Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1912

File No. 812.113/249d.

The Acting Secretary of State to the American Consul at Chihuahua.²

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, March 24, 1912—7 p.m.

The President’s proclamation of March 14 does not affect clothing, dry goods, hardware, and foodstuffs, and Treasury Department has issued orders to its officers on the Mexican border to admit properly invoiced and manifested shipments.

Exemption of dynamite for mines and other industrial purposes is still under consideration by the Attorney General. Keep Department closely informed about this.

Huntington Wilson.

2. Same to consuls at Nogales, Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, Ciudad Juárez, Laredo, and Ensenada.