Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 2, 1913

File No. 812.032/18.

The American Chargé d’Affaires to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

American Embassy,
Mexico, December 15, 1913—11 a.m.

685. The Mexican Congress adjourns today until April 14, according to constitutional precedent. The Permanent Commission thereof will remain until that date, as constitutionally provided. Congress has given General Huerta extraordinary powers in the matters of finances, army, and police.

Nelson O’Shaughnessy.