemisphere Interfered with the plans of bygone schemers by countenancing the revolt which led ultimately to the annexing of the state of 'Texas. President Diaz has . always felt and'hc has expressed, hia feelings in no uncertain torms to men who were at one ttmo among the members of IiIb council, but who are now outcasts that Mexico has not been treated fairly by the United States in thQ matter of building tho Panama canal. He has always expected expect-ed until tho past few year.s tha tho United States would In a great ideas-uro ideas-uro share with Mexico tbo benefits of the Panama canal, especially slnco its operation will put an end to tho great profits the Tehauntepec railway rail-way has poured into tho pockets of its ownerB. Tho first evidence of tho growing friendliness between Diaz and Japan camo when bo granted concessions con-cessions to tho Japanese who hae established themselves in' tho state of Chiapas, which Is not far distant from tho bay of All Saints. Tho last ovidonco of his friendship for tho people peo-ple qf tho mikado's kingdom is yet to bo spen, |
