Excerpt from Memorandum for the Secretary of State on the Dominican Republic: Present Conditions Observed During a Recent Visit; Financial Situation; Historical Notes; American Interests; Some Suggestions On August 31, 1903, the Secretary of Foreign Relations of the Government of General \vos y Gil submitted to the Dominican Congress a project for the neutralization of the territorial waters of the Republic and the establishment of free ports at Santana and Manzanilla. The substance of this project, the professed design of which was to prevent the acquisition of Special privileges by any nation, was as follows. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.