File No. 812.00/14518.
The Brazilian Minister to Mexico to the Secretary of State.
Mexico City, March 6, 1915—6 p.m.
391. Carranza has confirmed the coming evacuation of Mexico City and sent today through his Foreign Office a third invitation to the Diplomatic Corps to transfer to Vera Cruz or any other town under his actual domination, stating that this would not be considered by him as an act of recognition. Even so, it was considered by the Diplomatic Corps that such transfer would be very greatly resented by other factions and place the Diplomatic Corps and foreign interests in very bad shape in the territory under their power. The Dean of the Diplomatic Corps will answer Carranza not accepting the invitation for the same reasons stated when the first invitation came in last November.8
- For. Rel. 1914, p. 627. The second invitation is mentioned in Mr. de Oliveira’s March 4, 11 p.m.↩