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

Mr. Powell to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Legation of the United States,
Port au Prince, August 9, 1902.

(Mr. Powell reports that the Provisional Government of Haiti has notified the United States legation that Gonaives, Port de Paix, and St. Marc are in rebellion, and requests that the Government of the United States prevent any shipment of arms and ammunition to those places; that Government troops captured Petit Goave after a strong resistance and the loss of many lives; that Firmin’s force, on leaving, destroyed the place by fire; that the D’Assas left on August 8 with provisions to succor the inhabitants.

Particulars have been requested of the United States consular agent by Mr. Powell.)