Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1915 — ONE MORE BURDEN ON MEXICAN CIVILIANS [ARTICLE]

ONE MORE BURDEN ON MEXICAN CIVILIANS

Gen. Obregton Imposes Special Tax On Capital Business Houses— Foreigners Also Must Pay. Washington, Feb. 24.—Imposition of special taxes amounting to millions of dollars' Upon » business houses and property owners of Mexico City by Gen. Obregon, the Carranza commander, was reported to the state department today. Under the general’s degree payments must be made before 6 'o’clock next Friday evening on pain of imprisonment and confiscation of property. The tax amounts to three-fourths of one per eent on all banks, business concerns, etc., in the federal district. Foreign companies are subject to the tax on the amount ol capital iwveSted in the repuiblle. Private taxpayers must pay additional amounts on the basis of onethird their annual payments. Ambassador De Gama, ol Brazil, whose government is caring for the American diplomatic Interests in Mexico City, conferred today with Secretary Bryan. -It was reiterated that the U. S. contemplated no immediate move in the general Mexican situation. The Carranza agency in Washington announced that it had been informed that Yiaqui Indians had mutinied against Maytorena, the Villa commander in Sonora, killing 34 men including‘ four officers. The agenlcy made public a dispatch saying Ju'an Cabral, the Villa commander who has retired to private life, had left Nogales for San Francisco.