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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
September 18, 191218 de septiembre de 1912 · Washington, D.C. · Roosevelt Corollary & Customs ReceivershipCorolario Roosevelt y Receptoría de Aduanas

The Washington herald

SourceFuente: The Washington herald · Washington, D.C. · September 18, 191218 de septiembre de 1912
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045433/1912-09-18/ed-1/?sp=4

In contextEn contexto

Roosevelt Corollary & Customs ReceivershipCorolario Roosevelt y Receptoría de Aduanas · 1905–1916

Theodore Roosevelt formulated the Roosevelt Corollary specifically for the Dominican debt crisis, placing customs houses under American receivership to ward off European gunboats.Theodore Roosevelt formuló el Corolario Roosevelt para la crisis de la deuda dominicana, colocando las aduanas bajo control estadounidense.

← Earlier articleArtículo anterior: Evening star · September 14, 191214 de septiembre de 1912Later articleArtículo siguiente: Albuquerque morning journal · September 25, 191225 de septiembre de 1912 →

More on The Customs ReceivershipMás sobre La receptoría de aduanas

SummaryResumen

The Washington Herald published a critical editorial on U.S. Caribbean policy, arguing that intervention in Santo Domingo had overawed local populations rather than establishing true order. The paper criticized the conversion of Dominican debts into bonds backed by American customs administration and warned that financial interests were applying the same model to Nicaragua. The piece labeled this strategy "Dawsonizing the Monroe Doctrine," describing it as de facto control that avoided outright annexation.

The Washington Herald publicó un editorial crítico sobre la política caribeña de los Estados Unidos, sosteniendo que la intervención en Santo Domingo había intimidado a la población local en lugar de fundar un orden verdadero. El diario censuró la conversión de las deudas dominicanas en bonos respaldados por la administración aduanera estadounidense y advirtió que los intereses financieros estaban aplicando ese mismo modelo a Nicaragua. El artículo calificó esta estrategia como una «dawsonización de la Doctrina Monroe», describiéndola como un control de facto que eludía una anexión abierta.

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.

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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.

lives and property and the maintenance

of public order. We know what that

has meant to the Dominicans. Neither

'was propertj protected nor order main

tained The natives were overawed by

the aid of the American forces. All

debts ot that republic, since the year

one of its existence, were combined

into bonds, and these exchanged for

pieces of paper called Dominican

American "guaranteed national bonds"

These bonds have the interest guaran

teed by the United States, but not the

principal, by the collection of customs

monev s

If seriously looked into it will be

found that Americans hold large blocks

of the old debts of Nicaragua. The

State Department had such an easy

time in the Senate in the Dominican

intervention deal that it also may have

given assurances to Nicaraguan profes

sional patriots with bundles of old

scrip But the Senate balked, be

cause, were the United States to side

with one faction against another, it

would make it quite uncomfortable lor

American industrial expansionists.

It looks to The Herald that, when

the smoke has cleared away, the United

States will be found collecting Nica

raguan customs duties in the in

terest of American pioneers. This

is known as "Daw ionizing the Mon

roe Doctrine," for it avoids annex

ing the republics, while it obliterates

them from the map as international fac

tors of discord. Despite the fact that the

Senate hast refused to sanction the

grabbing of a neighboring republic's

custom-house, it would seem that those

interested in the possibilities of spoil

possess sufficient power to have the

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Washington herald. (1912). Washington, D.C., 1912-09-18. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045433/1912-09-18/ed-1/?sp=4

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Washington herald, 1912-09-18.

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