838.51/949
The Haitian Chargé ( Blanchet ) to the Secretary of State
Mr. Secretary of State: In compliance with instructions received from my Government, I have the honor to transmit to Your Excellency the following note:
“The American Minister delivered to the President of Haiti a note verbale in which, after discussing Article 5 of the Treaty of September 16, 1915 which does not come into consideration since the expenses of the Government are paid in accordance with the Budget as passed, he says that the Department of State has instructed him that he may as a matter of courtesy cause the salaries of the President of the Republic and members of the Government to be paid, and that he is ready to carry out the suggestion provided the Haitian Government will bind itself immediately to meet fifteen conditions, some of which are impossible of execution.
[Page 781]“The Haitian Government wishes to know whether the Government of the United States wants it, first, to overlook the protests from the British, French, and Italian Legations, the American bankers and merchants of the United States and other countries and of our whole country against a law prohibiting the importation of American gold into Haiti which law is to be enacted to favor one bank, second, to ratify an Article added to the agreement signed in Washington February 6, 1920, which has not been previously communicated to the Government.19
“The members of the Haitian Government still [convinced] of the efficacious assistance and cordial cooperation of the United States are ready to carry out for the best interest of the nation such directions as may be given it by the great allied and free power.”
(Signed) Barau
I beg [etc.]