File No. 812.00/9462.
The American Chargé d’Affaires at San Salvador to the Secretary of State.
San Salvador, October 17, 1913.
Sir: Referring to the Department’s telegraphic instruction of October 14, 7 p.m., I have the honor to report that the Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs told me that his Government knew nothing officially of recent events in Mexico as the Salvadoran Minister accredited to that Republic was at present on leave in this city, and that the Government of Salvador was astonished at the high-handed actions of General Huerta. The present attitude of the Government of the United States toward Mexico, he added, met with the approval of his Government, which believed that it was for the ultimate good of the Mexican people.
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