Mr. Secretary Hughes has finally sent to Mexico City two competent lawyers to arrange for the " recognition " of the Obregon Government.
For it is now chiefly a legal question which must be settled before American recognition is accorded: By Article 27 of the Mexican Constitution, the Mexican government was given all the subsoil of Mexico, including oil, minerals, etc. This was manifestly unfair to foreigners who had previously acquired rights to subsoil properties. Obregon has said that he would recognize these rights obtained by American investors before the Constitution went into...
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