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

File No. 312.52/308.

The Secretary of State to Special Agent Carothers.¹²³

[Telegram.]

Department of State,
Washington, June 8, 1914.

Spanish Ambassador, this city, by direction of his Sovereign, has requested the Department to use its good offices to prevent Constitutionalists from enforcing loan of 500,000 pesos demanded of Spaniards at Tampico.

Bring to attention of Carranza, stating that this is done at request of Ambassador and urge that no discriminatory or confiscatory action be taken against Spaniards.

W. J. Bryan

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123. Similar telegram to the American Consul at Tampico.