Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 4, 1917

File No. 837.00/1109

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American Legation,
Habana, February 19, 1917—5 p.m.

Consul at Santiago reports banks closed for period of eight days on order insurgents. U. S. S. San Francisco has arrived there and commander in close relations with Consul. First expression attitude of United States regarding revolutions has been published there. Conditions unchanged.

Such threats by insurgents as announced in [Department’s] February 18, 8 p.m. are characteristic and deserves little consideration.

Gonzales