File No. 419.11C64/30
The Secretary of State to Minister Price
Washington, November 24, 1916.
Sir: The Department has received your No. 1149 of the 27th ultimo reporting concerning the efforts made by you to hasten the investigation of the riots of February 14, 1915, in the city of Panama, and of April 2 of the same year in Colon.
The Department approves your efforts in the matter and advises you for your confidential information that upon the payment of the awards made by the arbitrator in favor of American citizens who suffered injuries during the disturbances of July 4, 1912, the Department expects to take up for consideration the question of similar injuries suffered in the later riots in the Republic of Panama.
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