File No. 817.00/2347.

The Acting Secretary of State to Minister Jefferson.

Sir: The Department has received and has read with interest your No. 109 of August 19, 1914, reporting in regard to the alleged participation of one Clifford D. Sands, an American citizen, in an unsuccessful attack on the police barracks at Bluefields.

You will keep the Department advised with regard to this case.

I am [etc.]

Robert Lansing
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