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

The Acting Secretary of State to the American Chargé d’Affaires.

[Telegram.—Extract.]

Department of State,
Washington, October 18, 1912—2 p.m.

In view of the presence of the large number of Americans, foreigners, and noncombatants in Vera Cruz, and their important interests there, and the difficulty, if not the impossibility, of their being able to protect themselves, you are directed to say to the Foreign Office that the Department hopes that no fighting, either in the streets of Vera Cruz or elsewhere which would seriously endanger the persons and interests referred to, will take place.

Adee.