File No. 763.72/4723
The Minister in Honduras ( Ewing) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Tegucigalpa,
May 17, 1917, 4 p.m.
[Received 9 p.m.]
[Received 9 p.m.]
The President to-day decrees adherence to United States and diplomatic relations with the German Government broken, followed by second decree regarding public safety declaring Republic in estado de sitio.
Ewing