839.00/2399: Telegram
The Minister in the Dominican Republic ( Russell ) to the Secretary of State
Santo
Domingo
,
June 14,
1921—5 p.m.
[Received June 15—3:54 p.m.]
[Received June 15—3:54 p.m.]
20. Proclamation issued today and was received with a hot blast of protest from the press advising the people not to accept it as this would imply sanction of past wrongs, and it has been suggested that the people refuse to take part in the elections.
Russell