In my Judgment. Immediately upon the facts being represented to Simpich. he called upon the constitutionalist government of Sonora to protect Montague as an Amer.!can citizen and as a consular agent. The State Department of the United States approved his telegram In so far as it demanded the protection of a consular agent. but distinctly informed him that in making his representations he must bear in mind the distinction between an American citizen sought to be deported under article 33 of the constitution and an Amercan consular agent. I say that the American citizen working in the mines of Cananea for his $3 a day is just as much entitled to the protection of this Government as any other American citizen or any acting consular agent of the United States Government in Mexico. A consular agent is not a diplomatic officer.
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