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, September 11, 1902.

(Mr. Powell reports that he has refused to recognize the right of the Haitian Government to close ports, as French and German vessels have been permitted to enter Gonaives; that he has claimed the same right for American vessels, and that no blockade exists at either port.)