File No. 812.00/1846.
The Secretary of State to the American Consul at Ciudad Juarez.
Washington, June 22, 1911.
Sir: Having further reference to your dispatch No. 104, of May 13, 1911, concerning the capturing of Ciudad Juarez by the revolutionary forces, and especially to your action in affording asylum to a number of civil officials of that place at the consulate after the surrender of the city, you are informed that the Department is unable to approve your action in giving shelter to these officials in this instance.
This Government has remained an impartial spectator of the recent internecine conflict in Mexico, except in so far as this Government’s interests or the interests of its citizens have been concerned, and the Department is of opinion that in accordance with this attitude you should have avoided taking any action which might have the appearance of interference with the political controversies of the Mexican Government, and that accordingly you should have declined to afford temporary refuge to the paroled officials of the city, especially in view of the fact that it does not appear that there was any urgent need of such action in order to preserve innocent human life.
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