Office of the Historian

838.001 Roy, Eugene/7: Telegram

The High Commissioner in Haiti (Russell) to the Secretary of State

Port-au-Prince, May 15, 1930—noon.
[Received May 16—5:42 a.m.]

86. Eugène Roy inaugurated as President of Haiti at 8:30 this morning. Took oath provided for in Constitution. President Borno formally turned over administration to Roy at 10:15 a.m. after a brief mass at the cathedral. Large and enthusiastic crowd in the streets near the palace. No untoward incidents.

New Cabinet as follows: Frederic Bernardin, Foreign Relations; Frank Roy, Finance; Rodolphe Barau, Interior and Justice; Ernest Douyon, Public Works; Damocles Vieux, Education,

Russell