Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1898

Mr. Finch to Mr. Sherman.

Legation of the United States,
Montevideo, February 10, 1898.

Sir: The following is a correct copy of a cablegram sent you this afternoon:

Sherman, Washington:

Chambers dissolved. Provisional government proclaimed. Cuestas President. Quiet.

Finch.

The following circular¹ was distributed in all parts of the city during the afternoon, but the people remained unexpectedly quiet and only a few stores closed their doors.

Your obedient servant,

W. R. Finch.

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