838.00/2154: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the High Commissioner in Haiti (Russell)
[Paraphrase]
Washington, October 1,
1925—2 p.m.
37. Endeavor with utmost discretion to ascertain whether President Borno intends to make public statement of reasons which prompt him to defer elections. Do you think that issuance of statement of that sort before October 10 would have beneficial effect [Page 304] provided it contained reference to the projected revision of electoral laws with view to holding elections in 1928, by which date it is hoped that continued improvement of conditions in Haiti will have rendered further postponement unnecessary?
Kellogg