File No. 312.115/49.
The Secretary of State to Consul Miller.
[Telegram.]
Department of State,
Washington, March 2, 1914.
Washington, March 2, 1914.
Oil Fields of Mexico Company states that jefe politico of Tuxpam has requested company to subscribe two thousand dollars monthly to support State troops.
Make formal protest to appropriate authorities against imposition of this forced loan upon American citizens.
Bryan
.