File No. 812.00/740.
The Mexican Ambassador to the Secretary of State.
Persistent rumors have reached Mexico about a general movement in some towns of Texas, adjoining the boundary, where it is asserted there are stores of arms and ammunition and groups of men ready to cross into Mexican territory. The towns of Del Rio, Carrizo Springs, Uvalde, Roma, Rio Grande, and Marfa are mentioned as being centers of such activities. While the Mexican Government has doubts as to the truth of these rumors, it deems it proper that they should be known to the Department of State for such interest as the vigilance displayed by the American Government may take therein. It is also known that Francisco I. Madero is at San Antonio, Tex.
Washington, February 6, 1911.