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

File No. 837.00/1194

Minister Gonzales to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

American Legation,
Habana, March 9, 1917, 2 a.m.

Suggest that naval commander at Santiago have substance of President Menocal’s proclamation of today posted in streets, then land battalion marines, and notify rebel commander he must submit to Government or go outside city to fight federal troops. This would relieve apprehension of bloodshed in city and there would probably be little outside.

Gonzales