Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 5, 1916

File No. 312.115/257

Vice Consul Blocker to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

American Consulate,
Eagle Pass , June 23, 1916, noon .

Under orders of General Fortunato Zuaxua, commanding state troops of Coahuila, with headquarters at Sabinas, Coahuila, seven thousand goats and sheep, property of Mr. I. N. Boicourt, an American citizen, have been seized and carried away from his ranch near Piedras Negras to Sabinas. Owner requests proper representations be made for return of property or payment of same.

Blocker