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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
August 11, 191811 de agosto de 1918 · Birmingham, Ala. · US Military Occupation & Marine RuleOcupación Militar de EE. UU. y Régimen de Marines

The Birmingham age-herald

SourceFuente: The Birmingham age-herald · Birmingham, Ala. · August 11, 191811 de agosto de 1918
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038485/1918-08-11/ed-1/?sp=29

In contextEn contexto

US Military Occupation & Marine RuleOcupación Militar de EE. UU. y Régimen de Marines · 1916–1924

President Woodrow Wilson ordered US Marines to occupy the Dominican Republic in May 1916. For eight years, naval governors ruled by martial decree, facing guerrilla resistance ('gavilleros') and Senate investigations.Woodrow Wilson ordenó la ocupación militar en mayo de 1916. Durante ocho años, gobernadores navales gobernaron por decreto marcial, enfrentando resistencia guerrillera ('gavilleros').

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SummaryResumen

The *Birmingham age-herald* reviewed a comprehensive historical and descriptive study of Santo Domingo and Haiti written by a former secretary to the 1905 U.S. financial commission and the Dominican Minister of Finance. The work examined the island's history from 1492 to the present, alongside analyses of its geography, minerals, commerce, and municipal administration. It also discussed Dominican political revolutions, public debt, and the fiscal treaty established with the United States.

El *Birmingham age-herald* reseñó un exhaustivo estudio histórico y descriptivo de Santo Domingo y Haití, redactado por quien fuera secretario de la comisión financiera estadounidense de 1905 y del ministro de Hacienda dominicano. El libro examinaba los anales de la isla desde 1492 hasta el presente, junto con pormenores de su geografía, recursos minerales, comercio y administración local. Analizaba además las revueltas políticas dominicanas, la deuda pública y el tratado hacendario celebrado con 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.

republic and Haytl and has formed

many friendships with prominent Do

minican families during a res

idence of years in Latln-America. Tie

served as secretary of the special Uni

ted States commission to investigate

the financial condition of Santo Do

mingo in 1905 and as secretary to the

Dominican minister of finance in 1906.

He begins his narrative with the

days of conquest. 1492 to 1533, and dis

cusses the important stages in the his

tory of Santo Domingo to date. Then

comes chapters on the area and boun

dary, the topography and climate, the

coalage and minerals, the flora and

fauna, the people, the religion, the edu

cation and literature, the means of

transportation and communication, the

commerce, the cities and towns, the

government, the politics and revolu

tions, law and Justice, the Dominican

debt, and the fiscal treaty with the i

United States, the finance and the fu

ture of Santo Domingo.

"THE COLLECTED POEMS OF RUP

ERT BROOKE.’’

With an introduction by George Edward

Woodbury and a biographical note by

Margaret Lavington. The John Lane

company, publishers, New York.

Nothing more truly beautiful has been

written since this great world war be

gan than the “Poems” by Rupert Broolte,

the wonderful young Englishman, who

gave his life for his country in the fight

during the Dardanelles expedition. April

23, 1915.

Not long before his beautiful spirt

passed from earth to heaven, he seat

from the Aegean sea to the hearts. of

countless sympathetic human beings the

Poem -by which he will always be re

membered, “The Soldier." He had writ

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Birmingham age-herald. (1918). Birmingham, Ala., 1918-08-11. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038485/1918-08-11/ed-1/?sp=29

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Birmingham age-herald, 1918-08-11.

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