Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 7, 1915

File No. 839.51/1493.

Minister Sullivan to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Extract.]

American Legation,
Santo Domingo, February 9, 1915—9 a.m.

Dominican Congress has refused twice to ratify financial expert’s appointment. Politicians show irritation at increasing difficulty in squandering public funds because of financial expert’s control.

Sullivan.