Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-17
HAITI Is LIVE
HORNETS NEST;
IS GREAT TASK
UNITED STATES UNDERTAKES BIG
JOB IN TAKING UP FINANCES OF
THE BLACK REPUBLIC.
is FAR MORE DIFFICULT THAN PEG
PIE In UNITED STATES REAL
lZE, SAYS AUTHORITY.
Especial M Ilc Horall)

Washington. sop. H.. ln taking over
the financial management 81 the ItepLb
he oI Haiti. the tuItcd States govern
mcut Is undertaking " difficult task and
prominent authorities who know CON
,ition> ia the black republic saT that A
n lar more difficult. both from The mill
tarl and sociological viewpoint, than
people III The United states realize.
Although the treaty under which the
United States viii assume "A financial
prutccturatc over Haul cannot hc made
cng'tiyc until ratified hl the T.. =. sen
ate This winter. me United States will
at once J~>uur" control over ihc financial
affairs WI tlt Republic. through a modu>
.Niyrndi. While opposition tu the treaty
An expected r. hc raised n the Senate.
The administration pro rcicd on the he
lief that IN presenting the facts i'll the
serious dis RIDERS that threaten Haiti.
with the possibility az interference Ay
~"Tnr European power. this opposition
viii hc removed.
White The American forces are In con
irol VT the Important scJIortS II Haiti.
the government WIT the interior ~ thc III
land must also ~ taken in hand. at
least ~r flr a~ the financial end Of the
: vrrnmeut of Haiti il concerned. II il
ia the interior that the hidden StingS
viii ~ encountered. The country iS
mountainous ana I'M the lovlaudS are
dense forests. There are me- roads and the
Whole route MI the Americans viii hc
infested with the savage natives. 1t may
hc 4 second head hunting campaign. like
that in the Philirpiur~. all over again
say military men. lrr although the Hal
tian IL simple ami childliEc i'm nature
h. becomes y frrucipu~ savage aud N
courageous though cruel aud cunning
fighter whom aroused hy his religious
Leaders. WV Chat state NJ mind ~ will
sacrifice hi~ lifc willingly before ~ viii
submit % the control MI n white man
NE viii murder every white person that
hr encounters vhcn he in aroused and
endurc> endless persecution I'D his war
fare.
MI the free We thi. hatred the Amcri
canS, Germans and Frpn III who have nc
cupicd the coast territory of Haiti have
established 2 government nf IlaitianS of
the educated classes who are dcSpiScd ~
the natives uf thc interior almost W. hit
tcrly a> lrr the whites themselves. m
the interior. where the savage natives
live. nn white man daro~ set foot. except
here and there thr fearless miSSionl-
rIrS who have established missions IN
the face .f the hatred uf their race. Nom.
inallN Haiti IN v Catholic .uuutry. hut
actually the great bulk Nit the me- pie are
N~oudoui>t~. The you1on priests and
p~ric>t"~>rS exercise = complete contr. |
over the ignorant and >uprrStitiouS ma
lives.
~ control au island 80 2l00.000 ne.
erorS. n orl, armed ami knowing moth
inc "f modern warfare. might seem at
first blush to hc au easy undertaking.
But when in IVY considered that ~ per
cent "f the people are not only illitcratr
hut are fIuaticil. possessed with the
idea that the white man i~ their natu-
RAJ enemy. III hr.omc~ evident. say stu
dents ~ the situation. That the >itua-
ton will ~ cytrc"rlv difficult for the
\WcricauS tn handle.
ln other Caribbean rr-ntrics the Uni
led States h1~ hccn able to intervene re-
store ORDER. ~"t Up u government aud
vithdr?w itS forces. WI Nicaragua ~ has
been Obliged u leave behind Il guard NJ