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

File No. 812.00/14301.

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Mexico City , January 28, 1915—5 p.m.

General Obregon occupied the city with about 10,000 men this afternoon. A few of the Zapatistas were overtaken while evacuating and there was considerable firing; it is reported that there were quite a number of fatalities; troops are being despatched to occupy the suburban towns; no manifesto has yet been issued or a plan of government announced.

Silliman.