The Archive · 1926

Possible Protest

London, Jan, 11.

The effect upon the large British commercial interests in Mexico of the new anti-foreign Mexican land Jaws continues to receive very close attention in British official quarters.

It is broadly stated that the effect of the new measures will be that ners can acquire direct ownership of land or waters within a zone of 100 kilometres along the frontier or within 50 kilometres along the coast, nor can they be members of any Mexican companies ich may acquire such ownership these areas, Foreigners will be given 10 years in which to re-ease their existing holdings in these zones, the technical result of which will be the withdrawal of all foreign capital from them.

Representations which the United: States Government has now made to

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