The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-05-12
lAulsy,NG LAUDS
HAITIAN, POLICY
American Acts There Have
Been Necessary, He
Declares.

Il were defended by Robert Lansing
former Secretary of state, in let
ter to Senator Mccormick, Republi
can, Illinois, chairman of the Senate
committee investigating Haitian af
fairs, made public today.
Establishment of peace and pros.
perity in Haiti and blocking of Ger
man designs and aggression threaten
ing the United States and the Mon
roe doctrine were declared by Mr.
Lansing to be the motives behind the
American policy. The two dominat-
ing ideas of the American procedure,
Mr. Lansing said, were:
"First-To terminate the appalling
conditions of anarchy, savagery and
oppression, which had been preva-
lent in Haiti for decades, and to I'M
dertake the establishment of domes-
tic peace in the republic in order that
the great bulk of the population who
had been downtrodden by dictators
and the innocent victim of repeated
revolutions, should enjoy prosperi-
ty and an economic and industrial
development to which every people
of an American nation are entitled.
Intervention Was Necessary.
~Second-A desire to forestall any
attempt by a foreign power to OBJ
tain foothold on the territory of an
American nation which, if seizure
of customs control by such a power
had occurred, or if grant of coal
ing station or naval base had been OBJ
tanned, would have most certainly
been a menace to the peace of the
western hemisphere and in fragrant
defiance of the Monroe doctrine" I
Landing of American naval forces
in Haiti in 1915, Mr.. Lansing stated,
was an urgent necessity" as, he
said, anarchy and revolution" were
in full sway, with Americans imper-
He'd and the French legation violat-
ed by a mob which captured and MUIR
dered former President Sam. If the
United States had not interviewed
other foreign nations would have
done so, Mr.. Lansing said, and to
have permitted such foreign inter-
yention would have meant abandon
ment of the Monroe doctrine.
1.-The United States had to act and
to act with vigor," said Mr.. Lansing.
German aggression in Haiti also
was a serious factor and one not gen.
orally known, Secretary Lansing con-
tinued, stating that Germany sought
a. naval base concession from the
Haitians at Mole ST. Nicholas, base
which would have threatened the Am
erican position in the Caribbean :.
and also would have violated the
Monroe doctrine.
There was good reason to be-
lieve," said Mr.. Lansing, that in the
years 1884 Germany was ready to
go to great lengths to secure the ex-
elusive customs control of Haiti and
also to secure a coaling station at
Mole st. Nicholas. There has been
a strong German influence in the {
country, and a consid cradle number
If Germans have intermarried with
he Haitians and are closely connect l
I'd with and more or less active in po-
itieal and social life of the country"
Mr.. Lansing's letter detailed Ger !
nan efforts to obtain the coaling sta I
ion and Haitian customs SUPERVISION. !
lie also recited an incident of Ger !
nan landing party from the German
,ruiser Karlsruhe at Port au Prince S
IN the even of the declaration of war 9
,etwen Germany and Russia. About l
lusk, he said, several boatloads of Q
.rmed German sailors landed on the
wharf, marched halfway down the :
wharf, but were turned back by the
German minister to Haiti, apparently
With orders to proceed to ST. Thomas.
md the Karlsruhe then proceeded
With her raiding cruise.
Secretary Lansing also said that
most Haitian revolutions had been :.
tarted in Northern Haiti, and added; !,
Liberty Guaranteed.
at has bscn the established belief /,
# most Americans who have been in ,
Haiti and of American officials who
lave been cognizant of Haitian af- .
airs during the last decade, that the
majority of tn Sc revolutions have
,een financed in the North of Haiti
" German merchants, who could ex- .
Iect sufficient financial advantages :,
rom the success Of the revolution to =
variant the initial outlay" The trea- :,
Y negotiated between the United :.
tates and Haiti, Mr.. Lansing said,
onowed the form OF the Dominican :.
reuty negotiated by former Presi- -
ent Roosevelt. 1t conserved Hal
an revenues. rovided for honest and
HfclAnrcn- :"