Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 2, 1913

File No. 819.55/42.

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American Legation,
Panama, November 24, 1913.

My November 17. Chinese merchants under order of arrest have taken out writs of habeas corpus against the Government of Panama which have been referred to the Supreme Court, thus directly testing constitutionality of Law 50. Inventories completed. Chinese have opened shops. Situation greatly relieved.

Wicker.