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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 7, 19047 de febrero de 1904 · St. Louis, Mo. · Grant Annexation Debates & Bondholder PoliticsDebates de Anexión de Grant y Política de Bonistas

The St. Louis Republic

SourceFuente: The St. Louis Republic · St. Louis, Mo. · February 7, 19047 de febrero de 1904
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84020274/1904-02-07/ed-1/?sp=15

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.

← Earlier articleArtículo anterior: Daily Kennebec journal · February 2, 19042 de febrero de 1904Later articleArtículo siguiente: The Worcester spy · February 10, 190410 de febrero de 1904 →

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SummaryResumen

The *St. Louis Republic* reported that Bartram Brothers of New York appealed for immediate government protection after their San Isidro sugar plantation in the Dominican Republic was besieged by armed forces. Following emergency conferences with President Roosevelt, the Navy Department instructed Rear Admiral Wise to deploy the cruiser flagship *Minneapolis* and warships *Columbia* and *Hartford* to Dominican waters. Admiral Wise was ordered to take prompt, decisive measures to safeguard American lives and commercial property in accordance with international law.

El *St. Louis Republic* informó que los señores Bartram Brothers de Nueva York solicitaron protección gubernamental inmediata luego de que su ingenio azucarero San Isidro en la República Dominicana fuera sitiado por fuerzas armadas. Tras deliberaciones de emergencia con el presidente Roosevelt, el Departamento de Marina instruyó al contralmirante Wise el despliegue del buque insignia, el crucero *Minneapolis*, y de los buques de guerra *Columbia* y *Hartford* hacia aguas dominicanas. Se ordenó al almirante Wise adoptar medidas prontas y decisivas para salvaguardar las vidas y propiedades comerciales estadounidenses conforme al derecho internacional.

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.

maj- be unable to apprehend the murder

ers, and this may give the United States

an excuse to land marines for the purposa

of catching the culprits.

APPEAL FOR AID.

Complaint has been made to tho State

Department by the owners of the San

Isidro plantation that their property had

been besieged and an appeal Is made for

Immediate relief.

Other Americans having Interests ln

Santo Domingo have made similar com

plaints. Mr. Moody, the Secretary of th

Navy, and Mr. Loomls, the acting Secre

tary of State, had long conferences with,

the President to-day on the subject. Upon

his return to the Navy Department from,

the White House. Secretary Moody held a

conference with Rear Admiral Taylor.

Chief of tho Bureau of Navigation, and a

cablegram was dispatched to Rear Ad

miral Wise, commanding tho training

squadron now at Guantanamo. Instructing

that officer to take Immediate and effect

ive steps for the adequate protection of

American life and property in the Domin

ican Republic, limiting his action at all

times to the recognized tenets of Inter

national law.

TO ACT PROMPTLY.

Upon the receipt of this dispatch Rear

Admiral Wise Is expected to- proceed at

once In 'L flagship, the Minneapolis, to

Dominican waters and make a personal

investigation. The Columbia already has

been ordered to return to San Domingo

from Guantanamo. where she went for

coal, and the Hartford will be ordered

back from the same place.

The San Isidro plantation Is owned by

the Bartram Bros, of New York. It Is

managed by an American named Bass.

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The St. Louis Republic. (1904). St. Louis, Mo., 1904-02-07. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84020274/1904-02-07/ed-1/?sp=15

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The St. Louis Republic, 1904-02-07.

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