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Much has been accomplished, and while the final solution of the dispute is not immediate, the favorable attitude lately assumed by the Mexican Government encourages the hope that this troublesome question will be satisfactorily and definitively settled at an early day.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Taft reflects on the progress made in resolving the Chamizal dispute with Mexico and the positive attitude of the Mexican government.

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