Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-07
]. S. IS Carrying out |
UN|QUEEXPER|MENT
Rehabilitating Governments Of Haiti
and Santo Domingo and Restor. .
ing Their Credit.
After Series Of Revolutions and ~.
nandA Disasters NicaEagua Il
Getting Same Treatment.


menus IN eovernmens TO DO found sny-
where In the world today 10 being con-
ducted by the IJnited eeatea II IN Ia.
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upon which are located the black re.
public Of HAITI and the mulatto rspub.
n, - sa,+o p.,,,,. nh.
"a VI
tho experiment ana tho causes which
led up to this unique government ven.
+r.. AZ. at ,or+h ., s,,,,.&s. .-a
~
py the national Geographic 6ocasty.
After = century Of effort to matn-
tain itself as Q separate, independent
sovereign heeon' ssneo Oominee In
1905 found itself about to fal . W.
tim to its own exoessss.s says ia hui-
l.tfn .p.,o,,,,.,n ~ ,.,,.-.A
luton almost with ciockiike regular
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80 49, >no.e 49,
withoutNwsr with Hstti ovsr ho,,r6.
airy questions and civil war over the
c9h.5o! OF me governmene. Deot2 we're
payment or even nrovi.ion. for msst. =.
ing the interest charges.
$50 long and SO steady WAS the orgy
OF revolution. speculation, debt-nak-
Ing and interest-dodging that the ma
Its individual citizens. Finally. the
day of reckoning came Foreign war
ships approached ports whose harbors
hdu gwen Ie1uge 10 the great dfscov-
eIer columbus ana whose capital city
stu contains what undoubtedly are his
ashes. and demanded that the claims of
their subjects be satisfied-claims for
money advanced. claims for interest
accumulater, claims for property wan
soniy oes.royed.an they demanded it
IN predicament from which they
were powerless to extricate them
serves; the Dominfcaps were ready
enough TO negotiate treaty turning
TOMS 70 the United States If. in return
therefore the united states would pro-
tect them from angry European credi-
eors ana fe1uvenate their treasury.
united states steps In.
"a. =.
anu 80 II was ehat IN 1913 the
United States undertook to serve as
treasurer of Santo Domingo and m
,..l g..
'ouch ior her oeoes. Inc tarin was
quickly revised, the American authori-
ties urging that duties he latd IN
,u~,r,.s r.th.r e.. ,.,
mon The thine. oe IN. UPON l;oh neGessilles.
49,, thosa ~ L'en Iaener Ihdn
apwh h ino ', W ING poor. Inc tarln as
cus oown' tne general re-
taS NJ uss w per cent on export
S,,4ss pei cehe On import
"u,,ee;
Ano yet IN spite OF THIS great re-
ouee oen' IN spite OF payments or w.
svv,vgo a year on the deot, there was
eii se.l ser net income Tor the
haa neIore.
~ ions t!me IL was thought
curing customshouse revenues through
not support themselves But after six
or seven years OF peace trouble broke
II became 90 ser,ors ,ha, it "a ana I, isI5
half OF peace and to demand. with ma
and nointaI -, a"t IN na,ai guns trained
country return to s+.te of 80, nj
so TODAY the Dominicans reaIizins tn,
the Monroe doctrine lie determinad "a
a ford them protection from, their 90,
excuses. their own hitter passions ,nd
blind purposes. have ACCEPTED the in
eyftabie and have secured TIC h,ass,nss
of peace from without wban tba,, on,fd
not attain that end tbemsa,yas r. i
reluctant acouiescence thew vieid Int
a wholesome one. none the 1ess
out expense. nor vet withomt tbo ,ctuaI
sacrif1ca of hlood ana uTe tbo. 80
country has stepped in 70 NAV The rn1a
of good samaritan to the neonles Of
SanfO DnrnfnDn nj
who had lost The hIessings of nsaca 49,
were unable to regain them In uait;
alone we lost one of13cer and six ma
rfnes and had a number wounded Rut
out of this altruistic effort are growing
results of which nation that covets
no territory. that seeks only its own
security and the welfare of its unfor-
tunate neiehbors NAV well he nroud
Reduced the Death Rate
TN Porto Rico we have reduced the
death rate from, AZ ner mn En- 10 mar
49,
i'ooo' ana beginning along the same
line is being made in these new fields
of American endeavor. In Porto Rico
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WAGES nave ilef easeo iroli 10 cents
to rs cents, and stable conditions show
results in the same dtrec-
ton In our new ward lands. In Porto
Rico the school attendance jumped
from 20 to more than IS, and these new
wards are trying to follow in Porto
Rico's path.
wherever America has gone, whether
to Cuba, whether to Panama. whether
to Santo Domingo, Porto Rico, Mica
ragua, the Philippines or Haiti, the
welfare Of the people has been her hrst
and while all colonial history
natton,s raoord o+ baln oiyen ubere