Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1902

Mr. Powell to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Legation of the United States,
Port au Prince, May 11, 1902.

(Mr. Powell reports that the situation at Port au Prince is extremely interesting, it being reported that the President will probably leave on May 12, in which event bloodshed is feared; that the south demands the Presidency; that Firmin and Leconte are candidates from the north.)