The relations of the United States with Mexico have become
distinctly easier as the result of the announcement by the State Department- of Washington that it is ready in principle to submit the dispute to arbitration. This step is the result of the pressure of public opinion. The correspondent of the Times says that there was a growing feeling in the American Press that Mr. Kellogg, the Secretary of State, had been ill-advised and maladroit ; and he adds that no Government has ever been more sensitive to newspaper criticism than that of President Coolidge. In the Senate on Wednesday the state of public opinion was described and approved by a Demo- cratic senator who was supported by Mr. Borah. Outside Congress a "round robin," already signed by many well-known public men, is being prepared urging the President to refer the Mexican dispute to The Hague Tribunal. As the Times correspondent says, American busine.is-. may he predatory, and the State Department hitiy; 'due often-does, -Suffport it, bid liberalism and -kind- liness are characteristics of. the American people, and when their feelings are aroused they insist upon a correction of the faults committed.
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