File No. 412.11/129.
The American Consul at Nogales to the Secretary of State.
[Telegram.—Extract.—Paraphrase.]
Nogales,
August 1, 1912.
None of the Douglas claimants have accepted awards. The statement has been made to claimants that if sums awarded are not accepted they will be deposited with Secretary of State at Washington, D. C., for distribution.1
Dye.
- The statement referred to was sent to the Department on August 2, and consists of an open letter dated Douglas, July 30, 1912, from D. A. Richardson, attorney for the Mexican Consul, Lozano, to the “Douglas Daily International “newspaper, in which it was published as an advertisement. The pertinent passage reads as follows: “It has been the rule in the settlement of cases between the United States and Mexico for the United States to deposit the amount of damages with the Secretary of Foreign Relations in the City of Mexico for distribution among the interested parties. In this case Mexico has sent its Special Representative [Lozano] here [Douglas] to pay the individuals in person. Should they refuse to accept their money, naturally it would be supposed that Mexico would do the same that the United States has done in all of their cases. That is, deposit the money with the Secretary of State at Washington for distribution.” File No. 412.11/132.)↩