File No. 812.00/655.
The Mexican Ambassador to the Secretary of State.
Washington, January 19, 1911.
Excellency: I learn from reports that have just reached the embassy that Francisco I. Madero is soon to go to San Antonio, Tex., where many of the Mexican agitators whom he encourages and urges to combat the Government of Mexico now are.
As all the evidence in the possession of the Government of the United States leaves no doubt that the said Madero is laboring to subvert the Government of a friendly country, availing himself of every means, including proclamations and other incitements to stir the Mexican Army to revolt, and recruiting of men whom he supplies with arms procured in this country, the embassy in my charge does not doubt that the American authorities will take appropriate steps for his arrest.
Without presuming to offer any suggestion to your excellency touching the violations of the neutrality laws in force in the United States committed by Francisco I. Madero and his confederates, since I have the honor to address an eminent jurist, nevertheless I find it appropriate to call your excellency’s attention to the fact that the hostile acts which Madero, disregarding and abusing the boon of the hospitality of a free country, is preparing and carrying out are of such a nature that they can not but wound the United States Government’s feeling of friendship for the Government of Mexico, and its well-known sense of justice, since they boldly and flagrantly violate the provisions of section 5286 of the neutrality laws of the United States, learnedly interpreted in various cases (U. S. v. Murphy; Wiborg v. the U. S.).
These are sentiments to which I appeal trusting that your excellency will once more demonstrate the uprightness of the acts of this Government and the purpose with which it is animated to cooperate in maintaining the internal peace of Mexico, to the advantage of the two neighbor countries.
Thanking your excellency in advance most earnestly for such action as you may see fit to take in the case [etc.],