Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 4, 1917

File No. 837.00/1115

Consul Griffith to the Secretary of State

[Telegrams]

American Consulate,
Santiago, February 20, 1917.

Conditions growing worse. Many American refugees from interior. Several mills closed. Many protests and complaints among Bethlehem Steel, Cobre Copper, and Jobabo, Mirande, Palmarita, Palma, Soriano Mills. No communication; several bridges burned; food scarce; people excited; banks closed. Existing conditions prolonged endanger life and property. The San Francisco still here. In close touch with commander [omission].

Griffith