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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-17

alarmed. We eid not learn Of 3, un.
,ll morning when he asked us u We
had been scared. said. why. no.
you didn't hear us make a sound.
did your
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
mingo Asks the Stars and Stripes for Square Deal

the professional patriot will find mora d,,.
fculty in financing his schemes hereaft.r.
that, in word, there shall be less mad.
ding for the purpose of dealing in doub,
ful national securities and fewer atternnts
to collect unjust debts by armed force.
Truly, the government Of the Dominica,
Republic, as constituted after the second
failure Of Spanish rule, was poor thing
But it was their own, and we took it from
them with merely the himsy excuse set nm
in Captain Knapp's proclamation, and hays
given them nothing in return. When !
took the liberty of asking the real reason
for the American occupation Of the conn
try, addressing myself to Ell Supreme, and
to such other American officials as nnioh,
be expected to be in the know, two ycars
ago, | was told that Germany had threat
ened to seize SANTANA Bay. True, we wers
at peace with all the world in those davs
but we had learned that there were condi-
tons under which we might be too proud
to fight, and if overturnng a few island
governments to prevent them from being
grabbed as submarine bases made the Ad
ministration feel more secure, it was no
time to do more than record the fact
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
ENrading Something
IL for Nothing

He was able to foresee that sane Amer
lcan control Of the Dominican territory
would have an immediate effect throughout
the Caribbean. and might "settle the un-
happy condition of Cuba and end an ex
terminating conflict"
HIS wise project rejected, Santo DOMINGO
requested Spain resume control, but Spain
having passed the zenith of her dav as =
colonizing power, failed to accomplish what
the United States might easily have done
IN those days, and the Dominican Republic
was established along military lines.
That it, too. failed is not to be wondered
at. No business was so profitable to the
Germans as fomenting revolutions in Latin
America, in which they could ALWAYS count
upon the interested assistance of a qroun
of American dealers in arms and mimi
tlons Most of the revolutions in the Do
mlnlcan Republic, in Hayti and in other
small American nations, like the last at
tempt at revolution in Cuba, were of Ger
man origin There is reason to hone that
this sort OF thing is done with. and TIM.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

tltutcd Dominican courts Will not
be interfcred with by the Military
Government herein established; bu3
cases,to which member of the Uni
ted States Forces in Occupation is
a party, or in which are involved
contempt or defiance ofthe authori-
ty of the Military Government. will
be tried by tribunals set up by the
'Militgry Government.
All revenue accruing to the DOnii-
mean Government, including reve-
nucs hitherto accrued and unpaid
whether from customs duties under
the terms of the Treaty concluded
on February 8, 1907. the Receiver
ship established by which remains
III effect, or from internal revenue
shall be pald to the Military Cover
nlcnt herein established which will,
WILL in trust for the Republic of
Santo Domingo, hold such rcvenue
and will make all the proper legal
disbursements there from necessary
for the administration of the Domi-
nican Government, and forth pur-
poses of the Occupation.
call upon the citizens. of. and re.
sldents and sojourners in. Santo
Domingo, to cooperate with the
Forces, of the United States in Oc-
cupation to the end that the pur-
poses thereof may promptly be
attained, and that the country may
be restored to domestic order ard
tranquility, and to the prosperity
that can be attained only under
such conditions.
The Forces of the United States
IN Occupation will act IN accordance
with military law governing thcir
conduct, with due respect for tile
personal and property rights Of
citizens Of, and residents and so
.lohrncrs IN, Saneo Domlngo ophold
ing Dominican laws in 50 far as
they do not conflict with the put
poses tor which the Occupation is
undertaken
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

Santo Domingo and hunting Boches in
France with excellent results.
1t is known, however, that the Dominican
Republic, never very pacific, is not now
paciied
In recent years San Pedro de Macors,
port on the southern coast, has become
place Of Importance, owing to the develop
ment of the sugar industry. In the coun-
try thereabouts it is still unsafe for Amer
leans to be abroad after dark, or to be
without arms at any time, according to the
testimony of lady recently returned to
the United States after a sojourn of sew
eral years on a plantation not far from
that city. And more than brigade of
marines is still necessary, aided by ma
tive constabulary, to maintain order in this
land. with a population of 6OO,OO0 while
the Dutch keep the teeming millions of
Java in order with less than 1,2OO white
soldiers.
1t will be interesting to know what the
President and Specialist No. 151 will have
to tell the peace conference about the
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
NJ ow the ime to
L y Right a Wrong

