Mexico City, July 22.
Foreign diplomatic circles speculated here today whether the strong tone of the United States protest against Mexican expropriation of American property would change Mexico's consistent policy of rejecting arbitration demands.
The American Note, written by the Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, said that unless Mexi©o paid a fair price for American property expropriated in Mexico, the United States would regard the action as confiscation rather than expropriation—United Press.
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