The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-03
PLAN TO GEORGE REPUBLICS
Infamous Doings in santo Domingo
TO Be Repeated In Defiance
of the Senate.

Mr.. Taft's criticism OF Democratic
senators for opposing the Santo DO
mingo treaty contains some very sig
nihcant words tending TO show that
the policy of the present administra-
ton is to subJugate the Latin-American
nations south of us by the process OF
making compacts with certain factions
In those countries under which the al
lies Of the president are to rule by
the aid of American troops and war
ships. How can we logically or con-
sistently refuse to aid these weak gov
ernments when properly called upon
by them?' said the secretary. These
| weak governments comprise all the
South American governments, as well
as that Of Santo Domingo and 1t Is
Just TO infer that the secretary Of war
referred to all of them, and intended
to convey the idea that all should be-
treated as Santo Domingo has been.
Let MS see what has been done In
Santo Domingo. In February, 1905.
compact known as the Sanchez
Dillingham; convention, was made by
the president with one Carlos +.
Morales. a renegade priest who had
left the priesthood because he found
cclibacy irksome. Under this COM
pact the president was authorized to
collect the revenues OF the island and
deposit the money In a New York
bank Without waiting for the sem
ate to ratify this agreement. or treaty,
he at once sent Col Colson and a
number OF other persons to act az
collectors of revenue in foreign
country without authority Of law, and
began to deposit the money in the
National City bank. OF New York.
owned by the Standard Oil company
the very same bank in which mil
lions OF dollars had been deposited
without interest by the secretary OF
the treasury. and to which the old
customho,s'e In New York. worth Sl0,-
100000. had virtually been given for
nothing except. perhaps, campaign
contribution. The senate rejected this
treaty; but on March 81, 1905, tho
president made what he called IA tenn
porary arrangement with Morales.
covering the same points, and has
continued 10 collect the Dominican
revenues mp 10 the present time al
though tho senate at It's last session
again refused TO ratlfy the wicked
and unconstitutional compact with
Morales, who had been driven out OF
tho country last December. and had
taken refuge in Porto Rico.
But notwithstanding this second re-
lection Of the Morales compacts by the
senate. the administration announced
on the fth of July that It would con-
tinuc to collect the revenues Of
the island, and ordered several hmeri-
can warships and 400 marines 10
Santo Domingo In order TO maintain
n military and naval occupation Ct the
| island. This was done in defiance Of
the senate which. as the trcatymak-
| ing power had twice rcpudated tho
compact and also IN defiance OF con-
rross, which Is the sole war.maknS
| powcr
II was in effect. an act Of war.
which had been forbidden by the prop
er authorities OF the United States. 1t
was n revolutionary act performed in
the interest of the Rothschilds and
Rockcfellers 1t amounts TO conquest
Of Santo Domingo at the expense Of
the United States for the benefit Of
the money powers Of New York, Lon.
don. Paris and Berlin. There Is M
authority for It. but the word of
|
| And now we are told by Mr.. Taft that
the same policy is to be extended to
all the weak governments" to the
south Of us. This indicates that there
Is conspiracy between the admins
tratlon and the European money pow
ers to exploit South America under
the pretoxt of agreements between the
president and any and every rene
gadc banishcd from these countries
who viii falsely style himself the con.
| stitutional president" OF any OF those
countries Our army and navy are to
be used in this revolutionary move
ment South America. as wei! as San
to Domingo. is to be conquered with
out the consent of congress.
| What Is TINS hut the overthrow or
congress and the establishment Of a
dictatorship in this country? The d.
tatorship is already here
The announcement made ON the
ith of July that the govern.
ment Of the United States would use
fierce in Santo Domingo in spite of the
will of congress twice expressed by the
rejection OF the treaty was nothing
less than n declaration that n dlcta-
torship had been established at Wash.
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