Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-15
It's says.
Police Duty for the United States.

dies says.
Police Duty for the United States.
Naval officers and diplomatic and consular
officials, who have had experiences In these
internal broils in the neighboring tropical
countries, do not receive this word cheer
fully. While they shudder at the civil war
fare and while they know how these cour-
tries are kept behind in the march Of pro-
gress they dread any attempt of the United
States to do police duty. Most Of them Off
hand would say that anarchy Is better
than for the United States to get mixed
up with tropical American politics. Fhey
know also that II 1t seems to lean to either
faction, 1t accepts moral responsibility, for
the administration Of that faction on COM
ing into power and they recollect now
quickly gratitude ceases and how thorough
lean.
Once in Haiti the United States was
charged with leaning toward one Of the
parties in the civil war that was raging.
This was during the administration OF
President Harrison. The government OF
Legitime was overthrown and that Of Hyp-
polite set up. 1t was alleged that General
Hyppolite was willing to cede Mole St.
Nicholas, at least to lease It, to the
United States, for a coaling station. If he
was he soon got over his willingness and
sturdily resisted the pressure of the United
States.
American minister to Haiti. He complained
that this country was trying to coerce the
negro republic and he placed himself at
odds with Secretary Blaine. In private he
showed much bitterness Afterward Mr..
Douglass became the representative of
Haiti at the worlds fair in Chicago
The time has passed when the Mole ST.
Nicholas means anything to the United
States the site for a naval or coa]ine
station. With Porto Rico American terri
tory. with ST. Thomas soon to become such.
and with prospective naval and coaling sta
lions in Cuba. no one would think Of
would be necessary for wharf and other ia
cilities at Mole st. Nicholas Whatever
may happen in Haiti. neither faction in the
civil war when it seeks the support of this
country would have anything to offer there
In the way of inducement. The influence of
the United States Is purely moral, and its
disinterestedness cannot be called in doubt
Haiti is Unique.
Haiti differs from the other West India
countries in almost every respect What
ever else may be said, its individuality is
the most marked. Its struggles, whether
internal or whether against a foreign foe
are bloody almost beyond description. With
1t the revolutionary movements which re-
suit in a change Of administration have not
been the farcfcal affairs common with some
of its neighbors In Haiti a revolutionary
election usually has meant a bloody cleo
ton.
A couple of years ago in Porto Rico one
of the Adventures whose type Is so COM
mon in tropical countries invited me to go
over to Jamaica and watch the revolu-
ton" The English colonists in Jamaica
have bitter controversies with Colonial Sec
annexation to the United States, but they
do not go into revolutions So knew he
meant somewhere else.
At that time ex-President Andrade of
Vnn oil cStC
Juan. He was supposed to be planning a
movement to reinstate himself. So 1 asked
my adventurous acquaintance II he didn't
mean Venezuela. He was pointed in saying
he did not. He had been there once or twice
before. and in hisoown words mad no use
for the VeneZuelans." The same day two
merchants in the cafe were talking about
the shutting off of cable messages from
Santo Domingo. Their banana shipments
were snterfered with and they thought that
there must be an uprising somewhere in
that republic. They Were r.sht. for some
local politician in a remote district had nm
dertaken to make himself governor of the
district. He was quickly suppressed. NV
adventurous friend assured me that he was
d dot thinking x ,1 OF santo Domingo. but
be a hummer" he told me.
Since then Santo Domingo has revolution
lied ex-President Jiminez into Office and
have been comparatively peaceful and have
not been In the nature Of hummer. The
professional revolutionist gave me some
further hints at the time OF really fierce
struggle that was going to take place. and
since the civil war broke out in Haiti
have wondered II this is not the revolution
which he had In mind. postponed through
various causes longer than he had AZ
pected.
Haiti Not Latin Country.
1t is the custom in all these overturnines
Of government IN the tropical countries of
this continent to speak Of them as proof Of
the instability Of the Latin race. But Haiti
Is not Latin. The French and Spanish
veneer is thinner there than anywhere else
In the West Indies. French Is the Ian
guage OF the educated classes, yet the pa
tots. which Is spoken by the mass of the
people In the interior, has far less in 1t Of
the Latin tongue than any other of the An
titles. II would not be understood by the
natives OF Martinique and Guateloupe, who
haYA r Tranch dialect NJ thai. or. n