File No. 812.00/5867.
The American Ambassador to the Secretary of State.
[Telegram—Paraphrase.]
American Embassy,
Mexico , January 14, 1913—5 p.m.
Mexico , January 14, 1913—5 p.m.
The dangerous situation at Acapulco would indicate necessity for prompt and adequate protection on our part of American and foreign interests. I recommend the immediate sending of war vessels adequate to meet the situation, with instructions to remain in those waters and not to be withdrawn except after consultation with the Embassy. I have meantime requested British Chargé d’Affaires to detain English gunboat Shearwater until our Government shall have taken action.
Wilson.