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The Daily Dispatch: December 9, 1865., [Electronic resource], The United States and Franco-Mexican Affairs. (search)
hful earnestness the wide contrast between the conduct of the United States authorities and the loyal neutrality observed by France during the the recent domestic war in this country, that General Weitzel considered his communication disrespectful, and returned it with a curt note. After all this, and before General Cloue received this note and his returned letter, he writes another, complaining of a serious breach of neutrality on the part of the United States forces firing upon the French marines on board the steamer Antonio, going up the Rio Grande. In reply, General Weitzel says he had received a similar complaint from General Mejia; but he declined carrying on a correspondence with two commanders on the same subject. He, however, to say that before receiving either letter he had instituted inquiries upon the subject. The condition of affairs on the Rio Grande is plainly very troublesome, and any commander stationed there will have his hands full to preserve peace.