815.00/2161: Telegram
The Consul in Chargé of the Legation in Honduras (Lawton) to the Acting Secretary of State
Tegucigalpa, February 20,
1920—10 a.m.
[Received 9:45 p.m.]
[Received 9:45 p.m.]
21. Congress has declared state of siege or martial law in southern departments including Tegucigalpa. Recruiting has begun to send additional troops to the Nicaraguan boundary. Public speaker of last night openly declared revolutionary movement from Nicaragua to be with tacit consent of the United States.
Lawton