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

File No. 812.00/8613a.

The Secretary of State to Certain Diplomatic Officers of the United States.¹

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, August 28, 1913—2 p.m.

Following is the full text of the President’s message² delivered to Congress August 27, excepting where he quotes his instructions to Mr. Lind, that having previously been sent to you. You will please express to the Minister for Foreign Affairs the President’s appreciation of the friendly interest shown by the Government to which you are accredited toward the representations which it made to the Mexican Government and of the moral influence exerted by those representations toward the restoration of peace.

Bryan.

1. This telegram was sent to the missions in Argentina, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Cuba, France, Germany, Great Britain. Guatemala, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Salvador, Spain, and Uruguay.
2. Printed in the Department’s August 27 to the Chargé d’Affaires, ante.