438.00/193
The Secretary of State to
the High Commissioner in Haiti (Russell)
Washington, December 15,
1922.
No. 59
Sir: For your information, and for
communication to the members of the Claims Commission, there is
transmitted herewith a copy of
[Page 553]
a note received from the British Embassy in Washington regarding the
acceptance of Haitian bonds in payment of British claims.
I am [etc.]
For the Secretary of State:
William
Phillips
[Enclosure]
The British Ambassador (Geddes) to the Secretary of
State
Washington, December 8,
1922.
No. 923
Sir: With reference to previous
correspondence regarding the establishment of an Arbitral Commission
for the settlement of outstanding claims against the Haytian
Government, I have the honour, on instructions from my Government,
to invite your attention to Article 5 of the Protocol between the
United States and Hayti on this question.
This Article states that “the Claims Commission shall determine the
proportion of each award which is to be paid in cash and the
proportion to be paid in bonds of Hayti …”.12
I have the honour to inform you that His Majesty’s Government are not
prepared necessarily to accept whatever awards may be made as
constituting a satisfactory and final settlement of the claims in
question, if the proportion of these awards payable in Haytian bonds
is calculated on the face value of these latter, and is in itself
sufficiently large to reduce materially the net value of the
awards.
His Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires at Port-au-Prince has been instructed
to make a similar communication to the Haytian Government.
I have [etc.]
