Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-12
AMERICAN CONTROL
 OF SANT0 DOMINGO WORKS IMPROVEMENTS
Commission Member Says With drawal Of U. 5. Troops May
 Be Opposed.

San Juan, P. k. Sept. 25.-(Cor reSpUnOence Ol The Associated Press --Auartin Irav1eSO, Ot the Oanto DO Mlllgo commission of lSli, mas re Cvht4y arrived here from santa Do- niIllsO on hlS way to New Ork ant washington to suDmit to the UmteO oLaIes government memorandum or cvnulllonS Tn SantO Domingo. MT lravleso, wno was formely Lieuten- all.-Governor ot Porro RICO and a naJlve Of tnls island, said ne doubted very much whether the spanish colo ny m oanto Domlngo would support lne suggestion maue by prominent leaders, deputies and senators or opaln that rnis would De an oppOrtune tune for the United States CO With 0raW It's troops rom Santo Domingo. IL will De recalled that this sugges- ton signed by numDer or leaulng opanlards war forwarded by the opanlsh government to Washington a lew weeks ago.
 Mir. Iravieso said he had heard of the spanish suggestion while in San to Domingo but that apparently llt- tie was Known about It there. Il have talked with many Spanlards in the island" said he, ana their con- uitlon Is so much better today, ow- ing to the temporary American mlli- tary government, than It was during the revolutionary days ot the various independent DOnlnlcan governments, that l am sure they would be opposed to any change that would tend to make their conditions less favorable than they are today.
 ''lhere is one point on which the people of Santo Domingo are firmly uniled," he continued. "rhey do not want to be a part of the United states. They want their country pre- served for them until such time as the word independence will be synon- smous with liberty"
 Mir. Tarvleso said that the military government in many ways had been most successful in Santo Domingo and he thought it had taught the Do- lnlnicans that a government could be maintained by adequate military forces. In his opinion the time had come when civil government should be established largely among the Dominicans themselves with the SUD- port of the, United States and Ameri- can troops to maintain order if neces- sary.
 He expressed the opinion that the United States should declare it's in- tentions regarding it's future policy in the island and said that Domini- cans now are opposed to military op- position because they are uncertain when it may be terminated. He be- lieves the leaders would support the American military efforts enthusias- tically if they could do so without at the same time being accused of be- ing traitors.
 Since the American military oc- cupation in November 1916, said MT. Travisco, revolutions have been stop ped, order has been established and the country is in more prosperous condition than ever before. Pro- perty owners and the more substan- tial element throughout Santo Do- mingo, he declared, are largely ag- reed that it is for the best interest of the country for the American super- vision of the Dominican affairs to be continued until it is safe to turn the government back to the Domini- cans themselves, but all Dominicans are united in wanting their indepen- dence as nation maintained.