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

File No. 812.00/7910.

Consul Schmutz to the Secretary of State.

[Extract.]

American Consulate,
Aguascalientes, June 12, 1913.

Sir: I have the honor to report that I left to [go to] the city of Zacatecas on the 10th instant to inquire into the conditions of the American and other foreign residents in that city.* * *

Pánfilo Natera levied a forced loan on the commercial and financial houses amounting to a total of $110,000.00 Mexican Cy. and the following are a few of the largest contributors:

The National Bank of Mexico	$9,000.00
Bank of Zacatecas	5,000.00
El Bote Mining Company (English)	5,000.00
Magistral Mine Company (American)	4,000.00
Parroquia	2,000.00
Fresnillo Mining Company (American)	800.00
Gualterio C. Palmer (English)	500.00

I have [etc.]

Gaston Schmutz

.