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

File No. 812.00/6477.

The American Consul at Ciudad Porfirio Díaz to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Extract.]

American Consulate,
Ciudad Porfirio Díaz, March 4, 1913.

The Governor of Coahuila, Carranza, has submitted to the Consulate at Saltillo a proposition directed to the American Embassy demanding the resignation of the Chief Executive of the Provisional Government and suggesting Lascurain for President. It will be transmitted.

The Governor says he has 12,000 well armed men. He probably has half that number. There appears to be no longer any hope of the Governor submitting to the Provisional Government.

Ellsworth.