File No. 838.00/1122.
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Port au Prince, February 27, 1915—noon.
Replying to your February 20, 3 p.m., point 2: qualifications for suffrage. All citizens 21 years of age who are not debarred by provisions of Article 11, chapter 2, Haitian Constitution.
Elections as understood in America do not exist in Haiti. Elections being simply a continuation of military system under which the country is governed. The population generally takes no part in elections, the voting being done by soldiers acting under instructions. Few voters who vote many times.
No data obtainable as to causes contributing to downfall of the Theodore Government.