723.2515/2437: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul at Arica (Von Tresckow)
For Lassiter. Your telegram June 12, 11 a.m. If Edwards comes forward at meeting tomorrow with any suggestion which can possibly be construed as bona fide effort to bring about reasonable adjustment of plebiscitary difficulty without at same time forcing you to take extreme measure represented by your termination resolution, please endeavor to take an adjournment and then cable me.
[Page 482]Should he launch any attack upon you, or the Arbitrator, or the United States, you should reply for the Commission and transmit to us immediately what he has said. If he makes public his speech of June 5 or any remarks that he will make tomorrow, then your replies should receive like publicity. Keep us fully and promptly informed.