The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-25

tary Daniels that Mr. Adee had prom
Used 10 let him know the result of his
investigation. but had never done so.
THE NEW YORK HERALD correspondent
quotes the following extracts from THIS
remarkable letter from Or. Evans 10 Mr..
Daniels on March 81 last:
over seventeen months have elapsed
since the receipt of the above assurance
from Mr.. Adee. with not word from
our United States Government.
I'm the meantime. however conditions
have been allowed to grow rapidly worse
among these suffering. oppressed. en-
ragged and terror stricken people---as evil
denced even by the riots between the
marines and gendarrnes, not to say the
more frequent and daring raids by the
so-called bandits, or cacos. who are
daily growing in strength and numbers
and who are at the same time gaining
the real sympathy of more and more OF
the moderate, intelligent, educated and
better class of Haytians who have lost
respect for our American occupation.
With our influence. therefore, on the
wane, and our prestige and power all
but gone, and our motives and integrity
as a democratic, civilized, not TO say
Christian. nation suspected and i'm
pugned. il Is no wonder that n staff COR
respondent of the New York World,
who visited Hayti little over a month
ago, should state:
1t should be remembered that there
are many educated and substantial citi-
zens of Port-au-Prince who are no more
cacos than Henry Cabot Lodge is a
feather buster, who none the less desire
n complete change of administration and
the ending OF the present occupation"
Since the letter OF March 81 DIR. Evans
has had other correspondence with Sec
rotary Daniels on the subject OF Hayti.
and up to the last few days he appar-
emily continued to have faith that a
proper inquiry would be made and the
conditions improved He sent Mr..
Daniels under date OF October 5. 1920,
an exhaustive resume OF the whole mat
ter
Lejeune's Inquiry BeIittled.
In his letter DR.. Evans said:
After n careful reading of the quo
tation from the official statement or re-
port OF Gen. John A. Lejeunes hurried
visit TO Hayti, after my letter to you OF
March, I find they fail even to touch the
vital points / candidly state that If
had not been anxious from the COM
nlencemeat, three years ago. to keep
entirely out OF party politics in mis-
sionary and Haytian matters, and II /
had not in spite of the strong criticism
and the severe condemnation OF the
President and the Secretary OF the Navy
still firmly believed that you both sim
cerely wished to right all the past and
present wrongs Of this Administration in
poor Hayti. l would certainly, after
reading this mornings statement, have
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the Associated Press and at once d.
rected my steps to Marion and the
headquarters OF the Republican party,
disappointedly convinced that further
efforts on the part OF Hayti and myself
were utterly futile and mere waste of
time"
THE NEW YORK HERALD correspondent
has before him a complete copy of the
detailed and painstaking statement OF
Haytian conditions brought up TO date
and mailed TO Secretary Daniels on .:
tober S. 1920. by DR.. Evans. 1t con-
talns upward of 5000 words. II will be
undoubtedly placed in evidence before
Mr.. Daniels's naval board. and II any
attempt is made 10 suppress It there 1t
will be brought to light before n Con-
sressional investigation committee.
In the meantime THE NEW York HER
startling passages from IL
us It not sad indeed TO have 10 state
that after nearly five years of American
occupation in Hayti and under our Dem
ocratic Administration people OF the
little black republic sincerely and firmly
believe that the real mission of the
United States Government and the
American people there Is 10 reestablish
slavery In their midst once more 10 abb
rogate and annul the work of Toussaint
rOverture (who is their Washington rep
resentative). just exactly as In the hine-
teenth century Napoleon tried to be the
tyrant of France. and in recent years
the German Kaiser attempted to become
the ruler OF the world?"
DR.. Evans then described how he
FASTENED to write to President Wilson
and to his personal friend. ex-Presi-
dent Roosevelt, from Hayti In June
1918. explaining the terrible blow to
American prestige In Hayti and through
out Latin America that was resulting
from the actions the American ma
rines. II was as the result OF this let
ter that ex-President Roosevelt stated
IN washington in October OF the same
year in his criticism of Wilson's four
teen points that ''the negro republic Of
Hayti is non-existent under the Demo-
cratic Administration In spite of their
treaty"
DR.. Evans here tells an almost un-
believabie story which he IL prepared TO
substantiate In every particular Of how
he was arrested on trumped up charge
by a drunken white captain OF gen.
darmes employed under direction OF the
Marine Corps. paraded through the
streets and openly insulted by this white
officer. So far as he In able to learn,
although he was refused statement OF
the charges against him. the basis of
the whole conspiracy was a determine
ton 10 punish him for pleading In his
capacity as white missionary for the
natives and against certain methods and
the immoral and drunken behavior Of
Americans connected with the oDcupa,
ton.
He was confined In a filthy native
fail and forced TO battle naked with
native male and female prisoners BY
orders OF this white captain. He sad
the negro judges and otier officials
whom he knew personally were eager 10
help him. but were prevented under
threats OF death He was accused ny
this white officer with resisting nrrest
when he asked for copy OF the Charges
or an official summons or any otns- Of
fetal authority for the action.
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