Office of the Historian

File No. 312.67/58.

Mr. J. E. Touche to the Secretary of State.6

[Telegram.]
El Paso, Texas, September 11, 1915.

Casually I met here American Consul Letcher of Chihuahua and asked him to intervene in the protection of my building, feeling authorized to do so knowing that Turkish subjects in Chihuahua are under protection of the American Government.

Mr. Letcher stated he could do nothing unless by orders of State Department. I beg that you instruct Mr. Letcher to intervene, as the tenants of my building have been ordered to vacate so as to destroy my building, as has been done to others in the immediate vicinity. Please wire answer collect. Will also pay expenses for wire to Letcher.

J. E. Touche.
  1. See ante, correspondence of March 30 and April 3 between the Department and the Embassy.↩