AMERICA AND MEXICO

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20005, 24 January 1927, Page 7

AMERICA AND MEXICO

DIFFERENCES DISCUSSED. ARBITRATION FAVOURED. AMICABLE SETTLEMENT EXPECTED. (Pres. Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.) WASHINGTON, January 21. Arbitration with Mexico over the oil disputes was brought appreciably nearer when the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, by a vote of 13 to 3, decided to report of the Senate a modified resolution expressing the opinion that the administration should accept arbitration in disputes. Senator Borah, chairman of the com mittee, doclarcd that the resolution would be brought before the Senate on January 24. The overwhelming vote in favour of reporting it practically assures its adoption. The resolution was primarily introduced by Senator Robinson as it now stands, and merely expresses the opinion of the Senate that arbitration should be resorted to. It also indicates the means by which this could be effected. In conjunction with Mr Kellogg’s recent attitude,! it is expected to assure an amicable settlement. A. and N.Z. Cable. MEXICO ACCEPTS ARBITRATION. MEXICO CITY, January 20. Tire Government accepts, in principle, arbitration on its differences with the United States, according to an announcement by the Foreign Office.—A. and N.Z. Cable. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE'S ATTITUDE. OPPOSED TO ARBITRATION. FEAR OF COMPLICATIONS. WASHINGTON, January 21. (Received Jan. 23, at 5.5 p.m.) President Coolidge has intimated that he is opposed to arbitration with Mexico, despite the Senate Committee's resolution to that effect. He believes that if the public understood what the United States is contending for-—viz., inviolability of property rights, while Mexico is for confiscation, there would be no demand for arbitration. He feels, however, that the Senate resolution will perhaps complicate the situation. —A. and N.Z. Cable.