The Secretary said that oil lands alone were not involved, but also farm lands and other American holdings which have been expropriated during the last five years, The consensus is that Mr. Hull's statement puts solution of the crisis squarely up to Mexico.
Mr. Hull parried questions relating to retaliatory measures against Mexico as evidenced by the Treasury's suspension of the Mexican Silver Purchase Agreement and two cuts in the price for foreign silver which struck a harsh blow to the Mexican monetary structure—United Press.
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