The first active official step toward Mexican recognition since 1921, when Secretary of State Hughes suggested that a convention should be signed covering the major points of disagreement, was taken by the joint action of the United States and Mexican Governments in convening a meeting of an American-Mexican commission in Mexico City.
As reported last week, the United States members of the commission are Charles B. Warren, eminent lawyer and former Ambassador to Japan, and Judge John Barton Payne, head of the American Red Cross. The Mexican nominees are Ramon Ross, close personal...