Diplomatic Duplicity: US Demands Release of American Consular Agent

In a scathing diplomatic note, the United States government blasted the Mexican government for its failure to release American consular agent William O. Jenkins, who has been imprisoned at Feubla. The note, delivered to Mexico City on December 2, 1919, accused Carranza of attempting to obscure the issue with ‘judicial reasons,’ which the US deemed mere excuses. This marked the sharpest language yet used by the US in a formal diplomatic communication with the Mexican government. The note bluntly stated that the US regarded Mexico’s pleas as nothing more than an attempt to cloud the issue.