File No. 838.111/84.]
The American Minister to the Secretary of State .
Port au Prince , July 5, 1912 .
Sir: I have the honor to inform the Department that the Haitian Government has signed an agreement with certain of the stores owned by Ottoman subjects which were closed on June 1st last, whereby these stores have been allowed to open until September 30th in order to liquidate their stock. There is inclosed herewith a copy1 of the agreement taken from the official paper, “Le Moniteur”.
These are the important stores and I understand from the French Legation that the arrangement was brought about through the good offices of that Legation.
During the past month more than twenty-five of Syrian origin voluntarily left Haiti so that now there are very few remaining.
I have [etc.]
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