File No. 322.112J72.
The Secretary of State to Consul General Goding.
[Telegram.]
Department of State,
Washington, March 4, 1914.
Washington, March 4, 1914.
American citizens, Guayaquil, report imprisonment of ex-Consul Jones. Investigate and report by telegraph, extend all possible and proper protection, and state why you have not previously reported arrest. Inform Yoder and other senders of telegram.
Bryan
.