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

File No. 837.00/1199

Consul Griffith to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

American Consulate,
Santiago [undated; received March 12, 1917, 2 p.m.]

Marines protecting city. The people excited but all quiet. Fighting between the Government forces and insurgents at San Luis and Dos Caminos en route Santiago de Cuba about eight leagues distant. Cane fields burning and destruction continues. Roads leading into Santiago de Cuba full of people fleeing into city.

Griffith