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

File No. 812.00/9407.

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American Embassy,
Mexico, October 26, 1913—10 p.m.

584. The elections in Mexico City took place without any violence. Vote cast extremely small Public generally apathetic. Huerta, by decree dated yesterday, has increased the army to 150,000. Huerta will continue in power until such time as he and the new Congress decide to have elections. He hopes the opposition of the United States will cause Mexicans to rally around him.

Nelson O’Shaughnessy.