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

File No. 812.00/14496.

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Brazilian Legation,
Mexico City, March 4, 1915—6 p.m.

385. My 383, March 4, 5 p.m. Military post commander has just published a decree to the effect that all merchants must immediately open their business places, under threat of severe punishment if not complied with; also that any person refusing to accept Constitutionalist paper money shall be incarcerated.

Cardoso de Oliveira.