Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 7, 1915

File No. 812.00/15403.

Special Agent Silliman to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.]

Vera Cruz, July 10, 1915—7 p.m.

I am just informed from the office of the Chief of Staff that General Gonzalez entered Mexico City today after a sharp fight resulting in 3,000 casualties. The Zapatistas fled.

Silliman.

Note.—On July 6 and 7, 1915, the diplomatic representatives of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Guatemala, and Uruguay met informally with the Secretary of State, in pursuance of previous oral conversations, for the purpose indicated in the following communication.