File No. 4880/15–18.
The Acting Secretary of State to Minister Furniss.
Washington, March 30, 1907.
Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 174 of the 14th instant, in which you state that the Haitian Government will desist from prosecuting those summoned for violation of the law of 1876, and will require foreign firms to take out retail licenses which are issued by the municipalities.
In reply I have to say that it is not seen that it would prejudice any right this Government has in the absence of treaty if American citizens individually take out these $10 retail licenses on the same footing as other foreigners, provided that no formal engagement in that regard between your legation and the Haitian Government shall appear.
I am, etc.,