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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 25, 193025 de febrero de 1930 · Milwaukee, Wis. · The Trujillo Era & DictatorshipLa Era de Trujillo y la Dictadura

The Milwaukee leader

SourceFuente: The Milwaukee leader · Milwaukee, Wis. · February 25, 193025 de febrero de 1930
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045293/1930-02-25/ed-1/?sp=4

In contextEn contexto

The Trujillo Era & DictatorshipLa Era de Trujillo y la Dictadura · 1924–1960

Rafael Trujillo ruled for 31 years. US papers reported the 1930 hurricane that leveled Ciudad Trujillo, the 1937 Haitian massacre, sugar commerce, WWII U-boat sinkings, Tito Mella's Compañía Naviera Dominicana shipping fleet, and Trujillo's Washington lobbying.Rafael Trujillo gobernó durante 31 años. La prensa informó sobre el huracán de 1930, la masacre de 1937, el azúcar, hundimientos de submarinos en la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la flota de la Compañía Naviera Dominicana de Tito Mella.

← Earlier articleArtículo anterior: The Washington daily news · February 25, 193025 de febrero de 1930Later articleArtículo siguiente: The Indianapolis times · February 25, 193025 de febrero de 1930 →

More on Naval & MilitaryMás sobre Asuntos navales y militares

SummaryResumen

The *Milwaukee Leader* reported that the wife of Dominican President Horacio Vásquez had sought refuge in the American Legation following serious internal disturbances in Santo Domingo. Commercial agents described conditions as dangerous and halted shipments, noting long-standing rumors of a planned coup d'état during Vásquez's recent illness. Meanwhile, President Hoover's commission arrived in Key West to sail for Haiti to evaluate whether that country was prepared for self-government.

El *Milwaukee Leader* informó que la esposa del presidente dominicano Horacio Vásquez buscó asilo en la legación estadounidense tras graves disturbios internos en Santo Domingo. Agentes comerciales describieron la situación como peligrosa y suspendieron los envíos, señalando los persistentes rumores de un planeado golpe de Estado durante la reciente enfermedad de Vásquez. Entre tanto, la comisión del presidente Hoover arribó a Cayo Hueso (Key West) para zarpar rumbo a Haití y evaluar si dicho país estaba preparado para el autogobierno.

A note: the passage found for this article seems to run into the item beside it on the page, so read this summary as a first pass until the article itself is ready.Una nota: el pasaje encontrado para este artículo parece mezclarse con el texto vecino en la página, así que lea este resumen como una primera versión hasta que el artículo mismo esté listo.

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.

city, telling of internal disturbances

submitted to the state department

that Mme. Vasquez, wife of the

executive, has taken refuge in the

American legation.

While Washington officials de

clined to divulge complete contents

of the message received from Minis

ter Curtis, it was admitted the situ

ation appeared serious. Officials

said it was still too early to tell

whether a general revolution had

broken out.

Say Conditions Dangerous.

In commercial quarters it was

said that reports from agents in

Santo Domingo city described con

ditions as dangerous and advised

that shipments be interrupted for

the present. From the same sources

came indications that the internal

disturbances had not been complete

ly unexpected. During the recent

serious illness of President Vasquez,

rumors were prevalent throughout

the republic that several leaders

were planning a coup d’etat in

event of his sudden death.

Hoover Commission Sails.

PALM BEACH, Fla. —President

Hoover’s commission to investigate

conditions in Haiti’today arrived at

Key West, boarded the cruiser

Rochester and embarked for Port

Au Prince, which they expect to

reach Thursday.

James O. Dunn, member of the

state department who is accom

panying the commission as a coun

sellor, said the commission planned

to remain about one month, then re

port back to the president its con

clusions on whether the native gov

ernment is ready to assume com

plete control of its destinies.

DOCTOR LISTS

CRIME FIGURES

FOR DRY PROBE

CHICAGO—Armed with a devas

tating statistical analysis of the in

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Milwaukee leader. (1930). Milwaukee, Wis., 1930-02-25. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045293/1930-02-25/ed-1/?sp=4

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Milwaukee leader, 1930-02-25.

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