No. 364.
Mr. Langston to Mr. Frelinghuysen.
[Extract.]
Legation of
the United States,
Port-au-Prince, August 4, 1883.
(Received Aug. 22.)
No. 577.]
Sir: I have the honor to transmit, as herewith
inclosed, a copy of a dispatch, with translation, dated the 25th ultimo, in
which this legation is advised by Mr. Damier that by order of the President
of Hayti of the 24th of last month the port of Jacmel has been put in a
state of blockade.
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I am, &c.,
[Inclosure in No. 577.]
Mr. Damier to Mr.
Langston.
Department of State of Foreign Relations,
Port-au-Prince, July 25, 1883.
Mr. Minister: I have the honor to inform you
that, by order of His Excellency the President of Hayti, of yesterday’s,
date, the port of Jacmel has been put in a state of blockade.
You will be good enough, Mr. Minister, conformably to the provisions
established by international law, to notify your Government thereof, and
those of your citizens who have ships at this time in Hayti, in order
that they cease all communication with the port of Jacmel, under pain of
exposure to the ordinary consequences of the violation of the
blockade.
The Government counts upon your loyalty and the relations of friendship
that exist 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 which international law
prescribes.
Please accept, &c.,
DAMIER
Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs.
