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

File No. 837.156/231

Chargé Scholle to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

American Legation,
Habana, June 2, 1916, 11 a.m.

Supplementing telegram of May 27, noon. The majority report of the committee appointed by the President is published in the Official Gazette to the effect that Ports Company settlement is for Congressional action and as according to the decision of Supreme Court the company has no legal existence, therefore the Government is not liable for either the bonds or stock issued by the company.

Scholle