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Show REVELATIONS OF SCHEMES IN MEXICO MM WASHINGTON. NoV. i 4. Disclosures Disclo-sures of large orde-s lor amis and ammunitions am-munitions placed by Mexico in Europe Eur-ope wem folio wcj today !y revela (ions tending to show that the "Reds' underground line" from soviet Russia to the United Staler run1, bv way of Mi xico It became known f-at the immigri tion service and th a department of Justice Jus-tice both are concerned at the Influx of Russian radicals tnd other alien? of red" tendencies ever the Mexican border Furthermore, povernmenl acents have traced n.uch rod propaganda propagan-da over the Mexican Mne A letter written Onober 23 by R:. mon P de Negri. Mexican consul ger cral in New York, 10 Flavia Borquez. a Mexican senator endorslne the prir. ciple of "nationalization" has come into the hands of ihe govenment and already has been railed to the attention atten-tion of the state department by at least lo senators as showing do Negri's as. sociation with "radical socialists," in the United States In the opinion of officials here, the publication of do Negri's letter ma lead to an embarrasing sHuaMon It is known that the senators Who called the attention ol -' letary Larsing to it recommnc'-ii cancellation of the consul general's exequatur. Government Investigators hive reported re-ported that radicals seemed to have been first attrac'o:! to Mevtro by en-tain en-tain socalled ' ultra modern" provisions of the new constitution De Negri ir hi6 letter writes ;hat only Russia by nationalizing lands ' as ore further I than we have." Government Captures Letter. Dp Negri's letter, a it comes to the government's hands, says in its prir , Clpal parts "It would not only be sad, but even j criminal, that we should abdicate our nationalization lolicv through the threats of Wall street capitalists. I believe this is an ideal tine in which to assure Mexican 1 Hroleun. uee fcr all, since it means nothing less than our greatest wealth, :-o coveted by for eign interests "You. are probably 'amiliar with the! statements made by Georre Creel to I our good friend Manuel Ohpio on Pres-1 Idenl Wilson's views v ih regard to th-" nationalization of petroleum in Mexico. "Steps are at present bems taken in the United States by the working classes, radical socialists, honest intel lectuals. etc, with a view not onI to (nationalizing natu-i.1 resources but to socializing Industries in general. For your satisfaction and that of (he members mem-bers of the consti ;i'ional assembly. I jmust say that you t the example; 1 I can testify lo this fcr I have been on the scene of action s nee 1014. "In 1917 I was In Washington in charge of our embassy when you too'; 1 the transcendental alep of nationalize tion. From that moment I made up my I mind to engage in propaganda favor- able to us by having our constitution printed In English. ' have talked wit, prominent socialosis's of the United States, England an I Russia ar.d they have all informed me tha' our constitution consti-tution is read with enthusiasm in those countries, especially those portions dealing with labor and with article 27; only Russia by nationalising lands nan gone farther than we have This Ia What we lack lo Assure our economic independence, the basis of the sovereignty sover-eignty of all peoples You will als.) have seen In the ;ress that England has nationalized i: coal mines and that similar 3teps are being taken in France. "The social movein?nt in the United States is of such importance at the ; present time that from one moment V. j another there may be s change In the general order of things There is a ter-1 ter-1 rible dislocation between capital and 'labor The conciliation conferences 'between industrials and workingmea have failed Throughout the United States there is a clamor for the socialization social-ization of industries. It would be sad if we. who initiated the movemen, j should abandon it through a weaken 1 ing of principles or through unfounde.l fears i believe you should uphold th principle of nationalization gainst iwmd and weather, not permitting, on any ground whatever, the present own J ers of the oil well to fail to recognize the sovereignty of our nation to th-? j subsoil in generil, lnclud:ng their properties Fear England My Corner Oil "I am following closely the movement move-ment In this country cn petroleum and aa the majority of those who have started it are friends of mine, 1 am in a position to advise you on the subject jThey have two tendencies Either 'j I nationalize petroleum, or to havo pe-troleum pe-troleum pass into the hands of the go" ernment so that it may develop it, wit ii i the privilege of leasing the lands bur I never to aliens, through ihe fear ihat ( England may corner the whole petroleum petrol-eum of the world " Government agents also have gath ered evidence showing the distribution of "red" propaganda In tbe United States through Mexican sources an 1 this Is expected to be hown publicly soon. Secretary Lansing explained today that a diplomatic Inquiry had been made at Brussels respecting the p'a:-jlng p'a:-jlng of munitions orders by Mexico In Belgium. The government adopted that course rather than that of a pro test and is now satisfied that no ship m nts are to be made The extensive' orders placed by Mexico In Spain, Se-retary Se-retary Lansing refused to discuss although al-though it Is known ?hat .he coven-ment coven-ment has full knowledge of them and lit is expected that a satisfactory means , will bo found to prevent oihrrs. The international arms convention, in violation of Which the recent ship njents have been made, (a as ye1 an unpublished document. Ii Id understood under-stood here that it ws signed In Paris Ion September 14 by the signatories '.: j 'the league of nations covenant ami provides that no nation which intend-, j to become a memb r of the league may permit shipments ol arms while 1 h I world is passing through the 'ransition 'period from war to p--ace. |