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1t is, of course, only natural that every govern
ment should have the right to defend ITSELF and it
is it's duty to do so for its loyal and law-abiding
citizens, against its detractors when these have
recourse, to demonstrate their opposition to meth
odS that might disturb public order and what is
still worse, to terrorism.
Every regime, every government in the world
has it's opponents. Why then should the Dominican
government not have them?
The world daily press speaks of conflicts in
practically every country in the world; from the
United States to South Africa; from France to
Korea. Conflicts of ideas, interests, attitudes,
principles,
In practically all these cases, the Dominican
press has maintained exemplary attitude of dig
nifty and moderation, avoiding that sensationalist
dramatizaton which, when it refers to the Do
minican governments opponents, the press of the
United States, and principally The New York Times,
delights in offering its readers.
From the point of view of Statistics suppoSng
the Dominican government to have 800 opponents
United States preSs-thS would mean one half of
one per thousand of the inhabitants of the Re-
public, the total number of which is close to three
millions.
This percentage, contrary to what the Do
minican Republics and Trujillos detractors would
have the people of the United States believe con-
stitutes dramatic proof of the universal backing
and consent of the Dominican people which ac-
company all of Trujillo'S works and achievements
Frankly, we do not believe there is another
government in the whole world which has such
a small percentage of opponents and such an i'm
menSe percentage of supporters.
In the series of articles alluded to, Mr. Edward
c. Burks delights in speaking of the many" secret
police in the employ of the Dominican Government
if there any mystery in the fact that every
civil government in the world employs secret po-
lice and government agencies for criminal and po-
litical investigation. In this connection the
United States has the privilege of being the creator
of organizations the pattern of which has served
as model for a number of other countries, even
though some of the latter may not have attained
the degree of efficiency of the former
1t is not our objective, point by point to refute
the statements made by Mr. Burks in the series
mentioned nevertheless, and despite our inten-
ton not to enter into any controversy, we find our
selves unable to ignore one of the many contradic-
tionS he has fallen into, which is as follows:
Burks affirms on the one hand that all our
laborers and peasants revere the Chief and love
him dearly because from him they have received
protection, houses, land and adequate wages; that
there is only minority of malcontents with Tru-
jlo's regime and that these are to be found among
the professional classes. Then he goes on to ask
himself, with pretended candor: "How can Trujillo
be deposed with so many people in his favor?"
Now it is our turn to ask Mr. Burks Who is it
then that wants to depose Generalissimo Trujillo
and why, if, as he himself says, Trujilo has done
everything for the Dominican Republic and even
his own detractors admit that-and these are Mr.
Burks own words-there would be no fatherland
without Trujilo.
In his anxiety to invent plots and intrigues after
the style of Agatha Christie, Mr. BurkS places in the
mouths of eminent members of the clergy of the