DOLLARS STRETCHED SATURDAY
Thirty-Four Firms Will
Participate In Event to
Make Dollar Go Farther
??* >
Hardly in History of Elizabeth City Has
/ Such Array of Values Been Mar
[ shalled as Will Await Out of Town
Shopper Who Will Study Ads
The Dollar Stretchers
liatfoiin
Pag*
Bright Jewelry Co. ?
Leslie Belanga
C. B. Ires Co.
M. C. Love
P. W. Meliek Co
Overman & Stevenson
Clarence lteid
Rucker & Sheely
J. W. Shaniionliouse &
Standard Pharinaev _
T. W. Williams & Son
G. M. Williams
Aydlett Hardware Co.
Auto & Gas Eng. Wks,
L J. Cohoon>& (!o
Garrett Hardware Co.
Gilbert's !
Mitchell's
M. G. Morrisette & Co
Quinn Furniture Co. ...
T. T. Turner & Co.
Ryan Floral Co.
C. A. Cooke
Lqu!s Selig .......
Spenee-Hollowell Co. ...
Apothecary Shop
Weeks & Sawyer
M. I-cigh Sheep Co. . ?
McCnltc & Grice
Silverware 5
Roanoke Island figs 7
Aluminum Ware ... 6
Creamery Butter 5
Flour Bins 6
.Free Face Powder... 7
Pure Honey 3
Silk Hosiery 8 ,
Son Coffee 2/
Jonteel Cream i.
...... Shoes 2
Dresses * 5
Cutlery .7
. ? Free Snubbers 6
Sampson Paint 8
Silverware 8
Dresses 6
Dresses 5
Sugar 2
Iron Bed* 8
.. .Shirts 7
....Flowers 7
...Men's & Boys* Wear I
....Silverware 8
...Repair Parts 8
..Stationery 2
... Shirts .U. 8
...Dresses 3
..Flat Crepe 3
Hardly in the history of The Advance has thifc newspaper
Irouiftit to its readers such an array of bargains as is pre
sented in the advertising columns of ttiis newspaper today.
And still today's advertise*
meiits do not tell the whole
story, toyn few firms wfio an
nouncecr their stretch-your
dollar bargains yesterday are.
not advertising today. Thrifty
*h^>pcrs are urged to refer to
yesterday's issue of The Ad
vailce iis well as today's in
making up their lists of firms
they will wish to visit when
in-rthe city on %Saturday or
Monday.
falling In line with Its adver
tisers, . The Advance la doing It*
bit to make It worth while for
otM bf town readers to visit Elisa
beth City on Saturday and Mon
day. Not only is this newnpspt r
repeating Its half price Hubscrip
t4t?'ofTer to out of town subftcflb
eiir but sl*o The Advance Is of
fering Its out of town reader* who
come to Elisabeth City on Satur
day and Monday It* ela**ifled col
umn free Of charge. Details of
w>tn of those offer* will be found
?elsewhere ott this page.
W No reader of The Advano
should lay this Issue a*lde until
every advert laement In it has been
at lea*t k la need at. For the con
venience of bargain hunters,
atretch-your-dollar firms are Hated
In the box under the head at the
top of this column and their bar
gain* are Indexed. Hut aeglancei
at the Index I* not enough. The
advertisements must .be read In
full to appreciate, the values of
fered.
The number of firms participat
ing In the event la particularly
ratifying to thta newnpaper. for
with each firm offering at least one
i<Aelal value to stretch the dol
1.1 ra of the customer*. th*> thlrty
four ilrin* together present sn op- 1
portunlty for dollsr stretching
isreiy seen In a ay community. 111!
fttarred will be the shopper who
can find no opportunity to get to
Ejil&iheth CKy on Saturday or
Molality, for hardly Will such an- j
Other bargain feaat he net In Ella- ,
alx-tti City within the next six |
naoftU ?. *
i Boti merchants today are offer- 1
Ing Sea oaabt* goods as low a*
half price. Other* offer valuable
hoinlla# free to customers
fcniH certain specified i>ur-l
Otherw make drastic
jlti t In Items for which |
i .rtleularly good demsnd
tint a. , And SO oae might
GET THE ADVANCE AT
HALF PRICE ON
SATURDAY
Draining to co-operate with
Elisabeth City mmhiuitii in
their plan to bring a big' arm)
of hurgain hunters to the city
Sat unlay, Tbe Advance ha* de
ckled to repeat, for this one
ilny ami to out of town sub
scribers only tbe most liberal
subacrlptlon offer, all things
considered, that It has ever
presented to people of this sec
tion. Here It la:
Subscribe to Tbe Advance,
renew, or extend your subscrip
tion on Saturday, Augaat 2S.
