723.2515/1693: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul at Arica (Von Tresckow)
For Pershing: Your telegram of November 26, 10 p.m. I called Chilean Ambassador to Department this afternoon and impressed upon him necessity of complying with your position as you state it in your reply to Edwards. Mathieu is telegraphing Chilean Government urging that instructions be sent Edwards before meeting if possible to comply with your demands, and to discuss electoral law afterwards, and to accept your proposal that regulations be reported from committee in about 30 days and that registration begin on or about January 15. If you can possibly advance these dates, it would, I think, be helpful.
I informed Mathieu of abusive press campaign and he said he would try to have it stopped.