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

File No. 812.00/6508.

The American Vice Consul at Nogales to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

American Consulate,
Nogales, March 5, 1913.

It is reported that the Congress of the State of Sonora decided today that it can not accept the Provisional Government.¹ Bridges are being destroyed by order of the State Government to prevent Federal troops from arriving at Hermosillo.

Bowman.

1. Confirmed by the Consul on March 6.