Evening star., 1920-11-23
j. S. RULE IN HAITI
SHARPLY ATTACKED
Republics President Ar.
raigns American Minister
and Financial Adviser.

| PoRr-AU-PRINcE. November IL
(by the Associated Press).-The
American civil administration in
Haiti is more oppressive than the
military" President Dartiguenave de-
clared In the 3.000-word statement he
made today attacking the public
service OF Minister Blanchard and
| John Mcllhenny, financial adviser OF
the black republic.
Tho president charged that since
American occupation no effective AID
had been given Haiti for development
| sources. 40 stipulated In the treaty.
| and that no serious measure had been
proposed with a view to placing
Haitfs finances on truly soid pasls
MT. Mcflhenny Is In washington
| and the minister declined to be seen.
Financial Advisers Attitude.
Calling attention to the fact that
him on the proposal of President VII,
son. is. In effect a Haitian official
yI;o Wno is paid $4,000 ySar from
does not report to the Haitian gov
ernment: it is the Haitian govern
ment that he pretends to submit to
his sovereign will The facts are nu-
merous. which show the ornnipotence
which the financial adviser atssibutoa
to himself
Nothing can give more striking
idea of this omnipotence than the
conf1scation by the financial adviser.
aided by the American minister. OF
the salaries Of the president Of the
republic. the secretaries of state.
members of the legislative council.
because the government refused to
insert in the contract of the Ma
tional Bank of Haiti. an establishment
controlled by the National City Bank
the importation into Haiti OF foreign
I gold. which the adviser wished to
impose. This- tadviser) equally pre-
vented a vote Of the budget. con-
/ trary to the voice Of the Haitian con-
stitution"
The financial adviser. the president
asserted, has made no inquiry into tho
validity Of Haitian debts. has recon-
mended no perfected method of bank
| ing the revenues and made no recon- :
mendation for the welfare and pros
perity Of the republic. In the face of
"the inertia of the financial adviser
! the government multiplied it's efforts.
| according to the president.
Own Proposals sNot Perfect.
| Admitting that his own proposals
| were not perfect, the president COM
planned because the civil functionaries
I
| stitutes. After his plans had been
turned down. the president said. this
happened:
| And it is In the name Of the gov
| eminent Of the United States that the
American minister comes each time TO
| impose on the government and the
Haitian people the requirements least
commendable of the American Off
| cials, paid for with Haitian money. II
the government refuses. the worst
| humiliations are inflicted"
| The president said that loyal CO.
| operation. promised by the treaty
| should be assured; that peace must be
maintained by q. national force. assur-
ing public respect and conscious Of
its responsibilities; that American
military forces must not intervene in
administrative and judicial affairs:
that the American minister remain
within his diplomatic functions and
not serve to aid the treaty officials in
conflict with the government; that the
develop Haitian resources and put
Haitian finances on solid and dur
able basis. !1sF sH". s1 G.
IF this program is applied with
he added, "the Haitian people
will forget the humiliation brought
to all proud people by foreign inter-
cention. will accord their confdence.
friendship and all their thanks to the
great American people"
The functions of the adviser. said
the president. required great financial
experience, which seems not to have
been considered in the choice" and
he added:
1.-The proof is the unhappy operation
which he conducted last year for the
accounts OF the republic. despite con-
trary instructions by the Haitian gov
Tnment.. he having converted into
.ancs. three million American, dellars
for the best interests OF Haiti; he ex-
planned in conversation. in October, 1919.
just. at The. Ipofnent when the teAdency
Of the franc TO fall was the most
marked, at the exchange rate Of nine
while shortly afterward the dollar was
valued at about seventeen francs. Tbs
caused US q loss Of several million
francs.''
Instead of devising IAN adequate sys-
tenn of public accountability" as de-
charged that the adviser brought about
the suppression Of the chamber Of ac.'
counts. an old Haitian institution.
''The state department. absorbed no
doubt by naoIe important questions OF
extArior politics or badly Informed BY
protastations. or simply gives right Gap
proval7) TO the American ofncsAjs."
Guafdisnship HumiIiatf.E.
After his expression Of willingness by
the Haitians to cooperate loyalty under
the terTpD Of the treaty IL the American
officials ksut 70, their part OF the pact
the president concluding by saying:
."The Hnitian government ia under
huniliatine guardianship for Lack of
cooperation. Its efforts to collaborate
with eood win are in vain, disdsined
and rspulsed. it seems that there does
an analogous contract that tho two
parties are obligated to respect. The
civil administration is more oppressive
than the military administration"
SAYS Stories Of Atrocities
by U. S. Marines in Haiti