Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-15
ACCUSED OF GIVING EAR
TO FINANCIAL COTER|E
Witness Swears Bryan Appointed
dominican Minister at Behest of
Certain Money Interests.
SEEK TO EXPLOIT REPUBLIC
Sullivan Said to Have Been Given
Positfon in Order That Customs
collections Might Be Secured by
Bank Controlled by New York Men.

NEW YORK, January 1&.-Assertiona
that changes made by the present
washington administration in the per-
sonnel of this governments officials in
the Dominican Republic were due to
the influence OF interests seeking to
exploit that country's finances were
made to-day at the inquiry conducted
by Senator Elect Phelan, Of California.
TO determine whether James NJ. Sulli-
van. the American minister, is fit to
hold his position.
secretary OF state Bryan was accused
or lending ear In appointing Sullivan
to tho Samuel NJ. Jarvis coterie of
New York financiers. who controlled
the Banco Nncional. at Santo Domingo.
ms institution was alleged to have
peen an institution without standing
on the street, which sought to obtain
tiIe deposit of customs duties. whose
coiiection Is administered by the United
states, and other government funds.
iiiiam Il. Pulliam, receiver-general
OF customs at Santo Domingo during
tho Taft administration, testified that
+. j. II. Mitchell, president of the
banco Nacional, had published I'm a
dominican newspaper, that w. S. Doyle,
mead or the department OF Latin
american affairs In the State Depart
meht, had been removed on complaint
OF Mitchell, and that Mitchell subse
quently had said to him:
told you SO. There'I be several
other changes. and they'll extend to
santo Domingo" In June. 1914. Nit
cheil came to him again, he said, and
tod him that tho American minister
under Taft was not returning. He
told me, the witness testified, that II
was n guesser he would tell me the
name OF the next minister. 1t ends
with an n" he said
SECRETARY BRYAN HAD
HIGH OPINION OF HIM
fhat Secretary Bryan at that time
had high opinion Of Sullivan was evil
denced by letter placed on the record
to-day by Walter w. Fick, who sue
ceeded Pulliam as receiver general, and
who. after his removal, instigated the
present Investigation.
fulliam further testified that he had
warned Assistant Secretary Osborn in
July. 1913. under no circumstances tn
have anything to do with the Ranco
Nacional crowd. and had explained the
character of the institution to him. and
that Ii was seeking to exploit DominI-
can finances
II was surprised and incensed." he
SAID. that such n coterie got to Bryan's
ears. was sorry to see the receiver
or customs made the figure Of politi
cal eXploitations. For eight wears the
receivcrship Ind been operated with
out difficulty. and the later difficulties
were unquestfonably caused by Sulli-
vans transferring the funds to the
Banco Nacional That was what thew
wanted They had no funds. They
wanted to establish credit for them
selves. The bank was joke"
Pulltam said that no had no doubt
the Jarvis interests were responsible
Tor his removal 1t developed, accord
ing to tho testimony, that the customs
FUNDS eventually were transferred to
the Michelena Bank. the original de-
pository. an institution supposed to
represent tho National City Bank of
New York. and In this connection Pull
nam said that IT, July last. I'm company
with Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon.
he saw Secretary Bryan In Washing
ton.
TOO FRIENDLY WITH BANK,
OBJECTION OF BRYAN
This Is what MIR. Bryan told tho
Senator" testified the witness. ".nv
objection to Pulliam Is that he was
entirely too friendly with Michelena
! said: Now that your administration
has been forced to put back the funds
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