File No. 812.0144/81
The Mexican Ambassador ( Bonillas) to the Secretary of State
Excellency: I have the honor to inform your excellency that I have received the following telegram from the Secretary of Foreign Relations:
Mexico City, April 14, 1918.
American forces have fired on Mexican soldiers at Guadalupe, Chihuahua, who are marching to Ojinaga. Casualties: one soldier, four women, and one child dead, and Major Porfirio García wounded. Our forces have abstained from returning the fire. American soldiers have taken measures to prevent [Page 559] march of Mexican forces toward Ojinaga, firing into Mexican territory. Please communicate the preceding information to the Department of State, to the end that the proper orders be issued in order to avoid a possible conflict between the forces of both countries.
Aguilar
Secretary of Foreign Relations
I have the honor to communicate the foregoing to your excellency, with the request that the matter will be brought to the attention of the corresponding military authorities, in order that necessary orders be issued to prevent a possible conflict between the American and Mexican troops.
I avail [etc.]