File No. 812.6363/178a.
The Secretary of State to Vice Consul Bevan.
[Telegram.]
Department of State,
Washington, March 30, 1915.
Washington, March 30, 1915.
If an engagement is threatened near Tampico, you will please confer immediately with the respective leaders and caution them against the destruction of the oil properties, pointing out the danger of conflagration and the possibility of great damage being done to both life and property.
Bryan.