File No. 839.00/1070.
The Secretary of State to Minister Sullivan.
Washington, February 24, 1914, 11 p.m.
Your February 21, 3 p.m. Your telegram will be laid before the President.
To what extent have the alleged irregularities of Arias and Vidal interfered with the fulfilment of the terms of the Convention? If evidence is such as to cause Dominican Government to proclaim Arias or Vidal or both as offenders against the law, how soon after such proclamation does Bordas believe constitutional amendments and legislative reforms could be enacted and what would be the character and extent of material assistance required by Constituted Government?