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

File No. 812.00/19870

The Secretary of State to Consul Edwards

[Telegram]

Department of State,
Washington, November 13, 1916, 6 p.m.

Department informed a number of foreigners, including a British subject, have been massacred at Jimenez and Santa Rosalia, Chihuahua.

Immediately inform local authorities at Piedras Negras, and request them to assist you in obtaining definite information.

Lansing