Mr. Terres to Mr.
Gresham.
Legation of the United States,
Port au Prince, Haiti, October
6, 1894. (Received Oct. 24.)
No. 91.]
Sir: I have the honor to transmit, herewith
inclosed, copy with a translation of a note received on the 4th instant
from the secretary of state ad interim for foreign relations, announcing
the expulsion of Mr. Eugene Wiener, an American citizen, resident of
Jeremie, accused of being an active agent of the enemies of order
plotting in Jamaica and elsewhere against the established Government,
and also Mr. Volny Dermonzy, a French citizen, resident of St. Marc,
charged with making active propaganda tending to unsettle the
country.
I am, etc.,
[Inclosure in No.
91—Translation.]
Mr. Marcelin to
Mr. Terres.
Department of State for Foreign Relations,
Port au Prince, October 4, 1894.
Mr. Vice-Consul-General: I regret to have
to announce to you that the department of the interior and of the
general police, in view of the conduct of Mr. Eugene Wiener, an
American citizen, resident of Jeremie, has issued against him a
decree of expulsion, together with the citizen Yolny Dermonzy, of
French nationality.
I hand to you inclosed copy of the decree, in which you will find the
causes which have been the motive of that decision.
Accept, etc.,
F. Marcelin,
Secretary of State ad interim for Foreign
Relations.
[Subinclosure in No.
91—Translation.]
Decree of expulsion.
Whereas international law confers on every independent State the
right to expel from its territory foreigners whose conduct and acts
are dangerous to tranquillity and public order; and whereas Mr.
Volny Dermonzy, of French nationality, residing at St. Marc, has not
only made an active propaganda tending to unsettle the country, but
moreover has on several occasions uttered outrageous words against
the superior authority] and whereas Mr. Eugene Wiener, of American
nationality, residing at Jeremie, is an active agent of the enemies
of order who are plotting in Jamaica and elsewhere against the
established Government; and whereas these intrigues are
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of a character to endanger
the public safety, the secretary of state of the interior and of the
general police, on the advice of the council of the secretaries of
state, decrees:
Article 1. The named Volny Dermonzy, at
present at St. Marc, and the named Eugene Wiener, at this moment at
Jeremie, are expelled from the territory of the Republic of
Haiti.
They shall be embarked on board of the first steamer leaving for
foreign parts.
Article 2. The chiefs of the administrative
police of St. Marc and of Jeremie are charged with the execution of
the present decree.
Done at the department of state of the
interior and of the general police the 2d of October, 1894, and the
ninety-first year of the Independence.
F. Ducasse,
Secretary of State of the Interior and of the General
Police.
[
l. s.]
François Curiel,
Chief of Bureau.
[
l. s.]
C. H.
Duchatellier,
Chief of Bureau of
Foreign Relations.
