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, September 9, 1902.

(Mr. Powell reports that the Government has published a decree in official journal closing ports of Gonaives, St. Marc, and Port de Paix; that the legations have not been notified of this action; that Americans desire to know what they shall do in reference to goods destined for those ports, and requests instructions.)