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

File No. 812.00/8122.

The American Consul at Ciudad Juarez to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Extract.]

American Consulate,
Ciudad, Juárez, July 23, 1913.

The Constitutionalists under Pancho Villa on the west and Toribio Ortega on the east are holding their positions waiting reenforcements from Sonora for the attack on Juárez, which is still isolated and is the only spot held by the Federals in the district. The Americans in Chihuahua are less than one-third the original number, and there are very few families. American enterprise is correspondingly reduced, and the interest in Mexican affairs is greatly diminished during the past few months.

Edwards.