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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
February 28, 189528 de febrero de 1895 · Dover, N.H. · Grant Annexation Debates & Bondholder PoliticsDebates de Anexión de Grant y Política de Bonistas

Foster's daily Democrat

SourceFuente: Foster's daily Democrat · Dover, N.H. · February 28, 189528 de febrero de 1895
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84023058/1895-02-28/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

*Foster's Daily Democrat* reported that the San Domingo Improvement Company urged the State Department to halt threatened French naval interference with Dominican customs houses, which secured foreign loans transferred from Dutch financiers in 1892. The company argued that any blockade or revenue seizure would violate American property rights and jeopardize international bondholders. Dominican representative Gil accompanied company officials to Washington to seek American diplomatic intervention.

*Foster's Daily Democrat* informó que la San Domingo Improvement Company instó al Departamento de Estado a frenar la amenazada interferencia naval francesa en las aduanas dominicanas, las cuales garantizaban préstamos extranjeros cedidos por financistas holandeses en 1892. La compañía argumentó que cualquier bloqueo o incautación de rentas violaría los derechos de propiedad estadounidenses y pondría en peligro a los tenedores internacionales de bonos. El representante dominicano Gil acompañó a directivos de la compañía a Washington para solicitar la intervención diplomática estadounidense.

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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.

tended for the purpose of building a rail

road. In 1892 Westendorph Co. trans

ferred all of their rights to an American

company, chartered in New Jersey under

the name of “‘l'he San Domingo I:nprove

ment company of New York,”” the lead

ing spirit of which was Smith Weced.

1t was this company which has now

come to the front in epposition to the

French program of a forcible collection of

the indemnity elainied by it. I¢ has rep

resented to the state department that if

the Irench ships tidertake to interfere

with the collection ghe Dominican rev

enues they will treich directly upon the

rights of the Amaican company, and

that even any atteir'pd to close the ports,

or to obszrucr- busiiess in any way that

would curtail receipis; will be an injury

to the company ap operate to prevent

fact that the bonds of :the Dominican

government are largely/ held in Holland,

Belgium and England, as well as in the

United States and France, and naturally

these people feel an interest to prevent

any action of France that might destroy

the resources of the company to which

they must look for the security of their

bonds.

State Department Appealed To.

The Dominican governmens has taken

no direct action in the matter and has

left it to the company to appeal to the

state departmeént for protection, although

the Dominican charge d’affaires, Mr. Gill,

has accompanied Smith Weed, the com

pany’s representative, to Washington

from New York, and bas heard the state

ments he has made to Secretary Gresham.

The secretary has been impressed with

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Foster's daily Democrat. (1895). Dover, N.H., 1895-02-28. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84023058/1895-02-28/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Foster's daily Democrat, 1895-02-28.

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