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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
October 5, 18925 de octubre de 1892 · Wheeling, W. Va. · Grant Annexation Debates & Bondholder PoliticsDebates de Anexión de Grant y Política de Bonistas

The Wheeling daily intelligencer

SourceFuente: The Wheeling daily intelligencer · Wheeling, W. Va. · October 5, 18925 de octubre de 1892
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026844/1892-10-05/ed-1/?sp=6

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 Wheeling Daily Intelligencer* reported that a German envoy threatened to embargo Dominican tobacco and offered President Ulises Heureaux an annual bribe of $50,000 to terminate the reciprocity treaty with the United States. In response, Heureaux sent a confidential emissary to New York merchants to determine whether the United States government would pay him $75,000 to preserve the treaty.

*The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer* informó que un enviado alemán amenazó con embargar el tabaco dominicano y ofreció al presidente Ulises Heureaux un soborno anual de 50.000 dólares para rescindir el tratado de reciprocidad con los Estados Unidos. En respuesta, Heureaux envió a un emisario confidencial ante comerciantes de Nueva York para averiguar si el gobierno de los Estados Unidos le pagaría 75.000 dólares para mantener el tratado.

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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.

the two, in which Germany was

named as the "most favored of nation!."

Her goods wore permitted to

enter the Dominican ports at extremely

low imposts and her citizens were to

receive special favors and exemptions.

One the other hand, many Dominican

Sroducts were given procedeise in

ermany, and under this troaty 'a large

and valuable trade crew up between the

two nations. Dominican tobacco, especially,

lound favor in Germany and

soon crowded out the Sumatra product,

and at present tho entire product of

Puerto Plata is used in Germany. The

loss of this market for its staple product

would bo a serious blow to the San

Domlngan people, and it was on this

line that the conspirators went to work.

OIBHANY MAC Id A DID.

A ipecial envoy was sent from Germany

to San Domingo, and aboat two

weeki (go he had an interview with

Freaident Uliaes Heareaux, in which

the harm which could be dono hit

country should Gormany close hor

porta to Dominican products was set

forth. The German envoy then offered

personal subsidy of $50,000 a year to

the president "to recompense him for

any unpopularity he might incur" if the

reciprocity treaty with tho United

States was abrogated.

President Heureaux at onco dispatched

an emissary to this country to soo if

he could not obtain $75,000 from the

United States. The person chosen for

this work was a merchant, who is a correspondent

of the exporting and shipping

firm of Eggers ileinlein, of No. 5

ooum William siretji, uus i-ny. unam

arrival ho saw Mr. Eggers nutl explained

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Wheeling daily intelligencer. (1892). Wheeling, W. Va., 1892-10-05. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026844/1892-10-05/ed-1/?sp=6

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Wheeling daily intelligencer, 1892-10-05.

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