File No. 812.00/17894
Consul Letcher to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Chihuahua,
April 17, 1916, 11 a.m.
Colonel Brown telegraphed yesterday from Santa Cruz that municipal president, Parral, had delivered to him an ultimatum in writing from military commander here, forbidding his troops to advance one foot more without orders from him or Secretary of War.
Am convinced there is a widespread plan to force immediate withdrawal American troops.
Letcher