Stretch-Your-Dollar Day, and
The Advance will match every
dollar received from you. In
other word*, ray a dollar on
your subscription and get cred
it for two; pay two dollars, and
get credit for four; iav five
dollar* and get credit for StO.
The sky Is tbe limit! Tbe
only condition Is that tbe offer
Is good only to oat of town
subscriber* In tbe 111 counties
of the Albemarle, Currituck,
Camden, Pasquotank, Antes,
Hertford. Ilertte, Wellington,
Tyrrell, Dare, Chowan and Per
. quintal in. This offer l? not
good In Kllxabnth City or out
aide of Kllsabeth City In coun
ties other than the IS named
above. Neither !? It good for
any amount leas than one dol
lar. You can not bring In AO
1 cents, for Inatunee. and get
credit for a dollar. You can not
J "end your wlwn i Iptlon by mall.
I you mn *t rome to FSHjatudi
I Clly or send your sutmrrlptinn
, by some one who does come.
*o 09 for half a column Hot even
then one would And the story bet
ter and more definitely told la the
Advert liM-menta themselves and It
Is to these advertisements thst the
attention of he reader is now In
vltad.
The name of Bright Jewelry
Company was laadvertently omit
ted from the list of co-operating
Arm* Which waa published Thurs
day.
Firm* co-operating who are not
Advert lnInK bargains today are:
Hanjflpn * McCoy.
Hoi# Supply Store.
. Owens Shoe C6.
Gallop 4k Toxey Shoe Co.
Elizabeth CUy Marble sad
Granite Works.
NEWTON ROAD
CONTROVERSY
IS UNSETTLED
, Interna in Cum from First
j District to be Heard Tuen
! day Overshadowed on Su
preme Court Docket
? REHEARING ASKED FOR
i And Decision of Supreme
j Court on Highway Coin
| mission's Petition Is Ex
pected Tuesday
Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Aug.
27. ? The now far-famed Newton
highway controversy is destined
again to overshadow the delibera
tions of the State Supreme Court,
1 which convenes Tuesday, August
(ui. tor its fall term to consider a
| docket of 1 4 cases, none of which
tare criminal caaes, all of which
tare from the First Judicial Dis
trict. For of more interest than
[any of these 14 cases on the dock
I et is the decision which the court
will make as to whether or not It
II will re-hear the Newton hlghway
case. I'etltlon has been filed for
1 some time asking that?the case be
re-heard, and the court will have <
30 days in which to make known
its final decision. It is expected
that an announcement as to j
whether it will or will not re-hear
the case wll be made within a
few days after .the court convenes. ;
The State Highway Department,
at whose instigation the re-hear
ing has been asked, Is most hope
ful that its petition will be grant
ed, inasmuch as all work on the
Newton-Statesvllle Hnk of High
way No. 10 is being held ui>
pending the 'disposition of the
case. The Supreme Court at the
last session, made permanent the
i Injunction granted against the
t construction of the highway over
] the route laid out by the Hlgh
iway department, becauae it did not
} run through tha center of Newton
and "paat tha court house door."
The decision was written by Jus
tice Brogdon, hut a dissenting
opinion was written by Chief Jus
tice Stacey. which was also signed
by Justice Adams.
In the majority opinion by Jus
tice Brogden, It wafc held that by i
falling to route the proposed link
1 of hlguway "pant the court house
, 'door" of Newton, the Highway
Commission bad failed to fulfill
the spirit of the highway law
which specifically ?ald that the
main highways "must connect
county seats and principal towns"
the court holding that the pro
posed highway, alnce It merely In
tersected the elty limits, dkl not
"connect" l^ie county seats, to the
extent which the law required.
