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

File No. 812.00/6867.

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American Embassy,
Mexico City, March 24, 1913.

132. A bill has been passed by Congress granting full amnesty for the revolutionary period up to the establishment of the Provisional Government. Also a bill confiscating the estates of contributors to the revolution against the Provisional Government.

On account of failure to secure formal recognition the Government is having difficulty in negotiating its proposed loan.

Henry Lane Wilson.