Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 2, 1913

File No. 812.00/8113.

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American Embassy,
Mexico, July 22, 1913—9 p.m.

354. I did not attend the demonstration in honor of the Japanese Minister today, as I feared it would be made the occasion of an anti-American demonstration. One speech of a rather anti-American nature was made, but with this exception no anti-American expression was allowed although the demonstration was meant as one against the United States rather than as a greeting to the new Japanese Minister. The police had strict orders to immediately suppress any anti-American expression.

Nelson O’Shaughnessy.