Hence the Injunction previously
granted by Judge J. L. Webb, tem
porarily restraining the commu
nion from starting work on the
section of proposed highway in
Catawba county, from the Cataw
ba river, was made permanent.
However, the injunction not on
ly halted work on the route from
the Catawba river to Newton, but
on the route In Iredell county as
will, from Btttesvllle to the Ca- ,
tawba. becauae If the road was not
going to be built In Catawba
eonnty to connect with the Iredell
county ifctlon of the road, there ,
was no use In building It at all un- 1
til the entire new route could be
determined And if the court re
fuses to rehear the Mae. much de
lay will result, because sn entire
ly new route will have to be sur
veyed and laid out by the High
way department.
It has since been explained by
the Hlghwsy Department that It
was In an elfort to more fully
comply with the State Highway
act that the northern route was
selected Instead of the southern,
not only because It was shorter by
a number of miles, and would cost
fully $400,000 less to construct,
but because It connected two more J
"principal towna," namely Clare- ,
meat and Catawba, which at pres
ent are entirely marooned from !
the course of the southern and
what was formerly bol lived to be (
temporary route.
So in view of the maay new de
velopments In the case, the High-,
way Commission Is particularly
anxious that the fluprAne Court
will grant the ro-hearlng. confl
(Continued from page 4)
COW OPPOSES
RACE SUICIDE
A cow belonging to A1 Har
ris. living In the Oallberry sec
tion. has Just preeented her
owner with twins, according to |
word reschlng this city. Both
mother sad offspring are re
ported dolag nicely.
Orowers of cattle In this vl
? elnlty declare It Is exceptional
for a cow to he doubly bleet. In
the matter of newly arrived de- 1
scendants. but that there are
cae*e on record In which they (
have ushered triplets Into the ]
world .
Let Kansas Beat This One
Kaaaaa la aoppoMd to be the Aiflower state. But California boosters
'?? ???<1 maybe they're rl?1?t. This shows
Mlaa OlMva Kenyon hoMtns a #nHowor Brown, at Hoywards. <5llf. It's
IT Inches In ttatfcatsr art* wei*hs 1C pounux. nlno ounces.
No Place Lik? Elizabeth City,
Mike Mettrey and Family Agree
After Two Year Visit to Syria
"There** no place like Elizabeth
City."
Thus chant Mike Mettray, his
j wife, and their eight youthful
'son* and daughters. Just hack
from a stay of more than two
| yearn In Hyria. Mikes native home,
iwhence he emigrated to the IJiilt
led States Konif 28 years ago.
I Comlug tt> Ami' rica as a young
later, Mike started nut with a pack
on his back. Ho finally drifted
Into Kllzaboth City, opened n store
of hla own, and prospered. in
time, he accumulated considerable
savinga, along with a thriving bus
iness.
j Tho call of the homeland waa
strong in Mike's heart, and Krew
In Intensity, as the years wore
along. Finally he decided to sell
out, and returned to his beloved
Syria, again to mingle with his
kin and old friends In the garden
llke plain over whlrh towera
Mount Lebanon, whence Solomon
brought great cedars for that tem
ple whose fame Jias rung through
th# centuries.
Mike's mother Mary Mettrey,
bought out her son's buslne**, and
on May 14. 1924, Mike, his wife
and aeven little Mettrcya set sail I
for the Holy Land. Seven little
Mettreys made the trip acros*. but
there were eight when Mlk" re
turned this week, an additional
son and heir having arrived in th"
Interim.
Aa la all too often the ease, real*
Izatton fell far short of anticipa
tion when Mike again walked In ,
the paths which his forefathers j
Motorists Flirting
With Trouble On
West Church
Too much eagerness to try out
the newly paved sector of West
Church completed Ibis'
week and now undergoing the
necaaaary seasoning process before |
being opened to the public. Is |
more than apt to bring serious
trouble In Its wake, both for the
street Itself and for thoee Motor* j
Ists, youthful and otherwise. who
have shown a disposition to drive
their ears oVfcr It, roaardlot* of j
tha barricades and "lteep off"
?Igns.
