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

File No. 816.001Ar1/6.

The American Minister to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.]

American Legation,
San Salvador, February 18, 1913.

At nine o’clock yesterday morning after trial and conviction by a military court three of the assassins of President Araújo were publicly shot in the Campo de Marte in the presence of many thousand spectators.

The Government has informed me that perfect tranquility is reported to exist throughout Salvador and that the signs portend a long period of peace.

Heimke.