Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-11-13

captain OF gendarmes, against whom
; he had made personal protest in
the private office OF Col. Russell,
who was In supreme command OF tho
; marines, because OF the bad example
this captain was setting the natives
in a certain village by his mode Of
, living. When the case was brought
before tho high court 1t was at once
dismissed for want OF even scintil
lii Of evidence and the officer who
, made the arrest and kept DR.. Evans
in Il vile native Jail for thirteen days
with tho Negroes was informed
abruptly there was no authority in tho
first place for tho arrest Of Dr.. Evans
Nevertheless OH his release he again
was compelled by the same officer un
der threat Of rearrest TO go in an
open boat at night q long distance to
another point on the island to face
again tho same charges which again
turned cut to be groundless in every
particular.
1t is the firm belief Of the native
population, as tho result of tho
American occupation since July 2S,
1915 that the United States is trying
10 rcestablish the system Of slavery
which their forefathers knew. DR..
Evans believes IL is high time the
American people were fully inform.
cd of what is being done by their
Government in Ilayti in order that
this helpless little black republic have
the sort Of civilizing and humaniz-
ing 1t deserves
Dir. Evans says the amazing mum
Der of indiscriminate killings Of ma
t.Ves to which the Marine Corps Off.
Gals have confessed and which is
the subject Of the present investiga.
ion is but small part of the case.
More important than anything else
in his opinion is the terrible blow be
ing given to American prestige not
only i'll llayti but elsewhere in the
Latin American countries to which
stories OF the American military meth
DDS are getting abroad, despite every
effort on the part of the military
overlords 10 keep everything unfav
orable to their regime from reaching
uuiricndly channels.
DOCUMENTS REVEAL SCANDAL
The New York Herald is able to
present herewith extracts of the
documents in tho possession of vari
Gus departments laying bare the whole
liaytian affair and which will be
brought 10 the attention of the Dan
icls inquiry board and clucidated by
Hr. Evans himself. DR.. Evans is wait
ing in Washington for this purpose
and is willing and anxious 70 appear
before this committee or any other
that may be named and to go with
the committee to Hayt. Ho expects
to have counsel to assist him in pre-
scnting the case in an orderly man.
neT.
DR.. Evans in memorandum sub
mitted to the State Department aft
cr consultation with Senator Hitch.
cock and which bears tho dnte Of
October 81, 1918 makes it clear Their o
is no animus behind his charges.
At the beginning OF this mcmoran-
DUN DR.. Evans assures the President
and State Department Of the "genu-
inc gratitude shared by every loyal
and patriotic Haytian native, both
educated and uneducated alike, be
cause Admiral Caperton landed his
American marines at Port-au-Prince,
thus rescuing them from the Iron
gasp and selfish greed OF Germans
who for years have financially and
n;urtterously exploited them by aid
OF Berlin money and ammunition
SUMMARY OF THE CHARGES.
Here briefly Is summary Of the
charges quoted verbatim from DIR q.
Evans memorandum of October q.
1918 rs submitted to the State Depart
ment. In order to make his state
ment more impressive these charges
were embodied in, an affidavit sworn
TO by DR.. Evans before = notary in
Washington, n copy Of which is III
the possession of The New York Her
aid correspondent:
a.. The forcing Of new constitu-
ton rptn the people under military
pr essuro OF armed gendarmes (native
police) Of the American occupation
Oil the 18th day Of Juno last, so as
to put In a clause in favor of the
white man and foreigner. and accom-
plishing this by methods which have
been declared in the United States
and oil civilized countries to be both
illegal and fraudulent. The intelll-
gent Haytians connected with the
Government OF American occupation.
who In fear and trembling were com
PEELED to vote or be dismissed CT i'm
prisoned IL they refused, very aptly
described these humiliating process
es as"thrnsting dagger at the very
heart Of our own Negro republic.
Q. The closing on two separate oc.
CO ions CT the Senate and Chamber
of Deputies at Port-au-Prmce; tho
turning out by military forces under
the American occupation OF the Hay
tian peoples only representative
bodies and the locking of the doors
again them, just as the late Gar
did with the Russian peoples Duma
and while these officials were openly
friendly to the United States and fav
orablc to our American occupation,
mercy it is said because they protest
cd and opposed rs illegal and uncon
&titutional change OF what they