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

File No. 838.00/1097.

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American Legation,
Port au Prince, January 26, 1915.

Foreign office notifies to-day that by a decree dated 22, ports of Port de Paix, Cape Haitien and Gonaives are blockaded and closed to foreign commerce. At present it is a paper blockade as all Haitian war vessels at Port au Prince are without coal.

Blanchard.