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

File No. 437.00/49.

The American Minister to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Habana, March 27, 1913.

The Cuban Congress adjourned March 26 without acting on the Guantanamo matter. New Congress convenes April 6.

Beaupré.

Note.—The proposed treaty expired by limitation June 27, 1913, since by its article 5 a stipulation was made for its ratification within six months from its date: December 27, 1912. See For. Rel. 1912, p. 297.