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. 812.00/5317.

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

[Telegram.—Extract.]

American Embassy,
Mexico, October 22, 1912—3 p.m.

Your October 21, 11 p.m. The most stringent orders were given yesterday and reiterated after Cabinet meeting to-day to do as little damage as possible to the city of Vera Cruz and especially to foreign interests. There is no intention of bombarding the city; fighting will take place outside of city, fire being directed at barracks.

Schuyler.