Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 5, 1916

File No. 839.002/29

Minister Russell to the Secretary of State

[Telegrams—Extracts]

American Legation,
Santo Domingo, January 3, 1916, 8 a.m.

Resignation of Minister of Finance has been accepted and son of the President, the Minister of Interior, has been appointed in his place. Peynado, Minister of Justice, has been appointed to the Ministry of Interior.

Russell