File No. 812.00/981.
[Translation.]
Washington, March 15, 1911.
Excellency: I received in New York the telegram of the 13th instant, in which your excellency conveyed to me the reasons of the [Page 424] President of the United States for ordering certain war vessels to Mexican ports, and the measures taken by your Government to avoid alarming the Mexican public with the presence of those vessels in their Pacific and Gulf ports.
On receipt of the said telegram I sent it to Mexico, whence I shall doubtless receive a response reflecting the most earnest gratitude for the President’s solicitous reception of this embassy’s representations, and for the noble attitude toward Mexico and her Government apparent in the President’s very friendly words.
When I receive an answer I shall have the honor of transmitting it to your excellency, and meanwhile I repeat [etc.].