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

File No. 812.00/16509b.

The Secretary of State to the principal American Missions in Europe.

[Telegram.]

Department of State,
Washington, October 11, 1915.

The Secretary of State, Ambassadors of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Ministers from Bolivia, Uruguay and Guatemala, met in conference Saturday last [October 9]. The result of the conference was given to the press in the following statement:

The Conferees, after careful consideration of the facts, have found that the Carrancista party is the only party possessing the essentials for recognition as the de facto government of Mexico, and they have so reported to their respective Governments.

Lansing.