1t can hardly be alleged In these days
however, that the Caribbean islands are
in grave danger from the German navy,
and while we wrestle with reconstruction
problems in our own country it seems no
more than proper that we should begin to
think about atoning for the small wrongs
we have done to achieve great right. And
when we come to think about it all, it must
be apparent that the present status Of ar-
fairs in the Caribbean is a disgrace to the
United States.
1t may be that President Wilson has def
mite plans for the development Of the
Caribbean countries, that he means to re-
store to them the certain inalienable rights
which We're promulgated in Philadelphia,
July a, 1875. 1t may be that he intends to
announce these plans at Versailles, and
that Specialist No. 151 is to be his mouth
piece as heretofore he has been his agent
One thing is certain The American peo-
pie viii see 10 it that treaties between the
United States and the smaller American
republics shall not be treated like scraps
of paper; that whatever injustices have
been done shall be remedied; that the poo-
pies OF the New World no less than the
peoples Of the Old World, shall have
square deal
What, then, would be square deal for
Hayti and the Dominican Republic?
If you ask the people of either political
division Of ancient Hispaniola you will find
that tho one example Of square deal up
permost in their minds is Cuba There is,
Of course. a small and noisy minority in
Cuba which occasionally demands annexa-
tion to the United States. Smaller and
noser minorities may be found in both
Hayti and Santo Domingo who will also de-
mand annexation. But the great body Of
intelligent people in both Hayti and the
Dominican Republic look upon Cuba's gov
ernment the one to be patterned after.
Cuba's treaty with the United States as the
kind that permits free government with
wholesome guarantees against external
complications
And after years OF military occupation by
the United States these people are still
hopeful. They have been aware that. with
the European conflict raging, their troubles
would seem too petty to hold the attention
of the American public They have been,
are now patient beyond the ordinary en-
durance Of LatinAmerican peoples. They
have no hate for the American. these old
est North Americans, not even for such
military masters as Specialist No ISL,
otherwise known as FL Supreme: or for
Smedley D. Butler, now brigadier general.
l. 5. NJ. C., lately chef de Ia gendarmcrie
de la Republique d'Haiti with the rank and
pay of general of division. They like the
roads Americans build for them they are
willing to enter upon closer commercial
relations, but they still desire square
deal. And most Of them, the intelligent
ones, associate the idea of square des
with T. R, and VIII tell you they wish the
Big Stick were in his hands again
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

spect they share the feelings Of their
more docile neighbors, the Haytians.
They cannot see why they should be in
vaded. subjugatcd and ruled with a rod
Of iron by nation with which they were
at peace, and with which they were asso-
ciated by treaty relations of an unusually
intimate character; especially in view of
the historic fact that they had knocked at
the doors of this most powerful neighbor
fifty years before, craving protection and
assistance, which were then denied them.
THE acquisition of Santo Domingo is de-
srable because of its geographical posi-
ton. 1t commands the entrance to the
Caribbean Sea and the isthmus transit of
commerce 1t possesses the richest soil.
best and most capacious harbors. most salu-
prlous climate and the most valuable prod
ucts of the forests, mine and soil of all
the West Indian islands. It's possession
by us Will in few years build up coast
wise commerce of immense magnitude
which will go far toward restoring to rs
our lost merchant marine. 1t will give to
us those articles which we consume so
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

