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. 812.00/4720.

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American Embassy,
Mexico, August 26, 1912—5 p.m.

A suspension of constitutional guaranties equivalent to martial law took effect to-day over about one-third of the Republic. Press censorship exists at all interior points. Between Torreon and Chihuahua all communication has again been cut, communication with the city alone remaining undisturbed.

Wilson.