File No. 837.55/23.
The Chinese Legation to the Department of State.
memorandum.
An order of the President of the Republic of Cuba was promulgated on November 14, 1913, suspending the operation of the law relating to the admission of Chinese into Cuba so far as to accept certificates issued by the Chinese Legation at Havana as sufficient evidence of the right of Chinese applicants for admission to enter the country, and also remit the head tax of five hundred dollars ($500) imposed by law on each Chinese admitted.
The Cuban Government has revoked the above order. The Chinese Chargé d’Affaires at Havana has protested against this step in pursuance of instructions from his Government, and the Chinese Minister is instructed by his Government to ask the assistance of the American Government to secure a cancellation of this revocation.
Washington , January 16, 1915 .