miles. The Dominican Republic with a
population of only $4,000 in that year. held
the remainder of the island, 1905 square
miles. 1t will be noted that the combined
territory approXimates that of Ireland. The
racial and political differences between the
Haytians and the Domincans are no less
acute and ineradicable than between the
Orangemen and the Southern Irish, so that
the United States has taken unto itself
almost similarly vexng complication, while
volunteering advice to Great Britain in the
solution of the Irish question.
What the United States has done for the
free and indivisble Republic of Hayt in
the matter of constitution has been set
forth in an earlier issue of The Tribune
Review. But at least Mr. Wilson left to
the Haytans nominal independence and
nominal government Of and by native born
citizens of Hayt
Specialist No. l5l was promoted from
captain to rear admiral for having upset
the existing government of the Dominican
Republic by his famous proclamation, be-
cause the Domnicans declined to enter into
convention with the United States similar
to that which made it possible for Mr. Will
was not difficult for the Dominicans to fore
see the fate in store for them Aware that
they could not cope with the United States
IN arms, they became for the first time in
a generation a united people. The Domini-
can Congress elected to th@ presidency of
the republic Don Francesca Henriquez
CarvaJal, gentleman of unquestioned
patriotism who had been living for many
years i'll Santiago de Cuba, where he prac-
tsed medicine. and who was remote from
political intrigue of every kind The cleo
ton was held in due form, and apparently
With the approval of the American gov
ernment, the American Minister Mr.
RUSSELL announced the result to the cor
suls in the republic. A coalition cabinet
formed which included the most i'm
portant of conflicting political interests
But, having placed the revenues Of the
country in the hands of the American gov
erment by the treaty of 1917, Specialist
No. 15l ordered C. H. Baxter, a New Jer-
sey news y man, who had been made
Receive astoms, not to nav the bills
present Dominican officials That was
the end of the Dominican Republic The
President into exile and was followed
by all the members of his Cabinet save
one; the CONGRESS- was dsbanded. and Cap
tain Knapp, S. n, became Gel Supreme"
He constituted the de focto government as
follows
J. II. Pendleton. brigadier general.
United States Marine Corps commanding
United States forces ashore in the Domin-
lcan Republic, in charge of the Department
of Interior and Police and the Department
of War and Marine of the Dominican Re-
public
Rufus H. Lane. lieutenant colonel.
United States Marine Corps, administering
the Department of Foreign Relations. and
the Department Of Justice and Public In
struction of the Dominican Republic
|. I. Hagner, paymaster, United States
navy, administering the Department of
Hacienda (Treasury) and Commerce of the
Dominican Republic
c. c. Baughman. lieutenant, United
States navy, administering the Department
Of Fomento (Agriculture) and Communica-
tions and immigration of the Dominican
Republic
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
PR06LAM M|AT|0N.

WHEREAS: The Government of
the United States is determined
that the time has come to take
measures to insure the observance
of the provisions of the aforesaid
Treaty by the Republic of Santo
Domingo and to maintain the
domestic tranquility in the said
Republic of Santo Domingo neccss.
ary thereto
NOW, THEREFORE,, [, II. S.
KNAPP Captain. United States
Navy, commanding the Cruiser
Force Of the United States Atlantic
Fleet. and the armed forces of the
United States stationed in various
places within the territory Of the
Republic Of Santo Domingo, acting
under the authority, and by the
direction ofthc Government of the
United States. declare and announ-
co to all concerned that the Repu-
bic of Santo Domingo is hereby
placed il q state of Military
Occupation by the forces under my
command, and is made subject to
Military Government and to the
exercise of military law applicable
TO such occupation
This Military Ocupatlon ,sunder-
caken with no immediate or ulte-
r,or object Of destroying the sove-
relgnty Of the Republic of Santo
Domingo, but, on the contrary. is
designed to give aid to that coun-
try in returning co condition OF
internal order that will enable it to
obser> the the terms Of the Treaty.
aforesaid; and the Obligations res
ting upon It AS one Of the family
OF nations
DOMINICAN statutes, therefore,
will continue IN effect III so far as
they do not conflict with the objects
of the Ocupatlon or necessary re-
gulatlons established Hereunder,
and their lawful administration Will
continue in the hands of such dulv
authorized Dominican officials as
may be necessary, all under the
oversight and control Of the United
States Forces exercising Military
Government.
The ordinary administration Of
justice, both in civil and CRIMINAL
matters through the regularly cons
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

