Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-09-25 | Page 9 | Mexican Senate May Act Quickly on Oil Legislation

Mexican Senate May Act Quickly ; On Oil Legislation i MEXICO CITY, Wpdno.sday, Sept 25. The possibility that the Mexican senate would act quickly on oil legislation legis-lation became uncertain today as a result re-sult of the session of upper house of ' congress Senator Juan Frais. one of the authors of the bill being considered consid-ered by the senate, bpRan the discussion discuss-ion for the measure, but Carlos Zetln.i offered a proposal for thp amendment of Article 21 of the constitution, which article nationalizes oil lands Thp pleasure barked by Senor Frals and h i faction in the senate makes Articl-2 27 operative without beinjr retroactive, tbus meeting the principal objection of foreign interests The motion of Senor Ztina, it is ' ' ion While the senate has taken up i hp question of oil, the chamber of deputies has thus far failed to touch on the oil proposals submitted by the executive branch of the government last November against provisions of which foreign oil interests havo mad-the mad-the most strenuous objections.