File No. 704.6712/10.

The Secretary of State to Consul Schmutz.

No. 109.]

Sir: The Department has received your despatch No. 326 of June 19, 1915, in regard to the confiscation of the property belonging to [Page 1083] the Ottoman subject, Nicolás Allende, and enclosing a letter from General Francisco Villa in which he declines to recognize your right to represent Mr. Allende in this matter, and saying that the matter should be taken up by the consular or diplomatic representative of the Ottoman Empire.

The Department encloses for your information a copy of its note upon the subject to the Turkish Embassy at Washington.

I am [etc.]

For the Sercetary of State:
Wilbur J. Carr.