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The Missing Meaican Insialnents. Shan.
non, since his arrival at Washington Civ. bos
addressed letter to the Secretary of State in re.
lation to the two instruments of the MEXICAN in,
denny which have been receipted for, bu, which
have not come to the treasury. He says:


The fourth instalment fell due on the :3OtH of
April, 1914, and the fifth on the 3Oth of ,bc E,.
lowing July, and did not arrive in Mexico ujN};,
the evening Of the 26lh of the following Auoris,
On my aarival in Mexico the fourth nstoImen;
had been due nearly four months, and the f;fth
nearly one month, and the date of Mr., Voss,s rc.
ceipt, closing the matter with tho Mexican Gov.
ernmont, understand. is the 9Th Of August
1t will be perceived from these dates thai coudi
have had no agency in advising The arrangement.
that was made with the Mexican Government by
Mr.. Voss. Soon after my arrival in Mexico. on
inquiry Of Mr.. Voss, our agent, who had been nm.
pointed to receive the money, as to the payment
of the two instalments in question, he informed
me he had in vain sought to obtain the money from
the national treasury in Mexico; that he had fail.
cd IN all his efforts TO do so, for the reason. thu,
as last as the money came into the national trens
ury It was absorbed for the purposes of The armv
and by Mexican claimants, whose influence with
the Government was such as to enable them IN
obtain the preference over the American cIo,u.
ants; that hndIng all the efforts TO obtain pa yn,ent
in Mexico had failed, he prevailed on the Govern:
mcnt 10 give him drafts on the local treasures for
I1R amount sufficiently large to cover the priuci.
tho cos, qifrest due on the two instalments. and
the money to veiag the same and transmitting
that the English house Of la JIo also advised me
in Mexico, had Claims on the MexicdfpI & Co..
ment, and that thoy had tnken drafts of a similar
character, and were about to collect them. and
that he had handed over the drnf,s which he had
received to that house, for collection at the same
| time. -


Mr. Shannon states tina! the house Of Tayleur,
adds as his opinion that but for the reyolu,;on
that over:hrew Santa Anna and his party. the mon.
ey would have been received. lie thinks Mr
Vnss acted for the best. and that The money viii
be yet paid as soon as the Mexican Governmen,
is in funds, as has SET up no prsension of reIease
on account Of the receipt of lAlr. yoss.-Pn.