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

File No. 812.113/3883

Consul Edwards to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

American Consulate,
[Ciudad Juarez] El Paso, Texas , January 23, 1916, 7 p.m.

Department’s January 21, 6 p.m. It is not advisable to allow munitions of war into this district. Conditions bordering on anarchy at this time.

Edwards