Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 2, 1913

File No. 812.00/8573.

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

No. 2033.]

American Embassy,
Mexico City, August 7, 1913.

Sir: I have the honor to transmit, herewith, for the files of the Department, a copy of the original and translation of the note addressed to this Embassy relative to the mission of Mr. John Lind to Mexico.

I have [etc.]

Nelson O’Shaughnessy.

[Inclosure—Translation.]

The Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mexico to the American Chargé d’Affaires.

Foreign Office,
Mexico, August 6, 1913.

Mr. Chargé d’affaires: By order of the President of the Republic, and as Acting Secretary for Foreign Affairs, I have the honor to inform you that if Mr. John Lind, who, according to the information in the possession of the Mexican Government, will soon arrive in this capital as an envoy of His Excellency the President of the United States, does not properly establish his official character, or if he is not the bearer of the recognition of this Government by yours, his sojourn in this Republic will not be pleasing.

Garza Aldape.