Those who. built the afreet de
clare that It may be damaged per
manently by being driven over be
fore It Is ready. They point out
also that to use It before It Is op
ened Is a violation of tbe law. In
an effort to break up tha practice,
th. police are asking Jjfcftt West]
Church residents who observ-Wu
street being thus "mistreat* <l#n"
tlfy them at once, ?o that the/ of
fenders may be dealt with It/ re !
eorder's court.
Dr J HT White who ha* be# n
at Tacoais Park. Washington. D.
On has rataraed to bla bone on
Wait Main atraat.
had trod. In "the more than a
quarter of a century that had '
elapsed since he departed for 'the :
western land of opportunity, most '
or IiIh former friends had depart
ed, or had died. There wen* only
a few who remembered him. and j
they were bent heavily under the!
Weight of years, anc^ of the trials
which their land had undergone1
Iin the Hwift, mad succession of!
events in the Inst decade.
Disillusioned,' Mike again
turned hin thought* to the land ho
had forsaken, and. not many
weeks ago, he and his family
'turned their faces back toward the.
United States ? and toward Ell*a
beth City, North CaroHna.
The Mettrey* a?aln set foot on
American soil a few days ago, j
when the French liner Canada, j
bound from the Mediterranean,,
docked at Providence, Rhode Is
land. They came directly to Eliz
abeth City, arriving Thursday. !
Having Hold out his original
business here, Mike is now look-)
ing around for another stand. As j
a nucleus for his stock, he has '
brought back several thousand
dollars' worth of Persian rugs
and Oriental novelties of, many
sorts, purchased in the plctiireque
marl m of I>ara*scn? and Hagdad.
fly the exercise of that frugality;
which won him his earlier sue-,
cess, he hopes to build another
thriving business here.
I "It was a fine trip," Mike com- 1
mented Friday, with a smile, "hut'
It's fine to be home again." .
CHAM f!KI< OFFICIALS'
SESSION POSTPONED i
A nf.?tlnK of commPrHal . c f r p j
taries from towns and cities along !
the North Carolina coastal plain,
from Elisabeth City to Wilming
ton, which had been scheduled to
he held in Ooldsboro next Tues
day, has been postponed to Wed
jnenday, September 15, according
i to word reelved at the Chamber of
.Commerce here from Walter C. j
I Denmark, secretary of the Oolds
boro Ohimb
Mr. I>enmsrk Mllld Um IttMt
Ing after a conference with other
iChamber of Com me roe secretaries,
I with the Idea of formulating plans*1
[for befter advertising the advan
tages of the eastern part,of the j
! State, both from the standpoint of j
tourists and of homeseekers. ?
While no reason for the postpone
ment was given. It Is assumed that
It was decided upon because many I
of the commercial secretaries In!
the section are on their vacations j
this month.
ninety-four are
thought mmwiNKO
Na Khali lb ngal. India, Aug. 17 |
j ? Ninety four passengers on Meg-|
na Itlver ferry boat are be 1 lev 04
to have been drowned when the
craft eapsl/ed In midstream and
broke In two. One hundred pas
sea (?r? were- on board.
CAPITAL CITY IS
AISO WONDERING
ABOUT ITS TREES
Automobile Traffic Tbreat
ens to W n'ck (iliirf lleau
ty of Wutfhiiifgtou I'lilws
Airplane* Hu*li lo Hisruc
TIIK AXE IS HEARD
Street liy Street the Trees I
Are Goiti? and Yitdtor*
(iaii Kawily See the Great'
Difference Made
n> KOHF.KT T. HMALL
Washington, Aug. 2f. ? The nu-|
tomobile, creature of mortern com
fort anil convenience in transpor
tation, in alowly but mirely devan
tut in k Washington. It Is robbing
the Capital city of ita orownlnK
glory of beauty ? the trees.
A recent rather severe and some
what choleric critic declared that
If a tornado should hit Washing
ton and wreck everything except
the trees the Capital would have
suffered no greut loss. In hia
sweeping denunciation of supposed
architectural splendors and his an
tipathy to the bronze alatuos
which dot the landscape In more
or less reckless fashion, this critic
spared .only the White Mouse, the
Lincoln Memorial, the local court
house and the Treasury.
