File No. 812.00/633.
[Translation—Memorandum.]
This embassy learns from telegraphic advices received from the consul of Mexico at San Antonio, Tex., that an attempt was made last evening at 9 o’clock to remove the 100 guns and 75,000 cartridges [Page 386] there stored, and that the local authorities are holding two Mexican laborers who were found loading arms and ammunition and refused to say who had ordered them to do that work; two wagons and four animals were also detained pending the progress of the investigation.
This embassy ventures to have recourse to the good offices of the Department of State to the end that the said investigation be carried out so as to prevent the unlawful use of the said arms and ammunition, and that steps be taken to establish the culpability of those who may be found to be implicated in the aforesaid attempt.
The ambassador of Mexico renews [etc.],
Washington, January 11, 1911.