Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1903

Mr. Powell to Mr. Hay.

Legation of the United States,
Santo Domingo , November 8, 1903 .

No. 640, Santo Domingo Series.]

Sir: I have the honor to state that at an interview with the minister he informed me that his Government did not call this a blockade, but simply a closing of these ports to prevent the insurgents receiving supplies.

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I have, etc.,

W. F. Powell.