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. 838.00/661.

The American Minister to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

Port au Prince, August 19, 1911.

The minister says he will recognize the Government of Gen. Leconte, in accordance with the Department’s instructions, and suggests that in the course of the day an American warship be instructed to fire a salute.