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tian seaports unless the tn ted States could spare

enough ships from naval operations elsewhere to

afford effective protection.

HAYTI WANTS TO BE NEUTRAL

The Haytian Government heen greatly exer.

ctasd over this view of a possible contingency, and

an appearance of

of remaining

has

is anx'ous to maintain as strict

neutrality as tha necessity {t feels

on friendly terms with America will permit. It

understood thet the Spani<h Charge "Affaires has

made forcible renresentations on this subject to

M. Brutus St. Victor, the Haytian Minister of For-

eign Affuirs

M. Meyer was formeriy Consul-General of France

at Genoa, and he accepts cheerfully his exile to

this trying climate only hecnnse he believes himse It

tn the line of further rapid promotion. He la a

perfect encyclopaedia of information in naval mat

ters, and he has a remarkable memory, with an

eager Appreciation of int rnationa!l conditions

The French Legation is in the most tolerable quar-

ter of the city, nhave the Chimp de Mars which

tt faces, opposite the President's palace M Meyer

recedyed me, when called apon him, without any

formality whatever and with charming cordiality

Flee spoke al first of the traditional sympathy he

tween America and France, but added significantly

that in the present crisis the Immediate solicitude

of his coantry was for Spain, her next-door neigh-

hor, whom she has done £0 min h to ruin in the

past, but whom she did not wish to sce perish

from the enrth

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

New-York tribune. (1898). New York [N.Y.], 1898-05-12. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1898-05-12/ed-1/?sp=5

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York tribune, 1898-05-12.