Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-11-13
OVER THREE THOUSAND
HAYT|ANS MURDERED
AND THE REPORTS
SUPPRESSED
New York Herald)

Administration ucltDel" AMY h"' 49,
pressed full and accurate information
OF dcplorable conditions brought
about in the Republic OF layti by
the American occupation.
The evidence shows clearly That
tho slaughter of $3.50 natives by the
marine corps in the last two years
which was admitted Officially only
after Senator Harding laid bare the
uoytian scandal, is due chiefly 10
the strong anti-American feeling en-
rondered in the island republic Dy
the methods Of the American occup'
ton. which has destroyed any FeSuso
OF independence there. -,
These conditions are described pS
an eve witness who is now i'll WASH
ington ready and eager to give MS
testimony already long in possession
OF the State and Navy departments.
10 the naval court Of inquiry named
Inv Secretary Of the Navy Danicis
after tho attention Of the court was
hrt.ught TO the ituation in the httle
black republic by Senator Harding
This man is the Rev. DR.. l.. Ton
Evans, Wclshman by birth, with
letters of recommendation from DaV
id llONu bpUiSt ail't IL VII ~
Americans. including the late Lheo
deere Roosevelt. He is II natnraiiZc''
American who for Twenty-Five years
had been engaged in Baptist mission
AIRY, work in llayt.
FIRST REPORT MADE IN 1918
The Now York Herald corrcSpon-
dent has in his possession documents
which prove that DR.. Evans first
brought this dcplorablc state OF al
fairs in HAITI 10 the attention Of the
State department in the fall of 1918
more than three years after the
American marines were landed there.
Other documents show he repeatedly
has called the attention OF the Navy
Department and other branches or
tho government to conditions there.
Absolutely nothing has been done, so
far as can he learned to better these
! conditions-r--and specific request
4 made by Or. Evans for an unbiased
Il nou military and non-political com
ami. sion to inquire into the Hnytian
WRONGS under American occupation
Mns ignored after repeated informal
PROMISES to do rsmcthinG about II,
Statements from Secretary Daniels
and others representing tho Admins
tration that they acted as sonn aa
81 any irregularities In Hayti on any
complaints were brought to their nj
tcnti1n are disprOved. DR.. Evans
4 came to this country from Hayti In
4 1918 to bring to tho attention OF
President Wilson and the Govern
mcnt authorities at Washington this
state of affairs in the island republic
He could not believe these conditions
would hc permitted to continue IL
once they were told TO tho rcspon'
sible government officials In Washing
ton.
LETTER FROM STATE DEPART.
MENT.
The following Is a letter showing
that he laid tho facts before the State
Department at that time:
Washington, Nov. 2, 1918.
DR.. l. Ton Evans, 226 Chestnut
street, Kingston, Pa.
Sir: The department has received
your memorandum upon conditions In
Hayti presented on October 81, nd
dressed to The President OF the Unit
cd States and wishes to inform you
that it is receiving the serious con
sideration OF this department as we'll
as OF the various other branches OF
the Government concerned
The Department will DO pleased to
communicate with you Mt later date
OF P,,Y
ter contained In your memorandum
ia terminated.
am, sir your obedient servant.
FOR the Secretary Of State.
ALVEY A. ADDH.
Second Assistant Secretary
Everything indicates that the "care
full study" given to the matters men
tened In DR.. Evans memorandum con
sisted OF pushing it into some already
over full pigeonhole or old letter file
and forgetting all about it. II indeed
1t was not thrown into State De.
phrtmcnt waste basket which is clean
ed out by the janitor every evening
This rcmorardum mentioned by
Assistant Secretary Adcc's letter OF
son by DR.. Evans to an official OF tho
State Department a Mr.. Stabler,
then in charge OF the Latin-Amcrican
section Of the State Department and
especially detailed 20 handle Haytian
affairs. The facts werc ut the same
time laid before Senator Hitchcock of
Nebraska, then chairman OF the Sen
ate Committee on Foreign Relations
Since that ttmc DR.. Evans has en-
c'aVored repeatedly, but without sue
cess, to get this Government to recog
ni%c the situation in Hayti. He has
several timos notified Secretary Dan
icls, his last letter being dated az
late as October S, 1920.
Dr. Evans insists that a mere nav.
al board of inquiry mover will be able
TO get the facts before the American
people. lie saidto day that the Amer
lcan military representatives-the
marines and the socallcd gendarmes
-~offcercd in many instances by rene
gadc white men from the States,