Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 8, 1914

File No. 812.512/396.

Vice Consul Bevan to the Secretary of State.

[Telegrams—Extract.]

American Consulate,
Tampico, August 15, 1914.

Following advice this office American firms have not paid tax and so far no forceful measures have been adopted by Nafarrate, Several Spanish firms have paid. Clerks of other Spanish firms who refused to pay are now in jail for not making payments.

Bevan

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