Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-11-23
MINISTER
AND FINANCIAL
ADVISER Of j. s.
Resources
Denied Effective Aid,
Charges President.
Loyal Cooperation As
Promised by Treaty Is
Urged in Statement.

Port Au Prince. Nov. 22.-(By the
Associated Press The American civil
administration in Haiti is "more OPP
pressive than the military" President
dArtiguenave declared in a statement
Monday, attacking the public service Of
Minister Blanchard and John McLhenny.
financial adviser of the black republic.
He charged that since American occu-
patton, no effective aid had been given
Haiti to develop its agricultural and in
dustrial resources, as stipulated In the
treaty and that no serious measure had
been proposed with view to placing
Haiti's finances on a treaty solid basis"
Mr.. McLhenny is in Washington and
the minister declined to be seen.
Declaring that the financial adviser,
as named by him on the proposal Of
President Wilson, is in effect Haitian
official who is paid $4,000 year from
Haitian funds. the president said:
Finance Adviser Naughty
In reality the financial adviser does
not report to the Haitian government;
it is the Haitian government that he
pretends to submit to his sovereign Will.
Ine facts are numerous which show the
omnipotenee which he attributes to him
self
Morning car give more EtrIk1ng
idea of this omnipotence than the eonfis-
cation by the financial adviser, aided by
the American minister, of the salaries
of the president, the secretaries Of state,
members of the legislative council, be-
cause the government refused to insert
In the contract of the national bank OF
Haiti, controlled by the National City
bank of New York. q clause prohibiting
importation of foreign gold. which the
adviser wished TO impose. This TAD
viser) equally prevented vote on the
budget"
Debts UnchaIIenged
The adviser, the president asserted,
has made no inquiry into the validity of
Haitian debts. has recommended no per-
fected method of banking the revenues
and made no recommendation for the
welfare and prosperity of the republic.
adviser" the government multiplied Its
efforts according to the president, who
charged:
'sThe numerous financial projects, ag-
ricultural, educational, administrative
and rural organization, meet opposition
of the American officials or He without
response in the archives of the legation.
Admitting his own proposals were not
perfect, the president complained be-
cause the civil functionaries failed to
propose notifications or substitutes.
Asks Loyal Co-Operation.
The president said loyal cooperation.
promised by the treaty should be as
sured that peace must be maintained by
q national force assuring pubic respect
and conscious of its responsibilities
that American military forces must in
tervene in administrative and judicial
affairs that the American minister re-
main within his diplomatic functions;
that the United States give efficacious
aid to develop Haitian resources and put
Haitian finances on solid and durable
basis.
"If this program is applied with 10y,
atty" he added ''the Haitian people VIII
forget the humiliation brought by foreign
intervention, will accord their confidence
friendship, and all their thanks to the
great American people"