One or two private atructurea
were exempted from the general
?cheme of deatructlon. but ull the
other government edifices, coat
ing millions of people's dollars,
it was argued, should be thrown
to the swine.
Now It would seem that the au?
tomohilo lias Joined forces with
the hypercritical destructlonlata
of Washington and is threatening
to wipe 'out the troes. The auto
mobile. of commercial and paaaen
ger desiKn, has brought about a
traffic congestion in the capital
which haa called for the widening
of many of the thoroughfares. In
thus making way for more vehic
ular traffic the sidewalks have had
to be narrowed andtthe fringes of
trees have had to be sacrificed.
These trees have given down
town Washington a different as
pect from any other city of the
country. The trees have lined the
business streets und avenues from
time Immemorial. Hut street by
street they are going and visitors
to I he capital, who knew it In Its
former splendor can easily note
the difference. The ring of the
woodsman's axo Is to be heard at
last in the near vicinity of the
White House for Fifteenth Street,
leading north from Pennsylvania
Avenue where (he Treasury stands,
and Just one block from the Pres
ident's homo at what Is sometimes
called 1800 Pennsylvania Avenue,
has been added to the list of thor
oughfares to be widened.
Pennsylvania Avenue still Is
flanked by towering trees from the
Capitol to the Treasury and. for
tunately, Is wide enough to acco
modate traffic for decades to1
come. It Is hoped* that before
Pennsylvania Avenue has to be
denuded of Its arboreal trimmings!
travel through the air will have
been developed sufficiently to re
lieve the congestion on the
streets.
There Is approaching danger of
the necessity of widening a great
many of the streets In the residen
tial sections of the capital as well
as downtown.
Many of these streets It Is bare
ly possible at night for two lines
of vehicles to pass, for parking Is
almost solid on both sides of the
street. Washington permits all
night parking In the residential
neighborhood and It Is estimated
that between 25,000 and 30,000
I cars use the streets as year-round
garages. During the winter these
cars of the opeu spaces get snowed
In occasionally but no great dam
age seems to be done.
A short time ago there waa a
proposal to ban the all-night
parking, but the howl which went
up could he heard for miles
around and both Congress and the
local government officials were
frightened away from the revo
lutionary rale. Washlngtonlans
are^tlnglng lo their liberty of the
streets If nothing else. They can't
vote, but occafflonally they can
howl In unison and get action, or
prevent It.
The resldfliice streets of lhe|
capital are very poorly lighted as
a rule and on most of them the old 1
time gaa lamps are atlll In vogae.
With double lines of parked ve
hicles to contend with night driv
ing Is anything bnt a safe pastime.
For this reason there soon must
he a showdown between night
parking or general widening of
streets from one end of the city
to the other with consequent de- '
structlon of all th?- <;lty trees. It'
Is a situation which la* groaning
real concern amonc the advocates
of a still more beaut Ifnl city. '
Traffic regulation In Waahtng
toa Is an ?fttremrly difficult prob
lam at beat When (ha French (
CLASSIFIED SUCTION
MM TIP t ISITOKS
IIS CITY SATURDAY
X?? satisfied to offer out of
town s|io|?|mtv i?i the city Sat
urday unit> to rxtfntl
their subscriptions to this ih>w?*
|M|M*r at half |*rtr?>, Ttie Ad
vance kiwi offetK Uh-w Mho|>|M?r?
ums ??t Its clAMHlflnl wrtkni free
on that da>.
Tlw only restriction* arr
that there shall b?* only one
advertisement five to each |ier
mhi an<l tli at ailxertLscnietit
miiM not be longer than :i5
words. It should be borne In
luiml also that tiib. offer doc*
not a|>|d) to an> jhtnoii Ihliig
in Klluibeth fit). It Lh for out
of town sho|?i?et-s in the city
and for then* only. Moreover,
advertisement* ran not be mih
In bv mall or bv e friend. \or
can they be received on the
street. They must he brotudit
to the oil Ice b> the advertbtor
In |xt?oii.
