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I Dartiguenave ?.vas elected to the IV. s

idency for a term of seven years. This

election, held under the auspices of

the marines, was accomplished without

violence and seemed to be satisfactory

to the people. Much unjustifiable crit

icism ha-? been published regarding

i this election. There its no question

fhat Dartiguenave, then President of

i the Berate, was the almost unanimous

choice of the National Assembly, or

that he was elected without pressure

from the Americans. The American

forces were used only to preserve or

der and to protect the National As

sembly from the intimidation of revo?

lutionary bands. Immediate steps were

taken to secure the convention which

had long been desired by the United

States, and on September 16. 1915, the

i Haytian-American Treaty was signed

by the representatives of the two gov

ernments. This convention, ratified by

the Haytian Chamber of Deputies en

October r>. 1915; by the Haytian Sen?

ate on November l!, by the United

States Senate on February 20, 1916,

uas proclaimed bv the President of

the United States on May 191m

The preamble of the treaty reads in

pint as fellows: the Republic

'of Hayti, des.nng to remedy the pies-,

(?i

Hayti and the Principals in Its Dramatic History

Brigadier (General John H. Russell. American High Commissioner in Hayti, is shotcn above on the right: on the left is Louis Romo, Hayti's neic

President. 7 he other photographs sfiotr a company of gendarmes drenen up in front of the national palace at Port au Price and. below, a bird's

eye riete of Port au Prince, irith the palace and the marine barracks in the center

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

New-York tribune. (1922). New York [N.Y.], 1922-05-28. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1922-05-28/ed-1/?sp=19

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York tribune, 1922-05-28.