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

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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 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 a scintil
In 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 on his release he again
was compelled by the same officer un
der threat Of rearroSt to go in an
open boat at night long distance to
another point on the island to face
again tho samo 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 Is,
1915 that the United States is trying
W iStStaDllSh tllc SlSul Ol slavery
which their forcfathers knew. DR..
Evans believes il is high time tho
American people were fully inform.
Cd of what is being done by their
Government i'll Ilayti III order that
this helpless little black republic have
the sort Of civiliZing and humaniz
ing 1t deserves
Dr. Evans says the amazing nun
h"r of indiscriminatc killings Of ma
t,vcs to which the Marine Corps Off,
Gals have confessed and which is
The subject of the present invcstiga
ION is but small part CT the case.
Alorc important than anything else
IN his opinion is the terrible blow be
ing given to American prestige not
only III ilayti but elsewhere in the
Latin American countries to which
stories Of the American military meth
ods are getting abroad. despite every
effort ON the part Of the military
overlords 10 keep everything mfav
orablc to their regime from reaching
uuiricndly channels.
The Now York Herald is able to
present herewith extracts of the
documents in the possession Of vari
Gus departments laying bare the whole
liaytian affair and which will be
brought 10 tho attention of the Dan
tcls inquiry board and clucidatcd by
hr. Evans himself. DR.. Evans is wait
ing in Washington for this purpose
and is willing and anxious e appear
before this committee or any other
that may be named and to go with
The committee to Ilayti. Ho expects
to have counsel to assist him in pre-
Scnting the case in an orderly man
nGr.
DR.. Evans in a memorandum sub
mittcd to the State Department aft
CT consultation with Senator Hitch
cock and which bears the dntc OF
October 81, 1918 makes it clear there
is no animus behind his charges.
AT the beginning Of this memoran-
dun DR.. Evans assures the President
and State Department Of the "ge.lr-
inc gratitude shared by every loyal
and patriotic Haytian native, both
educated and uncducated alike, he
cause Admiral Caperton lnEdeG his
American marines at POrt-au-Prince,
thus roscuing them from the Iron
gasp and selfish greed OF Germans
who for years have financially and
murterously exploited them by aid
of Berlin money and ammunition
SUMMARY OF TIE CHARGES.
Here briefly is a summary OF the
charges quoted verbatim from DR..
Evans memorandum OF October q.
1918 as 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, a copy Of which is in
the possession Of The New York Her
aid correspondents:
a.. The forcing Of new constitu
tton upon the people under military
pr essure of armed gendarmes {native
police) OF the American occupation
Oil the 18th day OF Juno last, so as
to put In clause In favor OF the
white man and foreigner, and accom-
plishing this by meth1ds which have
been declared I'm the United States
and all 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 or i'm
prisoned II they refused, very aptly
described these humiliating process
es as"thrusting a dagger at the very
heart Of our own Negro republic.
2. The closing on two separate oc.
ca ions CT the Senate and Chamber
OF Deputies Mt Port-au-Prince; 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 Car
did with the Russian peoples Duma
and while these officials were openly
friendly to the United States and fay
CRADLE to our American occupation,
mercy it is said because they protest
cd and opposed rs illegal and uncon
SNtutional change OF what they