FAMILY OF 78
ON THIS ISLE
(Uiptain Kugfiie Y??omaii
I'roliahly Youiige*! Oltl
Man in North (Uirnlinu
Captain Kimene Yeoman, who
1 ear rial tkt mail from Hurkers Isl
and, near lieaufort, to Cape Look
out lightship, 30 mllea from Dry
i Shoals, la probably the youngest
I old man In North Carolina. Stew
art M. Rogers, traveling sal'Hiuan
for the Stevens Jobbing Company,
who has. Just returned from a bus
iness trip to that part of the State,
brings a highly Interesting ac
count of him.
According to Mr. Rogerrt, Cap
tain Yeoman if 70 years old. ha?
ten living children, all of whOM
wives or husbands are living, 48
j grandchildren and eight great
j grandchildren ? bringing the total
I population of the family to 78 per
sona! Thero has never been a
death in >hn family. -t-- ?
When the stranger goes to
Markers Island, he will make no
mistake In addressing rttont any
lone he meets as Mr., Mni. or Miss
Yeoman, according to Mr. Rogers,
who quote* Captain Yeomen him
self as saying that If it wasn't for
his family, they couldn't keep n
preacher or have a school tin the
Island. Captain Yeoinnn has been I
married twice, und has eight chil
dren from his first marital ven
ture, and two from his second.
Recently, it Is related. Captain I
Yeoman bought a fine looking i
rooster from a Heaufort merchant
and added him to h Ih flock of poul
try. The rooster, however, belled
his looks, and It waa suggested to
Captain Yeoman that the bird be
beheaded and cooked.
"Nothing doing," the hale old
'seafarer is declared to have re
plied. "He'd no good. 1 won't
have anything to do with him.
Hive him away, or run*hlm away.
I don't want him."
MANY ARE INJURKI)
IN TROPICAL STORM
Hchrlever. I.a.. Aug. 27. ? At
least one life and unestlmated
property damage was the toll of
the tropical hurricane which
swept through LaPourche and
'Terrebone I'arlaheN Wednesday
night.
Kstlmates In some cases placed
property damage to the two par
ishes at ten million .dollars.
One child In Schrlever was
drowned when her home waa
blown away and blown into a
nearby pond.
Many persons are Injured
throughout the territory S< v. rnl
Uvea are reported lost at Hottma.
(XM/MtKO YOl'TMH H \K,I>
An i-ncourrter In ifhlch each ac
cused the other of having been the
aggressor, and In which each mod
estly admitted that he had been
i worsted, resulted In fines for Vfr
non Benaley and Fred MrMurran,
I colored youth, in recorder'a court
j Friday morning. There was evi
dence that Vernon had used a
knife In the battle, and he was
fined lift and costs, nil paid a
fine of ffi and costa. They were
charged with an affray.
COTTON MAKKKT
New York. Aug. 17 ? Cotton ftt- 1
in res opened today at the follow-'
lng level*; Oct. 17.93, Dec. 1 7 .? 2 , ,
Jan. 17 94. Mar. ft. 04. May 18,18.
New York, Aug. 27. Spot cot- 1
ton closed qnqlct, mlddHng 1 9. OB, I
point nnchanged. Futures, clos
ing Md: Oct. 17.80, Dec. 17.78,1
Jan. 17,80. Mar. 17 98. May 18.07. j
engineer L'Knfant laid out the I
city he Imposed a cartwheel . of j
oblique avenues upon the general
diagram of North and flouth ]
streets. These avenues rat thej
streets at all aorta of angles and
from triangles and circles at the!
varloas Intersections. Karh later- j
section therefore becomes an ladl- 1
vidua I traffic problem. The fath
er of the capital had no vlajoa of f
the automohilo when ha made hie
laganlona dealga.
