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

File No. 312.115C96/64

The Secretary of State to Consul Edwards

[Telegram]

Department of State,
Washington, January 25, 1916, 4 p.m.

Following telegram from C. A. Pringle, San Francisco, has been referred to the Department by Representative Kahn:

We have most reliable information that the most casual investigation by the State Department will show that Carranza is not doing anything to apprehend and properly punish those guilty of the massacre of our citizens.

Investigate and report whether there is any foundation for this statement.

Lansing