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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
1920-09-23 · Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark. · 1916-1924 US occupation

The Pulaskian

SourceFuente: The Pulaskian, Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark., 1920-09-23
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn92050044/1920-09-23/ed-1/?sp=2
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SummaryResumen

The *Pulaskian* reported that Secretary of State Colby defended American Caribbean policy against political attacks by Senator Harding, maintaining that interventions in Haiti and Santo Domingo were undertaken solely to assist local populations. Colby confirmed that the State Department was continuing to withhold salaries from Haitian officials until they ceased obstructing the bilateral treaty. Simultaneously, Dominican representative Julio M. Cestero protested that the Dominican people never requested American occupation and consistently demanded the restoration of their freedom and sovereignty.

El *Pulaskian* informó que el secretario de Estado Colby defendió la política caribeña de Estados Unidos frente a los ataques políticos del senador Harding, sosteniendo que las intervenciones en Haití y Santo Domingo se llevaron a cabo únicamente para auxiliar a las poblaciones locales. Colby confirmó que el Departamento de Estado seguía reteniendo los salarios de los funcionarios haitianos hasta que cesaran de obstruir el tratado bilateral. Al mismo tiempo, el representante dominicano Julio M. Cestero protestó que el pueblo dominicano jamás solicitó la ocupación estadounidense y reclamó de manera constante el restablecimiento de su libertad y soberanía.

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should not be “misrepresented even 1

under the temptations that a political 1

campaign presents to irresponsible ut

terances and conscious unveracity." I

While not. replying directly to re- 1

cent charges by Senator Harding that i

the administration is conducting un

constitutional warfare against Haiti

and San Domingo, Secretary Colby re-

cited the history of American occupa-

tion. and defended it as being guided

by no thought except to help their 5

people.

Senator Harding's attack on the

administration's record in Haiti was

made in criticisqi of statements by

Franklin D, Roosevelt. It was learn

ed that the State Department hiid in

formed G. Baran, Haitien minister o!

foreign affairs, that the salaries oi

the president and other officials ol j

the HaiJen government, which have I

been withheld since last June, would

continue to be with held until the na

tive government ceases to interpose

obstacles to the carrying out of cer

tain provisions of the treaty entered

into at the time of this country’s oc

cupation of the island.

Protest against American interven-1

tion in San Domingo was made in

simultaneous statement by Julio M.

Cdfetero. Cestero, representing fne

Dominican junta in the United States

referring to the recent declarations by

Senator Harding and Secretary of the

Navy Daniels, said citizens of tiie Do

minican republic “have never sought

the present American intervention,"

and have never ceased to ask for ‘re

storation of their freedom and sov

ereignty.”

Dacorate Fauntleroy.

Warsaw.—Maj. Cedric Faumteroy

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Pulaskian. (1920). Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark., 1920-09-23. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn92050044/1920-09-23/ed-1/?sp=2

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Pulaskian, 1920-09-23.

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