Cablegram from Richard Strong to Department of State

Creator

Richard Pearson Strong

Date

11/12/26

Coverage

Monrovia, Montserrado County, Liberia

Transcription

Copy of cablegram to Department of State, Washington, D. C.

True reading of the cablegram sent, for Doctor Richard P. Strong, by the Legation at Monrovia to the Department of State, Washington, D. C., November 12, 1926.

FOR CASTLE CONFIDENTIAL DIFFICULTY IN CONNECTION WITH SHATTUCK AND CHEEK IS EVIDENTLY EXPRESSION OF UNFORTUNATE ATTITUDE WHICH EXISTS AND IS FOSTERED IN MONROVIA AGAINST FOREIGNERS STOP UNLIKELY THAT AMERICANS GENERALLY CAN OBTAIN JUSTICE IN LOWER COURTS STOP TRUST DEPARTMENT WILL IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INCIDENT DO EVERYTHING PRACTICABLE TO OBVIATE THE OCCURRENCE OF FUTURE INSULTS AND UNJUST TREATMENT TO AMERICAN CITIZENS PERIOD WHILE I HAVE BEEN SHOWN EVERY COURTESY BY THE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY OF STATE AND MANY OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICERS, NEVERTHELESS IT IS OBVIOUS LIBERIA IS NOT CONDUCTING A GOVERNMENT THAT WOULD COMMAND RESPECT BY OUTSIDE CIVILIZED WORLD STOP SHATTUCK CONCUR PERIOD STRONG
CLARK

Type

Diary

Citation

Richard Pearson Strong, “Cablegram from Richard Strong to Department of State,” A Liberian Journey: History, Memory, and the Making of a Nation, accessed April 26, 2024, https://liberianhistory.org/items/show/1166.