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

File No. 812.00/7029.

The American Consul at Ciudad Porfirio Díaz to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

Eagle Pass, April 5, 1913.

The Constitutionalist Chief, Venustiano Carranza, has had a big sign placed on the customhouse at Ciudad Porfirio Díaz, reading in translation “Palace of the Government.” A majority of the people in the United States opposite this district are in sympathy with the Carrancista cause.

Luther T. Ellsworth.