File No. 312.67/23.
The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy of Turkey.
Washington, February 20, 1915.
The Department of State presents its compliments to the Turkish Embassy and has the honor to inform the Embassy that the Department is in receipt of a telegram from Mr. John Silliman, its special representative at Mexico City, dated February 16, stating that three Syrians were recently shot near Mexico City; that their money, watches and shoes were taken and are still retained by the Mexican military authorities; that one of the Syrians leaves a wife and three children; and that other Syrians are on the way to Mexico City from the north and fears are entertained for their fate.