Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1912

File No. 837.5041/33.

The American Minister to the Secretary of State .

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Habana , May 24, 1912 .

No possibility of agreement in stevedore strike; fifteen-day truce ends to-morrow at midnight. Stevedore and lightermen announce that they will then go on strike, with strong possibility of general strike in Habana and other cities. In present crisis stoppage of foodstuffs and customs receipts would have serious effect. Suggest advisability of sending ships with marines to Key West, whence they could be quickly summoned in the event of trouble.

Beaupré.