File No. 812.00/911.
The Secretary of State to the Mexican Ambassador.
In further reply to the memorandum of the Embassy of Mexico of the 28th ultimo, stating that certain arms which are stored in Brooklyn are being shipped to El Paso for delivery to Mexican rebels, and asking that steps be taken to prevent this traffic, the Department of State has the honor to say that it is informed by the Department of Justice, to which the embassy’s memorandum was communicated, that the mere shipment of arms from the United States to persons in Mexico is not in itself a violation of neutrality statutes, but that the Department will cause such steps to be taken as are practicable to prevent, if possible, such shipments being used for the purpose of violating the neutrality acts.
Washington, March 18, 1911.