File No. 812.63/74.
Special Agent Carothers to the Secretary of State.
[Telegram—Extract.]
Chihuahua,
April 26, 1915.
Regarding mining law, Minister of Works informs me that it is not in effect inasmuch as neither proper legal publications nor citations have been made; that the law has been misunderstood, as its intention was not to operate retroactively but to guard against speculators. * * * He has offered to take up the subject with Villa immediately after the coming battle and arrive at a satisfactory understanding.
Carothers.