File No. 312.115C96/81
Consul Edwards to the Secretary of State
Department’s January 25, 4 p.m. There is some foundation for the charge made that little is being done to apprehend the guilty parties connected with the Santa Ysabel massacre. So near as known, it is not claimed that a single man personally connected has been apprehended, and that the matter is a secondary consideration with the Carranza authorities is quite evident. I cannot attribute this wholly to lack of disposition on the part of the officials, however, as I am aware that the Carranza Government is distressingly embarrassed financially and has not the adequate sustenance for their men, and their cavalry stock has not the strength to cope with any force operating in the exterior, it being necessary to employ all their vitality for the defensive.