File No. 312.115/19.

Consul General Hanna to the Secretary of State.

[Telegrams.]

An American manager of an American company received a demand from Federal military officers to send at once 10,000 Mexican dollars [Page 764] to the military headquarters. I am most decidedly opposed to pay such forced loans. We should remain neutral. If we pay the Federals, we will be compelled to pay the rebels later on. Is my position right? Please inform me.

Hanna
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