File No. 711.38/61.
No. 51.]
American Legation,
Port au Prince,
December 6, 1915.
[Inclosure.]
modus vivendi.
Considering that, pending the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty
of September 16, 1915, it is essential that a provisional
arrangement be entered into between the two Governments with a view
to guarantee the working of the administrative services, the
repression of disorder and the maintenance of public peace:
The following Modus Vivendi has been agreed upon between the
Government of the United States of America and the Haitian
Government, represented respectively by Arthur Bailly-Blanchard,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, and Louis Borno,
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
The treaty signed September 16, 1915, between the United States and
the Republic of Haiti, and ratified by the Haitian Chamber of
Deputies on October 6, 1915, and by the Haitian Senate on November
11, 1915, shall go provisionally into full force and effect from
this date and shall be operated thereunder9 until the Senate of the
United States has acted upon the Treaty, under reserve of the
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details of the operation
of the Treaty to be arranged at Washington between the Department of
State and the Haitian Commission appointed for that purpose.
Signed and sealed in duplicate, in the English and French languages,
at Port au Prince, Haiti, the twenty-ninth day of November, 1915, by
the aforesaid Representatives on behalf of their respective
Governments.
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A. Bailly-Blanchard.
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Louis Borno.
