Evening star

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our Marines, the little republic is still

technically a ‘sovereign state,’ and can

refuse entrance even to a United

States Senator if it so wills. Yet if

Haiti were really independent it is ex

tremely unlikely that it would exclude

a member of the legislative body

which has the final say regarding

treaties made by the United States."

“If Secretary Kellogg had desired

Senator King to visit Haiti, Senator

King would have visited Haiti," de

clares the Lynchburg News (Demo

cratic). while the Schenectady Gazette

(independent Democratic) directs at

tention to the point that “nothing can

prevent King and Borah expressing

opinions on the Senate floor, but it is a

simple matter to stifle their search for

the truth through other means.” The

Durham Sun (independent) adds that

"the whole truth of the matter is that

the Senator was right”; that “the

government of Haiti is as completely

Haitian as the present Federal gov

ernment of Nicaragua is completely

Nicaraguan.”

“Secretary Kellogg is strictly cor

rect," according to the Louisville

Courier-Journal (Democratic), "In say

ing that when the Haitian President

rules out Senator King the Haitian

President is wholly within his sov

ereign rights. Theoretically, that is

true. But actually the Haitian Presi

dent has no sovereign rights not per

mitted him by the Washington Gov

ernment. If Secretary Kellogg had

been willing that Senator King should

go to Haiti, a quiet little hint from

the State Department to President

Borno would have overcome that

functionary's opposition to Senator

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1927). Washington, D.C., 1927-03-30. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1927-03-30/ed-1/?sp=8

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1927-03-30.