Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 3, 1888, Part I

No. 663.
Mr. Rives to Mr. Thompson.

Department of State,
Washington, October 9, 1888.

No. 128.]

Sir: The telegram, sent by the United States consul at Santiago de Cuba under your direction reads as follows:

Santiago de Cuba, October 2, .1888.

Secretary of State,
Washington:

Thompson, minister Hayti, orders to cable you partisans of Télémaque and Légitime in battle from 7.30 p.m. to 6.30 a.m., September 28; Télémaque killed. We fear the north will seek immediate revenge.

Reimer,
Consul.

A copy of this telegram was sent to the Navy Department with a request that, if practicable, a war vessel might be dispatched to Haytian waters.

The Acting Secretary of the Havy has since informed me that he has no vessel at his disposal at the present moment, but that, as soon as practicable, one will be ordered to report at Port au Prince.

I am, etc.,

G. L. Rives,
Acting Secretary.