New Britain herald., 1915-01-29
SULLIVAN DENIES ALL \ CHARGES OF UNf|TNESS
American Minister .in Letter Makes
 s Counter Assault on ViCk

NeW I ork, Jan. 29.-A statement from James M. Sullivan, American minister to the Dominican republic, denying all the charges of unfitness made against him, chiefly by Walker |EW. Wick, former receiver general of [customs of Santo Domingo, was read in evidence yesterday at the hearings Unto the charges before Senator-elect Phelan
 The statement received by mail, was supported by documentary evil uence and made counter charges Against Wick Sullivan declared that me had been made the victim of ! newspaper campaign engineered by g v1ck to attack his character and con-
 cuct, which was unsupported by facts
 He said that certain newspapers In
 the United States had "championed tine cause of as audacious a gang of
 pirates as ever sailed the Caribbean" 'n No Apology to Make.
 Sullivan said he had no apology to
 make for recommending the Banco Nacional as the depository for the re- #ceivership funds which Vick charges was an untrustWorthy institution and which has been accused of seeking the appointment of Sullivan in order to exploit the island.
 ; If V:clS was unwilling to make the kchange. he would have scarcely acted upon my recommendation" wrote the k1aainister. The fact is thst the desire Ito make further change was born in Wick some months later for reasons best known to himself, and in the campaign he then opened on the ERanco Nacional there was no inter- ference from me until I learned of 6Vick's determination to turn the bus1- ness over from an American to British corporation (Royal Bank of fCanada). whereupon I simply notl- fled the state department of MT. Vick's Intention and asked the state depart men to note the significance of the change. This notification prevented Wick from carrying out his purpose and the depository was returned to the original banker from which it was first taken who was the lawest bidder on the proposals made in answer to MT Vick's advertisement.
 ~"The records of the state depart sment will show that I never recom- 5mended any one bank above another. except that I urged a preference for sthe American bank, stating that if the American banks here were not sat- 8isfactory, the department should urge some responsible bank in America to open a bank here"
 &<. Asked for Financial Expert.
 Sullivan alleged that he had been Instrumental in having a financial ex- pert, Charles M. Johnson, sent to the island.
 "If I had any intention of exploit ling Santo Domingo,p he wrote, -'.wl1at "a strange policy to place on guard man who would have the right and has the right to investigate every transac ction in this country which af- fleets it financially"
 R Accusations that he had brought his cousin. Timothy Sullivan, to Santo Domingo to share with him the prof. its of his alleged exploration were de- nied, with the statement that Timothy Sullivan had done nothing more than perform gratuitous service to the government in connection with a public works undertaking, and that he had
 left in six weeks at the minister's request.
 Denies Causing Bloodshed.
 Sullivan denied that he had caused bloodshed on the island and asserted that at the time of the revolution in 1913 1t was through his efforts that a
 peace pact had been signed. He de-
 clared that on more than one occasion he had prevented battles. He had
 been instrumental in holding a fair
 election, and for the first time es-
 tablished a government not based on
 force. He had secured free speech
 and 9 free press, released political
 prisoners, obtained from the govern
 ment the right of fair trial and broken
 up corruption in the public works de-