The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-13
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supreme Judge supLGlle lSS ioldtOl
end supreme executive. The military
dictatorship lasted until 1924, in
which year Santo Domingo was COM
PEELED to accept an arrangement
whereby it became a protectorate of
the United States.
Bank Robber Marines.
an Haiti. the National City Bank
controlled the majority of the bonds
of the National Bank; and to secure
It's interests it got the United States
State Department to demand that
the Haitian government sign a treaty
giving over the control Of its Gus
toms. The Haitian government re-
fused; and at the end of December,
1914, the marines landed at Porto
Prince, attacked the National Bank
and carried away 100000 which the
government held in reserve to re-
deem its paper money.
'The half million dollars took
trip to the North and was deposited
in the vaults Of the National City
Rank of New York. 1t deprived the
Haitian government of economic
means in order to compel it to sur
render the customs and place in the
hands of American financiers the
economic restoration" of Haiti.
Occupation" of Haiti.
"In 1915, Porto Prince was occu-
pied and the Yankee naval forces
compelled the Haitian congress to
elect a president who had, before
hand, promised to accept the treaty.
The financial interests controlled
the railways and imposed a loan of
$40,000,000, selecting Yankee super
visors to collect tariffs and guaran-
tee the payment of interest. The
treaty remained in force and the
marines remained in occupation of
Haiti
The Nicaraguan Canal.
"In 1909, Nicaragua, in its turn,
was affected Mr.. Knox, secretary
of state, demanded the signing of a
treaty by which Nicaragua would
ceda to the United States the Bay
Of Fonseca and permit the construc-
ton of canal by the Lake Mica
ragua route. President Zelava re-
fused the treaty and the United
States consul in Bluefields, by means
of Adolfo Diaz, an employee of a
mining company. melted rebellion
that overthrow Zelaya. The ships of
the United Fruit Company took part
in the fight, transporting rebel
forces. From then on the United
States minister governed Nicaragua,
supporting successfully Adolfo Diaz
and Emiliano Chamorro. In 1912,
$500 marines landed and crushed
the liberal revolution against Diaz,
imposing his reelection as president.
And by means of the habitual loans
American capital empowered itself
of the railways, the Bank Of Mica
ragua and the whole national econ
omy.
DIT yam OdHdl DIV IHuie.
GIN 1918, the traitor Chamorro
signed, with Bryan, the treaty which
coded to the United States, for 49,
100000, the strip of land necessary
for the construction Of the canal by
the lake or any other route, and
gave the United States a 99-year
lease on the Gulf Of Fonseca to es-
tablish a naval base. In 1918, the
High Commission of Nicaragua was
set up, formed of one Nicaraguan
and two North Americans, to super
wise and control all expenses of the
public treasury. This commission
had such power that, at its proposal,
the salary payments of all govern
ment functionaries, including that
of the president of the republic,
would be suspended.
The 1921 Invasion.
ain the year 1921, the marines
again landed to crush a new rising,
this time against Chamorro. And
they remained in Nicaragua until
1925, when they left only to return
year later to drive DR.. Sacasa,
legally elected vice-president, from
his country and impose Adolfo Diaz.
And Adolfo piaz, former employee Of
mining company and at present
an employee of the Washington gov
eminent, at the head of the Nicara-
guam government, continues to serve
the financial interests Of the North
and fills with opprobrium the his
tory of his country.
Consolidating U. S. Control.
"This is, in brief, the history of
the rapid economic growth Of the
United States, in its first phase.
But its expansion does not stop with
Central America and the Antilles.
Fighting at arms length with Eng
fish capital, Yankee capital seizes
possession of the national economy
of Colombia, Venezuela, Ell Saliva
dor, Bolivia, Peru, Chile and Ar
gentina. Only in Brazil does Eng
lish capital retain its old position,
Peru and Chile, whose traditional
dispute of recent years was no more
than the quarrel between two rival
imperialisms, are today governed by
two efficient auxiliaries of North
American expansion, Ibanez and Le-
guia.
Steal Venezuela Oil.
"In Venezuela, Juan Vicente
Gomez has placed the whole wealth