No. 360.
Mr. Langston to Mr. Frelinghuysen.
[Extract.]
Legation of
the United States,
Port-au-Prince, June 9, 1883.
(Received June 29.)
No. 560.]
Sir: I have the honor to transmit, as herewith
inclosed, a copy of a dispatch, with translation, received from Mr. Damier
on the 6th instant, advising me that the port of Jérémie, by order of the
President of Hayti. of the 5th instant, had been put in a state of blockade;
and in which he asks me to advise my Government and citizens having ships
now in Hayti of such blockade; stating, in closing his dispatch, that his
Government reckons upon my fidelity and the friendly relations existing so
happily between our Government and Hayti to obtain from me as regards our
citizens the positive stipulations and orders which the actual circumstances
require and international law prescribes.
* * * * * * *
I am, &c.,
[Inclosure in No.
560.—Translation.]
Mr. Damier to Mr.
Langston.
Department of State of Foreign Relations,
Port-au Prince, June 6, 1883.
Mr. Minister: I have the honor to inform you
that, by order of His Excellency the President of Hayti, of the 5th
instant, the port of Jérémie has been put in a
state of blockade.
You will be pleased, Mr. Minister, conformably to the prescriptions
established by international law, to advise your Government thereof and
those of your citizens who-have ships at this moment in Hayti, in order
that they may cease all communication with the port of Jérémie, under
pain of exposing themselves to the ordinary consequences of the
violations of blockade.
The Government counts upon your fidelity and the relations of friendship
which exist so happily between your Government and Hayti to obtain from
you, as regards-your citizens, the positive stipulations and orders
which the actual circumstances require and international law prescribes.
Be pleased to accept, &c.,
DAMIER,
The Secretary of State of
Foreign Relations.
