File No. 812.00/16654.
The Secretary of State to the Governor of Texas.
Washington, October 30, 1915.
The Department of State would very greatly appreciate your cooperation, with the view of quieting border conditions in the district of Brownsville. The Department feels assured that a solicitous word from you to state and county officials in that district would prove most efficacious in allaying race prejudice and in restraining indiscreet conduct, which the Department believes would not be indulged in if the officials and residents of that portion of your state should realize the responsibilty they are unconsciously imposing upon the National Government by failure to give consideration to the seriousness of the situation.
The de facto government of Mexico has been urged immediately to increase its vigilance along that section of the border, so that the raids from its territory shall cease, and also to direct its officials and the residents in that district to eschew hostility toward Americans, to the end that peaceful and orderly conditions may prevail, to the mutual advantage of both countries and especially to that locality.