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the Emperor Christpphe built at Milot in

the valley, there are only legends and the

huge dimensions of the forbidding pile on

this summit to tell the tale. This fortress,

from whose walls one may gaze out be

yond Cape Haitien, northward on the wa

ters of the Atlantic Ocean, is apDropriately

set in the turbulent region where were

originated the revolutions that deposed

president in the south and placed new men

in precarious tenure of the office.

The American Invasion.

On this colorful land of half assimilated

western forms and its submerged relics of

bygone splendors. United States arms and

enterprise are seeking to impose industrial

civilization. White men have dominated

the country for a time, in the past; but they

have always been expelled. A new at

tempt is in progress. The Haitians of the

hills do not especially want the roa-ii they

were at first forced, then employed to

build. They revolted from the' enforced

labor and they' do not want motor can

when their country is accessible by their

own means of travel, on foot or pack ani

mal. If you along a country road in

I an autmiobile the country folk will often

leap from their horses or burriguesr. herd

their animals into a ditch or thicket until

you have passed and follow you with a

glance of scorn or of hatred.

I The invasion of Haiti by American in

dustrial enterprise was preceded, as al

ways happens in backward territory, by

military occupation. As I traveled from

one military camp to another, on the way

from Port au Prince to Cape Haitien, I met

on the hne hand the conqueror Americans,

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Montgomery advertiser. (1920). Montgomery, Ala., 1920-11-03. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84020645/1920-11-03/ed-1/?sp=4

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Montgomery advertiser, 1920-11-03.