File No. 812.00/647.
[Translation—Memorandum.]
The embassy of Mexico has the honor to inform the Department of State that the ministry of foreign relations of its country has forwarded to it, by wire, certain reports received from our consul at El Paso, Tex., from which it appears that there are over 400 rebels in that town who, for the most part, belonged to the parties that were operating west of Chihuahua. Among the leaders Cástulo Herrera, Antonio Ruiz, José Armendariz, Maximo Perez, Perfecto Lomelí, and Maximino Maria Maytorena are named. Three attendants of the last named and Enrique Flores Magón speak unreservedly of an attack on Chihuahua and Ciudad Juárez, declaring they have more than a thousand rifles that they will send across to some place on the Mexican border. It is also said that the rebel Lazaro Gutierrez de Lara continues his seditious speeches, which are well attended, one of them having been delivered from the doors of the house occupied by the county court.
Lastly, the governor of a border State of our Republic reports that the rebels who fought a battle at Las Vacas with Lieut. Col. Ibáñez went over to the American side, whence they were firing at our troops.
Inasmuch as the facts above mentioned would constitute a flagrant violation of the neutrality laws of the United States, the ambassador of Mexico takes the liberty of having again recourse to the good offices of the Department of State in order that, in accordance with the justice-loving spirit it has shown, it will transmit suitable orders to the authorities concerned so that appropriate investigations be made and proceedings taken against those who may be found guilty, a measure which the Government of Mexico will highly appreciate.
Washington, January 16, 1911.