LATIN AMERICA: Quieter Mexico

The deportation of non-Mexican priests and nuns, begun a fortnight ago (TIME, Feb. 22), was proceeding as the week opened, and in a test case— one Mexican court held that this action by the Calles Government was strictly constitutional.

Abroad, however—at Washington, London, Madrid—a notable furore was created, and the representatives of the U. S., Britain and Spain in Mexico City were instructed to employ harsh language at the Mexican Foreign Office.

They did so. The deportations were halted overnight. Chastened...

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