sWHEREAS:-A Treaty WAS con
cluded between the Unitcs States
of America and the Republic of
Santo Domingo on February s,
1907, Article III Of which reads:
Until the Dominican Republic
has paid the whole amount of
the bonds of the debt its public
debt shall not be increased except
by previous agreement between
the Dominican Government and the
United States A like agreement
shall be necessary to modify the
import duties, it being an indispcn-
sable condition for the lnodihca-
ton Of such duties that the DOM
nican Executive demonstrates and
that the President OF the United
States recognize that, on the basis
of fcxportations and importations
of the like amount and the like
character during the two years
precedindg that i'll which it is de-
sired to make such modification,
the total net customs receipts wo-
uld at such altered rates of duties
have been for each of such two
years in excess Of the sum OF
$2.OOO.OOO United States goldN, and
WHEREAS The Government OF
Santo Domingo has violated the
said Article III on more than one
OCCASION; and
WHEREAS; The Government Of
Santo Domingo has from timc TO
time explained such violation bv
the necessity Of mcurrlng expenses
lncldent to the repression of revo-
luton, and
WHEREAS Tie United States
Government, with great forbearan.
&c and with friendly desire to
cuable Santo Domingo to maintain
d5mestlc tranquility and observe
the terms Of the aforesaid TrcatT,
has urged upon che Government'ol
Santo Domingo certain necessary
measures WHICH that Government
has been unwilling or unable to
adopt, and
WHEREAS: In consequence do.
uest,c tranqullity has been 'listur-
bed an is not now established, nor
IS the future observance Of the
Treaty by the Government Of
Santo Domingo assured: and
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
1he Problem OF
NJ Diplomatic Relations

A humorous feature of this government
lay in the fact that the United States con-
tinued to maintain a legation and consular
service in the Dominican Republic, the
minister, when not in conference with Ell
Supreme doing business with Colonel Lane.
while Ell Supreme, then a captain in the
United States navy. maintained a legation
in Washington 'near the government Of
the United States" as diplomatic language
hath it,
Whether these gentlemen all continue to
exercise their official functions or not, by
wireless or otherwise, has not been dis
closed by the Administration in Washing
ton, but it is unofficially known that some
Of them have been physically absent from
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
By Kincheloe Robbins

CRUTINY Of the names of the $50
eminent specialists who are prepared,
~ as living encyclopedias, to enlighten
Mr.. Wilson and the diplomats assem-
bling at Versailles on all point which may
be raised in discussion has been bit dis
couraging to many of my colleagues. An
elderly copyreader complains that they are,
even when backed by three truckoads of
literary ballast carried by the George Wash
ington, lghtweights. To say that they are
unknown would be, he admits violation of
a rule much honored in most newspaper Of
fees, so he contents himself with insisting
that they are "unidentifed'
Anticipating this obvious criticism; the
President has taken with him as Specialist
No. 151 gentleman whose authority may
not be questioned, or at any rate has not
been questioned for several years, in the
person of Rear Admiral Harry s. Knapp.
Who is Harry s. Knapp?
l have just had the honor Of pointing out
that he is Specialist No. 151, aboard the
George Washington. But he has been more
than that. He has been Military Governor
of the Dominican Republic, and may be
still, for there is no reason why an admiral
IN the United States navy should not be
the Military Governor of an Independent
Latin republic, if the President so desires.
and he keeps in touch, or can keep in
touch, with Santo Domingo City by wireless.
and has no Congress on his hands there, he
may still be pro consul of the United States
for the Dominican Republic in portibus
SntideLun.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

