Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-11
ARCHBISHOP
NOW BECOMES
PRESIDENT
UNCLE SANS HAND is In IT
How This Country is Hand
ling Honduras Officers

New York. Dec. 10.-When under the
Roosevelt regime this government took
possession of the custom houses, the
collection and disbursements of rev.
enues, the United States became vir-
tuslly the suzerain of Santo Domingo.
1t was to save herself from the for
eIgn bondholders that Santo Domingo
flew to our arms, and it was to pro-
tect American and foreign money lend
ers that we accepted the responsible
ity.
The whole proceedings was extra
constitutional, the president having no
more power to take charge of Santo
Domingo's revenue than to take charge
of the finances of Germany or any
other foreign nation. But the consent
of santo Domingo was obtained and
the president was petitioned and grac-
iously consented to lend his friendly
offices.
Revolution has succeeded reyolu-
ton; we have not been able to sup
press civil wars, but We have main
tanned our firm grip on the custom
houses. Things have reached state
where to restore peace, the United
States steps in and arranges the whole
government.
Instead of a politician or general,
Archbishop Adolfo Alexandra Nouel
head of the Catholic church in that
country, is to be made president of
Santo Domingo for two years at least.
Through the bureau of insular affairs
the United States is to collect and
expend customs and other revenues
in paying the installments on the $780,
100000 deft to foreign bankers, which
Santo Domingo was forced to acknow-
ledge; the American officials to con-
troll customs inspectors and police,
supervise the grant of all concessions
to foreigners and all loans made by
the government. These are the terms
as reported by the Washington cor
respondent of the New York World,
who declares that the agreement real
ly means IAN American protectorate
as far-reaching in effect as the vir-
tual protectorate which England has
maintained over Egypt" The details
were obligingly worked out by two
American officials, Brig. General Frank
Mcintyre, chief of the bureau of insu-
lar affairs, and William T. S. Doyle,
chief of the state departments Latin
American division.
Archbishop Nouel will be, so far as
known, the only church dignitary in
the world who will be head of ma
tion-certainly the only president of
republic He is brother-in-law of
the retiring president, Eladio Victoria.
He is regarded as probably the ablest
man in the island. His rank in the
Roman Catholic hurch is Archbishop
of Santo Domingo and Primate Of
America" Archbishop Nouel was con-
in 1904 by Cardinal Merry
del Val, secretary of state of the vat
lean. of whom he was a classmate in
Rome. He is an intimate friend of
Cardinal Farley, of New York, from
whom he received as a present the
ring that he now wears. He
is of Spanish descent, but is blond,
which is uncommon among his coun-
trymen.
The president-elect, although not
elected because of his ecclesiastical
utilization, has received permission
from Pope Plus to accept his civil Of
fee. HE was chosen" says the Phil
adelPhia Ledger, because of his
known patriotism and because he was
the only compromise candidate to sue
coed President Victoria, who resigned
in his favor, deemed capable of re-
storing peace in the republic"
The new president expects to bring
peace to the turbulent little republic,
which is tired OF being torn to pieces
by perpetual petty wars.