Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1912

File No. 312.11/324.

The American Ambassador to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Embassy,
Mexico, April 30, 1912—10 p.m.

I am requested by Americans on west coast to ask that some foreigners, especially Spaniards, be taken on board Buford in case of necessity, as they have suffered enormous losses and will be in the greatest danger in the event of trouble.

Wilson.