2. Major C. LOWTHERasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the Government of the United States of America has announced its intention of withdrawing its troops from the Republic of Santo Domingo; whether he can give the House any information on the subject; and whether he has any information as 382 to the intentions of the American Government to also withdraw its armed forces from the Republic of Hayti?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. Cecil Harmsworth)A proclamation indicating the intention of the United States Government gradually to withdraw from Santo Domingo was published in December last. I have no later official information an the subject, nor as to the intentions of the United States Government as regards the withdrawal of their troops from Hayti.