File No. 812.00/1702.
The American Ambassador
to the Secretary of State.
Mexico, May 3,
1911.
No. 519.]Sir: I have the honor to refer to my telegram
of the 30th ultimo, 11 p.m.2 relative to the wrecking and attack upon the
Saturday special train of the Mexico-Cuernavaca Line, at El Parque, in
the valley of Morelos, on the evening of the 29th ultimo.
Yesterday the embassy received word through the Russian minister, Mr.
Stalewski, to whom—by some means or other—a telegram had been sent,
stating that American and German citizens at Cuernavaca were in danger,
and asking for help.
I brought the matter to the attention of the German chargé, and he,
accompanied by Mr. Dearing, went to the foreign office yesterday
afternoon and laid the matter before the minister for foreign
affairs.
Copies of the two memorandums, which I am inclosing herewith, one
intended for Mr. de la Barra, and the other2 prepared by Mr. Dearing
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after the interview, will place the Department in
possession of all the information it will need in explanation of this
incident.
I have [etc.],
[Inclosure.]
[Memorandum for Mr. de la Barra regarding Cuernavaca
matter.]
Information received at the American embassy represents the situation
of many American citizens now at Cuernavaca, Morelos, to be one of
extreme danger, and they have applied for help and protection. The
embassy would, therefore, be glad to have some statement as to the
true state of affairs in the State of Morelos, and as to what
measures have been taken by the Mexican Government to safeguard the
lives of American citizens since the wreck and holdup of the train
at El Parque, on the Mexican-Cuernavaca Railway, on the 1st instant.
The embassy further desires to state that the condition of affairs
above referred to has been reported to Washington and it begs, in
the meantime, most earnestly and urgently to request that prompt and
adequate measures be taken immediately to insure the safety of the
American citizens in question, and to voice the belief that if harm
should come to any of them, international complications of a serious
nature might ensue by reason of the circumstance that various
citizens of other nationalities at Cuernavaca are in a similiar
predicament. Representations similar to those contained in this
memorandum are being made by the German legation in this capital,
pursuant to a verbal promise made at a joint conference between the
German chargé d’affaires and the secretary of the American embassy
with his excellency the minister for foreign affairs.
