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

File No. 839.00/1937

The Secretary of State to Clerk Brewer, in charge of the Legation archives

[Telegram—Extract]

Department of State,
Washington, October 28, 1916, 6 p.m.

Your October 24 and 26. Do you think American forces have situation sufficiently under control to prevent future outbreaks without declaration martial law? Would immediate declaration martial law in capital or throughout Republic have satisfactory or unsatisfactory effect on present situation?

Lansing