Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1902

Mr. Hill to Mr. Powell.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, May 19, 1902.

(Mr. Hill replies in the negative to Mr. Powell’s request to be permitted to take the U. S. S. Topeka to St. Marc to consult with the commander of the army of the north and advises him not to go to Port au Prince, stating that there appears to be no occasion for Mr. Powell’s intervention.)