Archduke Franz Joseph Otto von Hapsburg conferred yesterday with Generalissimo Rafael L. Trujillo, former president of the Dominican Republic, on plans for large-scale settlement in the Dominican Republic of Catholics who are being appressed in Europe.
Archduke Otto said he was anxious, in cooperation with the Dominican Republic Settlement Association, to aid in bringing numbers of homeless Catholics to the Dominican Republic. Generalissimo Trujillo expressed his great interest in this plan and assured the Archduke of his personal cooperation.
“The settlement project in the Dominican Republic,” said Trujillo, “is non-sectarian. We welcome hard-working, reliable pioneers who come to our country for the purpose of engaging in agricultural life and becoming loyal citizens of the Dominican Republic. Toward that end my countrymen and I are giving every possible help. I am glad to assure His Highness, the Archduke Otto, of the keen desire of our country to cooperate with him.”
James N. Rosenberg, president of the D.R.S.A, is presenting a letter from Archduke Otto to the president of the Dominican Republic regarding the proposed plan.
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