File No. 319.1123L25/37
Minister Price to the Secretary of State
Panama, April 6, 1916.
Sir: In the matter of the investigation of the riot of April 2, 1915, I have the honor to enclose a copy and translation of another note from the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Panama,2 now at last transmitting a list of the witnesses, whose testimony was taken by the Panaman judicial authorities independent of our representatives, and which witnesses claimed to have seen personally some of the events which transpired on the day of the riot.
In the conference reported in my despatch No. 866, of March the 22d, it was agreed by Foreign Secretary Lefevre that our representatives should have access to the report of the testimony of the witnesses taken by their judicial authorities, which will give opportunity to ascertain the measure of value of the testimony of the list of eyewitnesses mentioned above.
I have [etc.]
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