Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1911

File No. 838.00/615.

The American Minister to the Secretary of State.

[Telegrams—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Port au Prince, August 2, 1911—4 p.m.

The President embarked this afternoon on the Haitian war vessel formerly the American and will await arrival of the merchant vessel on Friday. The city is in charge of a committee of public safety composed of prominent men, who have guaranteed the safety of life and property.