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

File No. 839.00/857.

The American Vice Consul at Puerto Plata to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

Puerto Plata, September 4, 1913—3 p.m.

Governor Céspedes on Tuesday issued a manifesto here declaring the province severed from the central Government.

Esteva.