Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 8, 1908

File No. 2126/53.

The Secretary of State to Minister Furniss.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, January 22, 1908.

Mr. Root informs Mr. Furniss that it is understood the revolutionary leader at St. Marc is at the American consulate, and also that there is evidence that he is the agent of the conspirators in New York who are aiding the revolution. Mr. Furniss is directed to inform the Haitian Government of the dismissal of the consul and the cancellation of his commission. Instructs him to go or send a responsible person to receive the archives.