File No. 812.00/666.
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Washington, January 23, 1911.
Excellency: Under express instructions from the department of foreign relations, I have the honor to inform your excellency that a force of more than a hundred men belonging to the rebels who are disturbing the peace of Mexico unloaded arms and ammunition from a wagon near the boundary line and took them into Mexican territory near Guadalupe, according to credible reports from the political authority of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua.
Although this is already known to the consul of Mexico at El Paso, who has no doubt lodged the requisite information with the local authorities, this embassy has the honor to ask that the department under your excellency’s worthy charge be pleased to take note of the matter and give such directions as it may deem expedient, taking into consideration the great confidence with which the Government of Mexico looks to energetic and effective action on the part of this country.
I take, etc.,