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

many weeks and months. The white
American doctors said these cases
were very frequent.
4. Tho arresting OF natives in
largo numbers In their homes and on
the small farms and making them
work on new roads under armed gen
darmcs for merely gourde Gao
American cents) a week without furn
ishing them with food.
ALL PROTESTS ARE IGNORED.
Failing to move the State Depart
mcnt Dr. Evans finally turned his at
tcntion 10 the Navy Department and
to Secretary Daniels, the official in
control OF the United States Marines
who have been acting Jointly with
the State Department i'll tho Ameri
can occupation. Ho wrote to Mr.
Daniels on March u, 1920, calling
attention to the fact that he had ap
priscd the State Department in tho
fall Of 1918 OF what was going on
in Hayti without anything being
done about it. He said moro than
seventeen months before he had sug
gested to Mr.. Adee tho appointment
OF an unbiased commission 10 in
Quire into tho situation, and was in
formed by letter that the Depart
ment was seriously considering tho
grave conditions set forth in his
memorandum In the same letter he
ted Secretary Daniels that Mr. Adce
had promised to let him know tho
result OF his investigation but had
never done SO.
The New York Herald corrcspon-
dent quotes the following extracts
from this remarkable letter from DR..
Evans to Mr.. Daniels on March q
last:
over seventeen months have
claSpcd since the receipt Of the
above assurance from Mr.. Adoe with
not Il word from our United States
Government.
In the meantime, however, condi.
lions have been allowed to grow
rapidly worse among these suffering
oppressed, cnragod and terror strict
cu pcoplc-as evidenced even by tho
RIOTS between the marines and gcndar
niCS not to say the more frcqunt
and daring raids by the Socallcd
b;nditS or cacos, who are daily
growing in strength and numbers
and who are at the same time gaining
ins the real sympathy of moro and
more of the moderate Intelligent,
educated and bcttcr class Of Haytians
3 who have lost respect for our Amer
lean occupation.
! With our influence therefore,, on
tho wane and our prestige and power
al. but gone and our motives and
AZ,
not to say Christian, nation suspect
cd and impugncd it is no wonder
that staff correspondent OF tho
New York World, who visited Hayti-
Il little over month ago, should
state:
| 1T should be remembered that
there are many educated and substan
ual citizens of Port-au-Princc who
are no more cacos than Henry Cabot
Lcdse is Il feather buster, who none
the less desire II complete change Of
administration and the ending Of the
jpi resent .cccupntion.
Since the letter OF March q Dr..
Evans has had other correspondence
with Secretary Daniels on tho sub.
ij1"t Of H"yti and up to the last few
days he apparently continued to have
faith that Il proper inquiry would be
made and the conditions improved.
lie sent Mr.. Daniels under date Of
October 5, 1920 an exhaustive re-
sumo of the whole matter
| EJEuNE'S INQUIRY BELITTLED
| In his letter DR.. Evans said:
| ne hn
tation from tho official statement or
report of Gem John A. Lejeune's hur
ried visit to Hayti after my letter to
5ycu Of March, l find they fail oven
to touch the vital points. I candidly
Estate that If I had not been anxious
from the commencement. three years
Iago, to keep entirely out Of party pol
tiles in missionary and Haytian mat
tcrs, and il l had not i'll spite Of the
strong criticism and the severe con-
idcmnntion Of the President and the
Secretary Of the Navy still firmly he
licved that you both sincerely wish
cd to right all the past and present
wrongs Of this Administration In
,pGCr Hayti. I would certainly after
reading this mornings statement,
have Immediately given a startling
reply to the Associated Press and at
once directed my steps to Marion an
tho headquarters of the Republican
panty disappointedly convinced that
further efforts on tho part OF Hayti
and myself were utterly futile AMI a
mere waste OF time.
] The New York Herald correspond
ont has before him a complete copy
of the detailed and paintaking state
mcnt Of Haytian conditions brought
up to date and mailed to Secretary
Daniels on October S, 1920, by Dr..
Evans. 1t contains upward Of 5000
words. 1t will be undoubtedlysp placed
iii evidence before Mr. Daniels's nav
al board, and if any attempt is made
&c suppress it there it will be brought
to light before n Congressional invcs
tiGaton committee.
Go BE Continucd)