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


Amcrica doctors said these cases
were very frequent.
4. The arTosting OF natives in
l;.rge numbers in their homes and on
the small farms and making them
work OH new roads under armed gen
darmcs for merely gourde Gao
American cents) 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 TO 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. He wrote to Mr.
Daniels on March 81, 1920, calling
attention to the fact that he had ap
priscd the State Department In the
fall Of 1918 Of what was going ON
in Hayu without anything being
done about it. He said moro than
seventeen months before he had sug
gested to Mr.. Adee the appointment
OF an unbiased commission TO in
Quire into the situation, and was in
formed by letter that the Depart
ment was seriously considering tho
grave conditions set forth IN his
memorandum. III the same letter he
tcld Secretary Daniels that Mr.. -Adee
had promised to let him know tho
result OF his investigation but had
never done so.
III
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.. Adee with
not Il word from our United States
Government.
In the meantime, however, condi'
tons have been allowed to grow
rapidly worse among these suffering
oppressed, cnraged and terror stricl1
Cn pcoplc--as evidenced even by tho
riots between the marines and gcndar
mes not TO say the more frcQunt
and daring raids by the so,callcd
bandits, or caCoS, who are daily
growing i'll strength and numbers
and who are at the same time gaining
ing the real sympathy of more and
more OF the moderate intelligent,
educated and better class Of Haytians
who have lost respect for our Amer
lean occupation.
With our influence therefore, on
the wane and our prestige and power
al: but gone and our motives and
- integrity us a democratic, civilized,
not to say Christian, nation suspect
ed and impugned it is no wonder
that staff corr espondcnt OF the
New York World, who visited Hayti-
IL little over month ago, should
state:
1T should be remembered that
there are many educated and substan
t,al citizens OF Port-au-Prince who
are no more cacos than Henry Cabot
Ledge is n feather buster, who none
the less desire II complete change OF
administration and the ending Of the
pl esent occupation.
Since the letter Of March 81 DR..
| Evans has had other correspondence
with Secretary Daniels on the sub.
ject Of Hayti and up to the last few
days he apparently continued to have
faith that proper inquiry would be
made and the conditions improved :.
He sent Mr.. Daniels under date Of
October S, 1920 an exhaustive re.
sumo OF the whole matter
| EJEuNES INQUIRY BELITTLED
In his letter DR.. Evans said:
After careful reading Of the quo
tation from the official statement or
Tried visit to Hayti after my letter to
you OF March, I find they fail even
to touch the vital points. I candidly
Estate that il / had not been anxious
from the commencement, three years
ago, to keep entirely out Of party pol
tiles in missionary and Haytian mat
ters, and il 1 had not in spite Of the
strong criticism and tho severe con-
domination Of tho President and the
Secretary Of the Navy still firmly be
licved that you both sincerely wish
ed to right all the past and present
wrongs of this Administration in
,pcCr Hayti. / would certainly after
reading this mornings statement,
have Immediately given a start ling
'"tply to the Associated Press and at
: once directed my steps 10 Marion an
rho headquarters Of the Republican
panty disappointedly convinced that
further efforts on the part OF Hnyti
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
ment Of Haytian conditions brought
up to date and mailed to Secretary
Daniels on October 5, 1920, by Dr..
Evans. 1t contains upward Of 5000
words. 1t will he undoubtedlya 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 a Congressional inves
tigation committee.
Go BE Continucd)