File No. 312.11/1283.
The American Ambassador to the Secretary of State.
Mexico, March 18, 1913.
122. My 118, March 18, 2 p.m. The Department should remember, in considering the commitments there referred to, that Mr. De la Barra has already told me that his Government is ready to accept our proposition as to the Chamizal tract.
In the Tlahualilo case that Government will furnish water sufficient to supply the necessities of the company, gauged by the estimates of the company’s former engineer, Robles Gil.
[Page 946]In the special damages cases Mexico makes no reservations.
In the general cases the responsibility of the Government has been admitted in principle although it has not agreed to the form of settlement we proposed.