837.00/4544: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received December 21—10:15 a.m.]
78. Havas despatch from Habana to morning paper here says that Wyoming with 1,800 men arrived and opinion is that it is to protect Spanish interests under existing treaty. The despatch then adds that it is believed that the Americans are taking precautions in case it should be necessary to comply with the stipulations in the Treaty of Paris76 which obliges the United States to protect the lives and interests of Spanish residents in Cuba. It further adds that the government accuses the Spaniards of favoring American intervention.
Please wire quickly exact facts. I do hope no vessel movements about Cuba will be found necessary before this Conference adjourns.
- Treaty of peace between the United States and Spain, signed December 10, 1898, Foreign Relations, 1898, p. 831.↩