File No. 312.11/3801.
Consul Canada to the Secretary of State.
Vera Cruz, April 24, 1914, 11 p.m.
Department’s April 24, 9 p.m. We have made every possible effort to get this message through to Mexico City but it has been returned to us and we are informed that all wires have been down since 9.30 this morning and that this message cannot be sent; that it is impossible to tell when wires will be repaired. Cable company states it has also informed Department. Since my April 24, 10 a.m. informed from most reliable source large number Americans in addition those mentioned arrested vicinity Tierra Blanca and imprisoned at Cordoba.