largely and do not produce, thus cqualizing
our exports and imports. In case OF for
cgn war it will give us command of all
the islands referred to, and thus prevent
an enemy from ever possessing himself OF
rendezvous upon our very coast At present
our coast trade between the states bor
dering the Atlantic and those bordering
on the Gulf Of Mexico is cut by the Ba-
hamas and the Antilles. Twice must,
as it were, pass through foreign countries
to get by from Georgia to the west
coast Of Florida.
"Santo Domingo, with a stable govern
ment, under which her immense resources
be developed, will give remunerative
wages to tens of thousands of laborers
not upon the island. This labor will
take advantage Of every means Of trans
portation to maintain the adjacent islands
\and seek the blessings of freedom and its
sequence-each inhabitant receiving the
reward of his own labor"
The words quoted are quite as true to-
day as they were when employed by
Ulysses S. Grant, December g. 1870, in urg
ing upon the Congress of the United States
measures for treaty for the annexation
of the Republic of Santo Domingo to the
United States, which had failed at the pre-
vious session to receive the requisite two
thirds vote of the Senate They are, in
fact, truer in their application to present
day conditions than they were in 1870, for
the American island Of Porto Rico is over
populated, with low wages, surplus labor
and agricultural depression as a necessary
result although within a few hours sailing
IS a country possessing, to again quote
President Grant, zone of the richest terri
tories under the sun, capable of supporting
100000 people in luxury"
The government of Santo Domingo had
voluntarily sought annexation, President
Grant pointed out. The people were not
capable Of maintaining themselves in their
then condition, and were obliged to look
for outside support. He felt that Santo
Domingo would become large consumer of
the products of Northern farms and manu-
factures, furnishing in return sugar, to-
bacco, coffee, tropical fruits, ETC. He
pointed out the value of Samana Bay as a
port for European nations, and asserted
that:
The acquisition Of Santo Domingo is an
adherence to the Monroe Doctrine'; it is q
measure for national protection; it is as
serting our just claim to a controlling in
fuence over the great commercial traffic
soon to flow from west to east by way of
the Isthmus of Darien; it is to build up
our merchant marine, it is to furnish new
markets for the products of our farms.
shops and manufactures"
1t is rather habit with Americans to
belIttle the stateSrnoochi
he was something of a prophet. And it is
we'll to remember that. on March ST. 1870,
he transmitted 'for consideration, with a
view to its ratification, treaty between
the United States and the United States OF
Colombia for the construction Of an inter
oceanic canal across the Isthmus of Pan
anna or Darcn, signed at Bogota on the
26th of January last
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
\ People Ruled by
~ a Rear Admiral

But as Specialist No. 151 Rear Admiral
Knapp will be prepared to explain at all
times just what President Wilson means
when he speaks of the rights of small ma
tions, the self determination of peoples, and
to elucidate obscure points in the Presi-
dents famous Mobile address, in which he
devoted several hundred words to Latin
American affairs He may even sit in the
peace conference as Chief of State and
High Commits sioner of the Dominican Re
public, for since his happy advent in that
country it has had no other head. And who
shall question his authority?
AS Chief Magistrate with extraordinary
and plenipotentary power Rear Admiral
Knapp has only to exhibit the proclamation
he issued in Santo Domingo City on taking
over the government. photograph of which
accompanies this article And for the pur-
pose of explaining Mr.. Wilson'S attitude
toward such countries as Hayti, Nicaragua
Costa Rics, Panama, Honduras, etc Spe-
cialist No. 151 is himself Living Human
Document.
Having thus established the powers and
set forth the duties of Specialist No. ISL,
disclaim once and for all the slightest in
tention of adverse criticism of him. either
as an officer or q man. He is a real sailor,
with the amiable qualities of his profession.
And to the best of my knowledge, he is an
able administrator, faithful to the last in
carrying out the orders Of his superors
and exact in enforcing obedience from his
subordinates. He has done the best he
could. What he has don, in detail and
why, may some day be subjects for Con-
gressional investigation, in which event he
will doubtless be able to show that his
every act was, if not ordered, at least au-
thorized by Secretary Daniels or Secretary
Lansing, both of whom have voice in the
management Of Caribbean affairs. or by the
President himself.
Should such an investigation ever be un-
dertaken, it Will be found that the prob
lens of Hayti and the Dominican Republic.
while intimately involved, must be consid-
cred separately. Until they were seized by
armed forces of the United States, these
two governments divided between them the
island of Hispaniola, or Hayti- -Santo Do
mingo, which the first seat of govern
ment of the white race in the New World.
Haytl, with population estimated in 1912
at 100000, occupied the western third Of
the island, her territory being l0.2O4 square
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
4 Plea for a
"a Square Deal

But what the Domnicans want is easily
arrived at They want Square deal"
They thought they would get it when thew
entered into the Convention of 1907 They
hope for it under the next administration
of affairs by the Republican party 1t was
in fact, to the Republican party they
turned in their hour of great distress a
generation ago, asking that their country
be made part of the United States Thev
object not so much to the fact as to the
manner of American control, in which re-