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

File No. 812.00/8.93.

The American Chargé d’Affaires to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

American Embassy,
Mexico, September 17, 1913—11 p.m.

497. General Felix Díaz, who is under the orders of the Department of War and Marine, has been ordered to return to Mexico by the Minister of War.

I have seen no anti-American manifestations during the last three days and believe active anti-Americanism much exaggerated. I am received with much cordiality everywhere in spite of the strained situation.

Nelson O’Shaughnessy.