Latin America

Mexico: The political campaign to elect a successor to President Obregon will open in May. Six aspirants to Presidential office are announced by the newspaper El Universal:

1). Adolfo de la Huerta, present Finance Minister. General Huerta was elected Provisional President after the civil war of 1920, but was defeated in the Presidential elections which returned General Alvaro Obregon. De la Huerta says, however, that he will not accept nomination and feels himself strongly bound to Calles.

2). General Plutarco Calles, the favorite, is supported by the Partido Co-operatista National, by far the most important party in Mexico. It is feared that his health may prevent him from standing, in which case General Huerta will, in all probability, be chosen.

3). Paul Madero, brother of former President Madero, who was elected on November 6,1911, and murdered in February, 1913. He is supported by the remnants of the old Conservative party, the agrarians and followers of Francisco Pancho Villa.

4). General Enriquez Estrada, former Minister of War and Marine, now commander of the west coast forces. He has the support of the army.

5). Vito Alessio Robles, editor, backed by the radical agrarians.

6). Francisco Leon de la Barra, another one-time Provisional President. De la Barra is under sentence of banishment from Mexico and the Foreign Office has recently deprived him of his Mexican citizenship. He is, however, strongly supported by the Catholics and the Conservatives.

Emilio Gandarillas, leader of the Partido Co-operatista Nacional, says the election will be bloodless. Referring to the Carranza execution, he says: "Mexico has learned her lesson."

Argentina: Senor Gallardo, Foreign Minister, requested the Budget Committee to pay an aggregate debt of $466,000 now overdue to the League of Nations. In his opinion Argentina is still a member of the League, despite her dramatic withdrawal from the deliberations of the Assembly three years ago.

The Argentine Republic withdrew from a meeting of the League in 1920 after a motion to admit all sovereign nations to membership, moved by the Argentine delegation, was rejected.