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

File No. 839.00/856.

The American Chargé d’Affaires to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Santo Domingo , September 2, 1913 .

Governor Céspedes has organized a separate government at Puerto Plata with himself as President, according to what appear to be reliable reports, which add that troops from Santiago are marching against him.

Curtis.