Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 7, 1915

File No. 812.404/62.

Consul Schmutz to the Secretary of State.

[Extract.]

No. 258.]

American Consulate,
Aguascalientes, February 12, 1915.

Sir: I have the honor to report that the Spanish Vice Consul here, Senor Alvaro Garcia, called at this Consulate this morning to inform me that the three remaining Spanish priests in Aguascalientes had been ordered to leave the country by the first train.

I offered * * * to wire this information to Mr. Geo. C. Carothers, and have him see General Villa and try to have this order rescinded. * * * If no order is received from General Villa revoking the Governor’s order before 11 p.m., priests will leave on the 11.25 train tonight for El Paso. * * * The names of the three Spanish priests who are to be deported are: Francisco Petrarch, Juan Menéndez, and Felipe Valles Barrón.

I have given the Spanish Vice Consul letters to the three consular officers between here and El Paso, should he believe it necessary to request aid from any of them.

I have [etc.]

Gaston Schmutz.