ARBITRATION TO SETTLE MEXICAN TROUBLE"-CARVER

In an interview with a CRIMSON reporter yesterday afternoon T. N. Carver, Professor of Political Economy in the University, briefly outlined the reasons for the United States taking steps to arbitrate with Mexico its controversy over the alien property laws.

Arbitration needs no defense

"One should not have to give reasons for arbitration, stated Professor Carver in reply to the reporter's question. "Arbitration has never harmed, and never will. There is every reason to arbitrate, and no one has been able to produce a statement against arbitration yet. The attitude of the Mexican Government to the general property rights of aliens who have bought property under the Mexican laws is such that arbitration is necessary."

In a statement just issued, a group of 101 professors of 43 colleges and universities, and one representative of the World Peace Foundation, urged the United States to arbitrate its controversy with Mexico over the Mexican alien land and oil laws. T. N. Carver, C. H. Haring '07, Professor of Latin American History at the University, C. H. Haskins '07 Professor of History and Political Science and F. W. Taussig '70, Professor of Economics, were the petitioners from Harvard University.

The statement pointed out that the United States had always been an apostle of arbitration and had urged it on other nations and cited precedents during nearly 100 years, for the arbitration of disputes between this country and Mexico. Following is an excerpt from the statement:

"This dispute threatens the friendly relations which should continue to exist between the two neighboring peoples. President Calles has already stated unofficially that Mexico is willing to submit certain aspects of the Mexican-American controversy over the alien land and oil laws to the permanent court of arbitration at The Hague. Such a course would be clearly in accord with the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and of the convention of The Hague. It is compatible with the nature of the difference, since at the root of the difficulty lies a clearly justiciable question--that of the infringement of the property rights of American citizens by the application of the Mexican land and oil laws"