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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
May 30, 189130 de mayo de 1891 · Augusta, Me. · Grant Annexation Debates & Bondholder PoliticsDebates de Anexión de Grant y Política de Bonistas

Daily Kennebec journal

SourceFuente: Daily Kennebec journal · Augusta, Me. · May 30, 189130 de mayo de 1891
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82014248/1891-05-30/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 *Daily Kennebec Journal* reported that the United States was renewing interest in Samaná Bay after failing to acquire Môle Saint-Nicolas from Haiti. Admiral Gherardi held private discussions aboard his flagship with Dominican President Ulises Heureaux, highlighting the superior strategic and maritime value of Samaná Bay overlooking the Mona Passage.

El *Daily Kennebec Journal* informó que Estados Unidos renovaba su interés en la bahía de Samaná tras no conseguir adquirir Môle Saint-Nicolas de Haití. El almirante Gherardi mantuvo conversaciones privadas a bordo de su buque insignia con el presidente dominicano Ulises Heureaux, destacando el valor estratégico y marítimo superior de la bahía de Samaná sobre el paso de la Mona.

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.

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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.

called for. Still HyppoliU's cause did un

doubtedly receive uiurh moral and some

material strength from the United States

But the real ground of the disgust of the

Washington authorities is doubtless rattier

the folly of Hayti in failing to see the ad

vantage in ceding the use of Mole 8t.

Nicolas, with its resulting local and general

benefits to her. Of course the ability of

a great power like the United States to

consider and anmx Hayti, if that wort it*

object, is too obvious for dispute while its

willingness to take merely a lease of the

desired lands and water privileges, and

even to receive them through the medium

of a private corporation, wae. a further

guarantee of its moderate aims.

Buthe revival of tlie Samina project,

which is believed to have begun when Ad

miral Gherardi was ordered a few weeks

ago to visit that bay, where Gen. Uiises

Henreaux, the President of San Domingo,

held a long private interview with him on

th” flagship, is not to be ascribed to mere

cffi -ial pique. It is trus that, should this

substitute scheme be carried out, Hayti

would probably coon recognize that she had

thrown away an opportunity. But the

Samana Bay project rests on its intrinsic

merits. Situated at the northeastern end

of the island, on the south side of Samana

peninsula, the bay could hold the war fleets

of the whole world. At the western end it

receives the Yuma, the chief river of Sau

Domingo As a strategic position it is of

great value, since it opens into the Mona

Passage, the principal entrance to the Uar

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Daily Kennebec journal. (1891). Augusta, Me., 1891-05-30. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82014248/1891-05-30/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Daily Kennebec journal, 1891-05-30.

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