Chargé Sleeper to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

(Mr. Sleeper reports that the President has prevailed upon Secretary O’Farrill to retain the portfolio of state and justice; that Montalvo is acting secretary of government until return of Ruis Rivera from Central America, who has been cabled for; and that the insurgents have evacuated San Juan y Martinez and San Luis. Mr. Sleeper states that the general situation is unchanged.)