File No. 812.2311/71.

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

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Governor Colquitt of Texas, in a telegram received October 1, 1.15 p.m., replies to Department’s September 30, as follows:

[Telegram quoted.]

You may bring the Governor’s suggested amendment of the Mexican Government’s request to the attention of the Minister for Foreign [Page 900] Affairs, unless you think it necessary for the Mexican Government to make the next move, in view of representations you have already made.

Huntington Wilson.