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

File No. 812.00/11435.

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American Embassy,
Mexico, October 12, 1913—3 p.m.

547. About twenty-five wives and mothers of the imprisoned deputies have called at the Embassy and requested me, as Chargé d’Affaires of the United States, to use my good offices to the end that no violence be done them. In view of precedents I fear that the particular affairs may lead to some action against these men, although I have been assured to the contrary. I have the honor, in the name of humanity, to request the Department’s instructions as to what extent I can make representations.

Nelson O’Shaughnessy.