The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-12

eCIIENT CALI IOCLlD1E ~ lhe
~ White House, ana Nervous
Nellie" Kellogg from his Office as
secretary Of state, join in the an.
nouncement that the government
will protect American "liyes and
property" In Nicaragua or Mexico
with the same energy that II inyok-
ed for the same purpose IN Haiti
and Eanto Domingo.
The American poDulace is sup
posed to cheer this thread bare aD.
peal for the protection Of lives and
property" especially at this mo
ment, whether Il concerns Nicara-
qua, Mexico or China.
The specific instance of Haiti,
however, indicates that the only
lives In jeopardy are the lives OF
the natives. Thousands Of Haitians
were murdered outright as an incl
dent to the American invasion Of
the island republic. Similarly with
property. II was the property Of the
Haitians that was stolen BY the
American invaders.
Here are two paragraphs taken
from Page 1876, OF Dollar Diplo-
macy" by Scott Nearing and
Joseph Freeman, showing the close
and harmonious relations between
the banking interests and the arm
ed forces OF their United States
government in the plumber of weak
er peoples. This unity OF action is
described as follows;
1.-THE state department lat Wash
ington) took advantage Of reyolu-
tionary outbreak in the north prov
inee to propose TO President zamor
that he be kept in power provided
he would sign convention turn
ing over the customs houses to
American control. The president re-
fused to compromise the independ-
ence OF Haiti and resigned. On Dec.
10, the newly chosen president was
formally presented with a similar
proposal by the American minister
in Haiti, and again the proposal was
turned down" See U. 8. Haiti
hearings, pp 80.
"one week later contingent OF
United States marines landed In
Port au Prince (see U. 3. Foreign
Relations, 1916, D. 47e) proceeded
TO the vaults OF the National Bank
OF Haiti, and in broad daylight fore
ibiy seized 100000 and carried 1t
aboard the gunboat Machias. The
money was transported TO New
York and deposited In the vaults OF
the National City Bank THIS
MONEY WAS THE PROPERTY
or THE HAITIAN GOVERNMENT
AND HAD BEEN DEPOSITED
FOR THE REDEMPTION OF PA,
PER CURRENCY. Haiti at once
protested against this violation of
her sovereignty and her property
rights and requested an explanation
from the United States. NONE
WAS EVER GIVEN" See Current
History Magazine, V. is, D. $3.50. u.
s. "Haiti Hearings", D. 6, u. y.
Foreign Relations. 1915. pp. lss-
500.
SO there is a wealth OF evidence,
in the Haiti case alone, to show who
violates property rights. The role
Of bandit and common thief be-
comes respectable, from the capital
ist viewpoint. when IL appears In
the uniform of Wall Streets ma
rines. The National City Bank OF
New York is a Morgan-Rockefeller
institution. Thus the flag follows
the dinanciers.
But at what cost In lives and hui
man suffering. Not the lives OF
American fnanciers Nor are the
casualties ever very heavy among
their welLarmed Hessian soldiery.
Facts out OF the experience OF Haiti
are cited again. The sordid. bloody
picture of the slaughter Of Haitians
has often been told. "D0ilar Di'
plomacy" gives a rather matter OF
fact picture as follows:
Charges OF brutality have been
made against the American occupa-
alton IN Haiti. over 5000 "practic-
ally unarmed Haitians" have been
killed by American marines, accord
ing to one observer tsee Johnson,
aga1f. Dafarminfna HAITI. d. 12D.