File No. 812.00/15657.
Special Agent Carothers to the Secretary of State.
[Telegram.]
El Paso, Texas,
August 5, 1915—2 p.m.
This morning General Villa handed me a message containing the following:
The attack on Nogales by Carrancistas yesterday was a direct violation of treaties signed by Maytorena and Calles through mediation of General Scott; Maytorena has been compelled to withdraw troops from Yaqui Valley, placing in jeopardy the lives of colonists in the valley; Villa declines any responsibility for what might happen unless our Government forces Carrancistas to respect said treaty.
Carothers.