Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-01-20 | Page 6 | French Protest to Gen. Huerta

FRENCH PROTEST TO GEN. HUERTA Suspension of Interest Payment Pay-ment on Mexican Public Debt Stoutly Opposed Paris. Jan. 20 The French foreign office today instructed the French minister to Mexico to protest to Provisional Pro-visional President Huerta against the suspension of the payment of interest inter-est on the Mexican public debt The French note differentiated be teen the loans of 1910 and 191". The first of these, secured by 62 per cent of the Mexican customs duos, received receiv-ed the formal approval of the French government, which authorized the listing of the bonds on the Paris bourse The foreign office therefore protests on its own account against the default of interest on that loan. The second protest is made on behalf be-half of and at the request, of French bankers in regard to the loan of 1913. which was secured by 38 per cent of the Mexican custom dues, but which did not receive the recognition of the French government Peace Societies Appeal. Brussels, Belgium, Jan. 20. The In ternational Peace Union, who head quarters are here, is arranging to ask all the peace societies of the world to send telegrams on the same day to Provisional President Huerta and to Yenustiano Carrapza, the constitutionalist constitu-tionalist leader in Mexico, requesting them to agree to an armistice "pending "pend-ing which their rival claims and the real interests of Mexico shall be submitted sub-mitted to arbitrators."