Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1911

File No. 838.00/590.

The American Minister to the Secretary of State.

[Telegrams—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Port au Prince, July 22, 1911.

The towns to the north and within 10 miles of Port au Prince have fallen, and it appears impossible for the Government to survive many hours longer.