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

File No. 839.00/1851

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American Legation,
Santo Domingo, June 4, 1916, 4 p.m.

In view of the probable insistence of the Senate to meet to-morrow and proceed with election Henríquez, Council of Ministers has decided to arrest and imprison four of the Arias Senators to-night. This will probably bring about trouble in the city.

Russell