  The emergence of a ferromagnetic component in $LaMnO_{3}$ with low Cr-for-Mn
substitution has been studied by x-ray absorption spectroscopy and x-ray
magnetic circular dichroism at the Mn and Cr K edges. The local magnetic moment
strength for the Mn and Cr are proportional to each other and follows the
macroscopic magnetization. The net ferromagnetic components of $Cr^{3+}$ and
$Mn^{3+}$ are found antiferromagnetically coupled. Unlike hole doping by La
site substitution, the inclusion of $Cr^{3+}$ ions up to x = 0.15 does not
decrease the Jahn-Teller (JT) distortion and consequently does not
significantly affect the orbital ordering. This demonstrates that the emergence
of the ferromagnetism is not related to JT weakening and likely arises from a
complex orbital mixing.

Strongly Correlated Electrons