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Show InIaTIdIo I FOR U.S. PLAN I Mexican People Desire Peace and Stable, Democratic 'iH Government Wilson j H Course Satisfactory. H NEED FOREIGN CAPITAL ifl ' 'iH Villa Waiting for Scott Gen- ! M eral Expected to Outline 'M Plans for Re-establish- i'll ing Mexico. n El Paso, Tex., Aug. 9. General I Raoul Madero, commander of a divi- H slon of the Villa forces and Villa gov- ernor of Neuvo-Leon state, and a member of the family of the late H President Francisco Madero, Issued a statement last night on the peace f H plan of tho Pan-American conference. After prefacing with a declaration . H that the subject matter was his per- I H sonal views, of no official weight or ' H significance, General Madero said: H "The present diplomatic . situation H appears to me as exceedingly well H developed from the standpoint of in- ! ternational relations of tho United -l States with Latin-America, i H Mexican People Desire Peace. j H "Nothing is more desired by the ! H Mexican people than the re-establish- ft H raent of peace and stable government, I f H but the pride of a sovereign people ' H naturally demands that If assistance r iB must come from an outside source I J H that it must be accomplished with j honor to ourselves, and without in ' i H any way infringing our national pride. h "During this revolution many peo- fj, H pie have openly advocated what is t'l H called armed intervention. President ji) H Wilson followed the even course Aia H which now seems to be culminating Hi in a satisfactory solution. i H Revolution a Useless Struggle. Ij H "The Mexican revolution has not H been a useless struggle. President ' H Porforio Diaz failed to develop his y H people. It was necessary' for the peo- pie of Mexico to go through the strug- ' I H gle of the revolution in order to ac- ' j fl complish what I might term a healthy i L ofl evolution from practical serfdom to lH democratic government. , t H "The people of Mexico are begin- I ning now to think for themselves. In ; ! ' 1910 the principal reforms fought for f j H were political, that is to say, a cer- 'j , H tain man for president with no re- I election and equal franchise. The H agrarian problem was considered In a Jjl H secondary way. I j H "Today, as evidenced not only by ( f, jH the successive plans of several lead- ft ' ers but the acts and statements of ! the leaders and the people as well. I flfl we have a very patient indication of H the healthy growth which the Mexi- 1;H can people have gone through and PH that the finished product is nearly reedy to emerge from the furnace. . H "It is my belief that foreign capital , H must and will be encouraged to In- !' H vest in Mexico and it will receive ev- .J H ery guarantee and protection. I do H I not mean that special privileges Jj should be given, as was the rule of Porfioro Diaz, but that capital tend- lug to establish industries and earn a its right to be invested will be en- jj couraged. a H "One thing which must be dealt H Ufl with is a,' sound and safe tariff law. jj As an example, since Mexico has j, H much raw material, and unskilled la- !j, fl bor, infant Industries should be guard- ,'j ed. The export of raw material 'jj fl should be discouraged and the export f of the finished products should be I facilitated by the abandonment of ex- 1 port duties on such products." r Waiting for Scott. j Associates of General Francisco ft IB Villa, foreign merchants and rcpre- j f M sentatives of mining corporations op- j ifl erating In northern Mexico, early to- if M day awaited the arrival here from jj H Woshiiigton of Major General Hugh ,L H L. Scott, chief of staff of the United J States army, who is thought to have H been commissioned with Important H representations from the state depart- r M ment to General Villa. jl Aside from the statement of Geo. I'fH E. Carothers, special agent of the I uH stato department, that interference j , WM with foreign property and imports ! V was halted by the announcement of ; ' tho coming of General Scott, no in- H formation has come to give an ink- A ling of the exact nature of the com- I ' mission General Scott bears. jj , The Villa leaders expect from him representations on peace in connec- t JM tion with the Pan-American confer- encc. Tho foreign merchants and j i mining corporation representatives j fl o:.pect assistance, tho former in the r i M rescinding of orders of confiscation i H and tho latter a clear statement from ,. J General Villa as to what will bo re- j Lfl quired of them, at the meeting he t M has called of mining men at Chlhua- ; W hua City. He has refused in Juarez, H it is said, to state to them what mat- ter will be brought before them and It is said, refused to discuss the mat- ter at all for the present. fl oo 'fl |