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

File No. 838.51/457.

Minister Blanchard to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.]

American Legation,
Port au Prince, December 30, 1915—5 p.m.

Your December 29. It is impossible to obtain at once from the Haitian Government, as the urgency of the situation requires, the information necessary to enable me to form an opinion and report immediately the amount absolutely necessary to defray salaries of public employees for months of November and December, but the Government now states that to avoid crisis by covering most pressing demands for November in the provinces and December in Port au Prince, $50,000 imperatively needed.

Immediate favorable reply urgently requested.

Blanchard.