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

File No. 704.6712/9.

The Secretary of State ad interim to the Chargé d’Affaires of Turkey.

No. 25.]

Department of State,
Washington, June 15, 1915.

Sir: I have the honor to enclose herewith a copy of a despatch of the 1st instant from the American Consul at Aguascalientes reporting that at the request of the firm of S. Bujdud Hermano and Jalife, Ottoman subjects, he has obtained the release of ninety-four bales of cotton which had been sequestered by the Mexican Government.

I should be glad to be informed whether the Embassy has any advices concerning the report contained in the despatch as to the designation of the German Consul at San Luis Potosí to care for Ottoman interests.

Accept [etc.]

Robert Lansing.