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Warning that "what the League

does now will create a precedent

for the future.” the colored speak

er said “the situation is per

fectly clear, and Haiti will back

the League. He went on:

“The same red blood runs

from a wounded man, whether

he be black or white.

“An attack against a weak

race cannot be permitted. The

period of colonial wars is as

much closed in Africa as in

America.

“Haiti, a small republic of

colored people, symbolizes the

equality of the races.

RUSSIA ASKS ACTION

“Haiti demands application

of the League Covenant, be

cause we are persuaded that

good will come out of present

sacrifices.

“Haiti fears that we may

some day be the Ethiopia of

some nation.”

Giuseppe Motta of Switzerland

said he would cooperate with the

sanctions coordination committee,

but he reminded the assembly

that Switzerland, whose moun

tains border Italy on the north,

has had a "perpetual status of

neutrality.”

He recalled that Italy was "ab

solved In 1921 from both economic

and military sanctions.”

Stating Russia would “honor

her engagements,” Ambassador

Potemkine urged “unity of action

as the best means to liquidate the

conflict which harms all states

and menaces humanity.”

The Mexican delegate said his

country "associates itself with this

action, and hopes that the

League, by collective measures,

will end the African conflict.”

Before the League took its mo

mentous step, Baron Pompeo

Aloisi, Italian delegate, read an

18-page speech asking “greater

elasticity” in the League’s laws,

and “justice for Italy.” He said:

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The Washington times. (1935). Washington [D.C.], 1935-10-10. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026749/1935-10-10/ed-1/?sp=2

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Washington times, 1935-10-10.