File No. 123.G35/41.
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister of Cuba .
Washington , August 28, 1912 .
Sir: The Department is in receipt of a telegram from the American Chargé d’Affaires at Habana stating that while entering the Miramar Hotel on the evening of August 27 he was assaulted from behind, without provocation or warning, by a reporter of La Prensa [Page 269] who had been excluded from the Legation and from the Department of State of Cuba because of false statements and who is said to be notorious as having figured in many unsavory incidents. Mr. Gibson was knocked senseless and while in this condition an attempt was made by the assailant to inflict further injuries.
This Department expects the Cuban Government to take prompt and energetic measures adequately to punish the offender.
Accept [etc.]