Mr. Adee to Mr.
Powell.
Department of State,
Washington, August 21,
1902.
No. 533.]Sir: Referring to Department’s No. 530, of
August 16 last, I inclose for your information copies of a letter from
the Department of Justice, and of this Department’s reply, in regard to
the preservation of the neutrality of the United States as regards
Haiti.
I am, etc.,
Alvey A. Adee,
Acting Secretary.
[Inclosure 1.]
Mr. Beck to Mr.
Hay.
Department of Justice,
Washington, August 18,
1902.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of August 12, 1902, in which you ask me to
enforce the due observance of neutrality obligations by preventing
the shipment of arms and ammunition to Haiti.
At the present this Department has no knowledge of any intended
shipment. Should it receive such information it will promptly invoke
the action of the courts to prevent such shipments.
If you deem the matter of sufficient importance, and desire it, I
will cause instructions to be issued to the United States attorneys
for the districts in which there are ports of entry.
Respectfully,
Jas. M. Beck, Acting
Attorney-General.
[Inclosure 2.]
Mr. Adee to the
Attorney-General.
Department of State,
Washington, August 21,
1902.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your Department’s letter of the 18th instant concerning
the subject of preserving the neutrality of the United States as
regards the Republic of Haiti.
The United States minister at Port au Prince, who, at the request of
the Haitian Government, brought the matter to the attention of this
Government, was instructed on the 16th instant that it was
permissible, under the law, for the diplomatic and consular
representatives of Haiti in the United States to bring to the
knowledge of the local collectors of customs and United States
attorneys any facts of which they might have knowledge or belief,
tending to show actual or intended violation of the neutrality laws
within the jurisdiction of the United States.
Your Department might, if you deem it necessary, instruct the
district attorney to confer with any Haitian officer or other person
lodging information of apprehended violation of neutrality and
advise him as to the proper method of substantiating his
statement.
I have, etc.,
Alvey A. Adee, Acting Secretary.