SHEFFIELD WILL
CONTINUE FIGHT
FOR AMERICANS
American Ambassador to
Keturii lo Mexico to Vin>
dicate American Govern
ment's Position
PRIDE IS AT STAKE \
llar<l to PcrMuude Mexico
I That United State* Gov
ernment Must Im> Treated
Willi Consideration
ll> DAVID LAWItKNCB.Ji*i
I Washington, Aug. 27. ? Jamu
i R. Sheffield, American atubaau*
'dor to Mexico goes back to tK*
I Mexican capital In a few week* not
I to Htay permanently bnt to cob*
llnue with undiminished vigor the
Ik Klit he has been making to up
hold the legal rights of American
Icltlsens.
With anxious eyes. Indeed with
I real concern, the Mexican authori
ties have watched to see whether
Sheffield would get the "cold
shoulder" as he conferred with
the Secretary of State. Mr. Kel
logK, or whether he would be sent
back lo bin post encouraged to id
ahead along the lines he has laid
| down In the lust several months,
j The conference ha* been held
land while a brief ofTlclal state- |
S ment wuh Issued, there Is more
back of the terse announcement ,
I from the Secretary of State than
j appears on the surface. In the
first place, Mr. Kellogg has con
ferred at length with President
CoolldKe and when Mr. Sheffield
urrlved was prepared to dlacuss tot
length the policy that is to be puy
sued. .--JES
, Mr. Sheffield's trip, begun orig
inally as a vacation because he 1 s
| very much In need of rest, has de
veloped Into an Important turning
point In American policy toward
; Mexico.
I Tfm-s?m grid substance of thaj
j situation is thut Mexico has made
repeated promises to the America* j
Government that the written and !
oral statements mad# to Char|?ts
IS. Warren. speclal/fenvojr, to the
effect that tin* nuW land and oit j
laws would not operate rctroae* ;
lively and to the detriment of Am
ericans owning property In Mexico
would be fdlilllcd. Hut despite
lengthy notes and arguments, the?
resalts have not been forthcom-*
Ing.
The big question today Is what*
| method can be pursued to per-Jj
iMuadp the Mexican- government?',
that the United States cannot |n-?
definitely afford to huve its pro-* i
tests and requests side tracked.
Hoth President Coolldge and See
jretary Kellogi; have counselled ;
patience and have in their Iu*tru4?'
lions to Ambussador Sheffield
urged that the utmost care be tak- |
en to give no offense either to tW'
sovereignty or pride of MSxIco*
Yet the pride of the American j
Citvf rnment in also at stake and if
the diplomatic eorr? npondenC* be
tween the two countries wers pub
lished It would reveal a sad dif
j ference- of opinion between the
jCalles administration and th*^m*
erlcan (Iovernment. a difference
indeed which shows at the mo
ment little promise of bcingr ree- ,
onciled. * 4
What then can be done to con- |
vlnce Mexico that the view#
the United States UovrtnnMf
must be with < iiniy|^^H
tlon and results, not wordd, de
livered to the American Govern*
ment? The Mexican government'
had an Idea U>at Ambassador
Sheffield was a bit too streatMlttt^
| in his argument, that he did not
reflect the viewpoint of the I'rest-'
dent and Secretary of Stat*.
is no question thnt the CaJles.
'ministration doe* not relish thtf ]
| insistence which Ambassador Shef
field has exhibited and wdbfd tw
I Jubilant if he did not com* hack
| to his post. This was shown lu
the editorials from the Mexican*
papers which recently resched
ihere.
To have permitted Mr,
'field* to let go of his posf
hss Indicated from time
a desire to do would have
construed In Mexico as n w?
[lag on the part of the A me,
Government and would have'
more difficult the work of
cessor. And beside* Mr. SI
has fought the fight of his
snd Is esger to leave his
only with s record o(
achieved Homgfhlag for the
ernment whlcn hss been |?le
incessantly for reroKnltlon^f^,
Tights from the Mexican
ment.
The United States Is in an
wsrd position alar- h.Tsuse
Ku ropes n governments all *
psssed on their troubles to
Washington Government.
mske no strong protests /?f
own though their nationals r
Ing effected by retroartlv#
Just s s sre Amerlcsn citis* ns.
dlplomstlc corps in Mexico
looks to AmbnNtiador She
Initiative snd leadership. . _
< Continued on pa?* 1
?
r. sh*f- :
sf ss he
to time"
|e been
weak**
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