File No. 812.00/870.
The Mexican Ambassador to the Secretary of State.
[Relating mostly to other correspondence, but containing one paragraph pertinent here, as follows:]
The Mexican ambassador, while recognizing the friendly spirit actuating the American Government, expressed in last evening’s interview the opinion that the constitution prohibits the passage of foreign troops into national territory without permission of the senate, which is not in session; and added that he believed such a suggestion would not be well received in Mexico. He reiterated his opinion, made to the Assistant Secretary of State last Sunday, relative to the favorable influence which might under present circumstances result from a categorical declaration of the American Government reproving the operations of the adventurers who are organizing expeditions against a friendly country, and instituting against them the most effective proceedings permitted by the laws of this country.
Washington, March 3, 1911.
- Acknowledged Mar. 30, 1911 (File No. 7H.1216M/245).↩