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

File No. 815.001 B 64/9.

The American Minister to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Tegucigalpa, March 21, 1913.

The American Minister announces the death of President Bonilla and states that Vice President Francisco Bertram has assumed the Presidency and informs the Minister that the Cabinet Ministers will support him and no complications are anticipated. The Minister has advised the American consulates and the Commander of the American warships in Honduras.

White.