JAPANESE FOR MEXICO.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15377, 12 August 1913, Page 7

JAPANESE FOR MEXICO.

50,000 SETTLERS TO BE SENT. SENSATIONAL REPORTS. GENERAL HUERTA DEFIANT. WAR THREATS HARMLESS. Timea-Sydney Sun Special Cable. (Received August 11, 6.30 p.m.) New York, August 10. Sensational reports are now to hand from Mexico relative to the diplomatic mission of Senor Felix Diaz to Japan. There is a growing belief that Japan is entering into a treaty with Mexico with the intention of sending .50,000 men to colonise the State of Morelos, which was depopulated by the rebellion. General Huerta's followers are increasing as a result of the defiance of President Wilson and the belief that the United States is preparing to repeat her Cuban tactics of upholding the revolutionaries by force of arms. General Huerta insists on an unqualified t recognition of himself as President of Mexico, but the depleted Treasury renders his threats of war harmless.

THE STATE OP MORELOS. Morelos is an inland State of Mexico, on the southern slope of the great Mexican plateau. Its population before the rebellion was over 150,000, including a large percentage of Indians and mixed bloods. Notwithstanding its mountainous character, Morelos is'one of the most nourishing agricultural States of Mexico, producing sugar, rice, Indian corn, coffee, wheat, fruit, and vegetables. Its mining industries continue undeveloped, although silver, iron, lead, and gold are known to exist there in large quantities. The capital, Cuemavaca, is one of the most picturesque towns in Mexico. It dates from the time of Cortes, who built for himself a house there. Maximilian had a villa close by, and many of Mexico's public men, natives of the "lowlands, have made their homes there instead of at the national capital.