File No. 812.00/2755.

The American Ambassador to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

There are indications of common action in the border States excepting Tamaulipas. Casas Grandes has rebelled against Government; Government anticipates worse situation at Ciudad Juárez; 1,500 insurgents threaten Santa Rosalía; strikes at the Madero establishments at Parras; unconfirmed reports of troubles in Matamoros, opposite Brownsville; Federal authority nonexistent in Chihuahua. In the south the same situation prevails: outbreaks in State of Vera Cruz; practical anarchy in Michoacán; disturbances in Hidalgo. In this city there is almost universal lack of confidence in the Government; unrest and apprehension are profound; press violent and inflammatory in its attitude toward Government, and portions of it anti-American.

Wilson.