File No. 812.512/586.
The International Development Company to the Secretary of State.
[Telegram.]
Los Angeles,
March 25, 1915.
Own in Lower California, Mexico, forty valuable iron properties, held twenty-five years. Local dictator demands payment taxes American money. This, and previous illegal double tax, makes amount ten times legally due. Other factions refuse recognition payment. Formally protest. Request advice what action pursue. Kindly wire collect. Time expires first.
The International Development Company.