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. 812.00/4500.

The Secretary of State to the American Consul at Ciudad Juárez.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, July 29, 1912—7 p.m.

Your telegram July 28,¹ Point out to the insurrectionary authorities that any willful molestation of the persons and property of American citizens in territory now occupied by insurrectionary forces will be intensely resented by the Government and people of the United States. Informally and unofficially demand that there be no maltreatment of Americans or their property. Say to Orozco that he must at once so inform subordinate insurrectionary leaders. See the telegram from Department to Consul at Chihuahua, dated April 14, 3 p.m., forwarded by you.

Knox.

1. Quoted in Department’s July 28 to the Ambassador.