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The Dominican Republic in the American Press: United States newspaper coverage of the island, gathered and translated for readers in both languagesLa República Dominicana en la prensa estadounidense: la cobertura de la isla en los periódicos de Estados Unidos, reunida y traducida para lectores en ambos idiomas
April 13, 190113 de abril de 1901 · San Antonio, Tex. · Grant Annexation Debates & Bondholder PoliticsDebates de Anexión de Grant y Política de Bonistas

San Antonio daily light

SourceFuente: San Antonio daily light · San Antonio, Tex. · April 13, 190113 de abril de 1901
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86090439/1901-04-13/ed-1/?sp=1

In contextEn contexto

Grant Annexation Debates & Bondholder PoliticsDebates de Anexión de Grant y Política de Bonistas · 1865–1905

President Ulysses S. Grant championed a treaty to annex Santo Domingo (1869–1870), sparking a historic Senate battle led by Charles Sumner. Later coverage tracked President Ulises Heureaux (Lilís) and crushing European bond debt.El presidente Ulysses S. Grant promovió un tratado para anexar Santo Domingo (1869–1870), provocando una histórica batalla en el Senado con Charles Sumner. Informes posteriores siguieron al presidente Ulises Heureaux (Lilís) y la deuda externa.

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SummaryResumen

The *San Antonio Daily Light* reported rising tensions along the Haitian-Dominican border following the failure of a joint boundary commission established under the Sam-Heureaux convention. Haitian authorities accused Dominican forces of illegally occupying frontier positions that Haitian troops had evacuated in good faith to facilitate negotiations. Violent skirmishes erupted at Philobert along the Massacre River, where Haitian border posts established to suppress smuggling came under repeated Dominican attack.

El *San Antonio Daily Light* informó sobre el aumento de las tensiones en la frontera domínico-haitiana tras el fracaso de una comisión mixta de límites creada en el marco de la convención Sam-Heureaux. Las autoridades haitianas acusaron a las fuerzas dominicanas de ocupar ilegalmente puestos fronterizos que las tropas haitianas habían desalojado de buena fe para facilitar las negociaciones. Estallaron violentas escaramuzas en Philobert a lo largo del río Masacre, donde los puestos fronterizos haitianos establecidos para reprimir el contrabando fueron objeto de reiterados ataques dominicanos.

Where this standsEn qué punto está

The full text of this article is still being prepared. Until it is ready, this page carries a summary, the passage found on the page, and the link to the original, which is always one click away.El texto completo de este artículo aún se está preparando. Hasta que esté listo, esta página lleva un resumen, el pasaje encontrado en la página y el enlace al original, que siempre está a un clic.

From the original pageDe la página original

The passage where this article was found, copied from the newspaper page itself, reading errors and all. This is exactly what the summary above is based on.El pasaje donde se encontró este artículo, copiado de la propia página del periódico, con sus errores de lectura y todo. Esto es exactamente aquello en lo que se basa el resumen de arriba.

terms of the Sam-Hereaux convention,

which •stipulated that, the jiositions of

1874 should lie taken as the base for de

limitation, the Dominican commissioners

openly declared they would only abide

by the provisions of this clause so long

us it would tie favorable to their inter

ests. In order to explain, it is said on

the part of the Dominican republicans,

it might be stated that after the signing

of the convention the government had

caused to be occupied several points

along the disputed frontier, which occu

pation tihe Haytiens regarded as an en

civachmeqt on their territory from

points which the Haytien troops had

been withdrawn in order to facilitate

an amicable settlement of the dispute.

In the end Ulin mixed conn mission sep

arated without having in any way im

proved the situation.

The incident that has recently occur

red at Pitobert on the Northern frontier

and which greatly endangers the friend

ly relations of the sister republics, is

considered by the Haytiens to be preme

ditated provocation on the pant of the

Dominicans. The Haytien ]K>sts estab

lished in tlait district to put down smug

gling ami brigandage from over the bor

der, have lead to defend themselves

against repeated attacks. By mutual

consent the river Massacre, which di

vides the Dominican province of Daja

hon (or Laxavon) from Haytien terri

tory, has for a long time been provis

ionally accepted by both governments as

the natural lioundury of the two states.

All the country on the right,l» nk of the

river wus acknowledged to belong to

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

San Antonio daily light. (1901). San Antonio, Tex., 1901-04-13. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86090439/1901-04-13/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: San Antonio daily light, 1901-04-13.

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