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. 7357/368.

The Acting Secretary of State to Minister Dodge.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, September 8, 1908.

Mr. Adee compliments Mr. Dodge upon the settlement of the Ceiba incident and directs his return to San Salvador. Inquires whether Mr. Gibson has arrived, and instructs Mr. Dodge to notify the Honduranean Government of Mr. Gibson’s appointment as secretary of the legation, Mr. Gibson is not to act as chargé, however, unless expressly instructed to do so.