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

File No. 337.11/169½

The Secretary of State to Minister Gonzales

[Telegram]

Department of State,
Washington, February 19, 1917, 6 p.m.

Counsel for Central Fe near Caibarien informs Department that cane scales and loading station at San Lorenzo destroyed by fire and working of mill prevented.

Inform Cuban Government of these conditions and request that adequate protection be given to American interests at this point.

Lansing