Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 7, 1915

File No. 812.00/14726a.

The Secretary of State to Consul Johnson.

[Telegram.]

Department of State,
Washington, March 27, 1915.

You are instructed to deliver a most earnest warning to the commanders of both factions carrying on warfare about Matamoros that they must conduct their operations at Matamoros in such manner as not to menace the lives of American citizens at Brownsville by firing across the border. Telegraph results representations.

Bryan.