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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 · Providence [R.I.] · Grant Annexation Debates & Bondholder PoliticsDebates de Anexión de Grant y Política de Bonistas

The Providence news

SourceFuente: The Providence news · Providence [R.I.] · February 28, 189528 de febrero de 1895
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn91070630/1895-02-28/ed-1/?sp=8

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 Providence News* reported that the San Domingo Improvement Company appealed to the State Department to prevent French naval forces from seizing Dominican customhouses. The American syndicate maintained that foreign military interference would violate its concessionary rights and impair its ability to service international bond obligations held in Europe and the United States.

*The Providence News* informó que la San Domingo Improvement Company apeló al Departamento de Estado para impedir que las fuerzas navales francesas confiscaran las aduanas dominicanas. El consorcio estadounidense sostuvo que una injerencia militar extranjera violaría sus derechos concesionarios y menoscabaría su capacidad para atender el servicio de las obligaciones internacionales de bonos en poder de inversores de Europa y los Estados Unidos.

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.

"fm »of all the revenues of the coun

~ln 1890 this loan was considerably ex

~tended for the purpose of building a rail

~zoad. In 1892 Westendorph Co. trans

ferred all of their rights to an American

pany, chartered in New Jersey under

the name of “The San Domingo Improve

guent company of New York," the lead

~Ang spirit of which was Smith Weed.

136 was this company which has now

€0 to the front in opposition to the

fi‘ ench program of a forcible collection of

y indemnity claimed by it. It has rep

_yesented to the state department that if

~ghe French ships undertake to interfere

with the collection of the Dominican rev

-en they will trench directly upon the

_xights of the American company, and

even any attempt to close the ports,

~or to obstruct business in any way that

_would curtall receipts, will be an injur®

%0 the company and operate to prevent

the fulfillment of its obligations,

kg ouse is further complicated by the

‘:s\ act that the bonds of the Dominican

’j,.:-! u nt are largely held in Holland,

Belglum and England, as well as in the

United States and France, and naturally

;q\‘_’; people feel an interest to prevent

_any action of France that might destroy

the resourceswof the company to which

:t“ must look for the security of their

Dbxn

State Department Appealed To.

The Dominican government has taken

Mo direct action in the matter and has

defe it to the company to appeal to the

;{f ate department for protection, although

1 _ m charge d'afflaires, Mr. Gill,

"fv panied Smith Weed, the com

representative, to Washington

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Providence news. (1895). Providence [R.I.], 1895-02-28. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn91070630/1895-02-28/ed-1/?sp=8

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Providence news, 1895-02-28.

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