File No. 839.00/1136.
[Untitled]
Santo Domingo, April 3, 1914, 1 p.m.
Your April 2, 7 p.m. Anticipating confidential instruction, have made no statement on the situation except enclosed, quotation from your own declaration presented to local paper in a communication by Blount. I have had some copies in every leading newspaper in the country:
All believers in a republic accept the doctrine that the Government must derive its just powers from the consent of the governed and the President gives every legitimate encouragement to those who represent this idea of government, while he discourages those who attempt to overthrow or ignore the principles of popular government. He (President Wilson) is not concerned as to the personnel of government—all he desires is that the people shall have such officers as they desire.
I refrained from publishing your instruction of February 27, 10 p.m. fearing that politicians would wilfully misconstrue.