Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 4, 1917

File No. 312.11/8344

Vice Consul Blocker to the Secretary of State

[Telegram—Extract]

Eagle Pass, January 10, 1917—4 p.m.

The following telegram received from Consul O’Hea at Gomez Palacio:

Dangerous trip overland but arrived safely finding conditions secure but difficult. Most of Americans and other foreigners saved themselves by proving other nationality. There is [no] doubt but that departure saved American lives.

Blocker