Pocahontas times
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The *Pocahontas Times* recounted the history of U.S. intervention in Haiti, noting that seven revolutions between 1910 and 1915 culminated in the killing of President Sam and the landing of U.S. Marines. Under the 1916 treaty establishing a 20-year protectorate, the article stated that order and prosperity were established with minimal risk of revolution. By October, American military forces had been reduced to 800 marines supporting an armed native constabulary.
El *Pocahontas Times* relató la historia de la intervención estadounidense en Haití, recordando que siete revoluciones entre 1910 y 1915 culminaron con la muerte violenta del presidente Sam y el desembarco de los marines estadounidenses. Bajo el tratado de 1916 que estableció un protectorado de 20 años, el artículo señalaba que se habían implantado el orden y la prosperidad con mínimo riesgo de revolución. Para octubre, las tropas militares estadounidenses se habían reducido a 800 marines que apoyaban a una fuerza policial nativa armada.
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West Virginia it Is a mountain coun
try, and Ilka Wes7 Virginia it lias
mountains heavily forested clear to.
the top. It produces for export,
coffee, sugar,' cotton, logwood, and
coera. It is the most fertile island
in the West Indies.
From the year 1910 to the year
1915, Haiti had seven revolutions,
and seven presidents occupied uneasy
thrones in that country. The last of
the seven, Gen. Sam, was inaugu
rated March 4 1915. ne lasted un
til July 26, of that year. That day
he took refuge in the French legation,
and on that date, 200 political prison
ers were nmssacred in the jail. The
funeral strvices were being held, and
the temi er of the crowd was so dan
gerous, that they dragged President
Sam out and killed him. Two hours
after President Sam had passed, a
United States-cruiser entered tire
harbor of Port au Prince and landed
marines and restored order.
In 1916, a treaty between the
United States and Haiti was ratitjed.
By the terms of that treaty, the
United States undertook a political
and tiscal protectorate for a period of
twenty years. Since then Haiti has
known a measure of peace and pros
perity. At tiris time there seem to
be no dahger of revolutions. Last
October, there were 800 marines in
Haiti with an armed constabulary of
2688 men, and a reserve of 20,000
men. The United States as usual
did a good job.
It was in thf§ work that Vincent
McCarty found In the marines He
went there in 1917, and remained
thirty-seven months. He was nine
teen when he went there and twenty
two years old when he came away,
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Pocahontas times. (1926). Huntersville, W. Va., 1926-05-27. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83004262/1926-05-27/ed-1/?sp=2
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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Pocahontas times, 1926-05-27.
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