Office of the Historian

838.00 Elections/101: Telegram

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

[Extract]
Port-au-Prince, October 16, 1930—noon.
[Received 11:04 p.m.]

220. Incomplete election returns indicate almost a clean sweep by the Cartelistes or radical group largely controlled by Jolibois. This result came as a great surprise to the mulatto Elite who are much disturbed. Reliably informed that the Cartelistes state they will drive out of Haiti all those connected with the Borno administration.

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Russell