Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 7, 1915

File No. 711.38/54.

Minister Blanchard to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.]

American Legation,
Port au Prince, November 29, 1915—6 p.m.

Having received the invitation of the Haitian Government to enter into modus vivendi, I accepted, stating my readiness to enter into modus vivendi embodyng the same terms as the treaty. After numerous conferences the following modus vivendi was agreed upon and in accordance with your instructions was signed today at 6 p.m.

[Here follows the modus vivendi, identical with the inclosures with Mr. Blanchard’s No. 51 of December 6; see post.]

Blanchard.