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

File No. 822.00/326.

The Secretary of State to the American Minister.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington , December 18, 1913 .

Call the Government’s attention to the President’s statement of policy, communicated in Department’s March 6 [12]¹ and ascertain if there is anything we can do to discourage the revolutionists and support the constitutional Government. Ascertain the reasons given by the revolutionists for their attack. In Santo Domingo our Minister recently secured a cessation of hostilities on condition that desired reforms would be effected peacefully, and yesterday a special election was held there. We shall be pleased to resort to whatever means the United States can properly employ to cause the revolutionists to follow constitutional methods of obtaining redress.

Bryan.

1. See p. 7.