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from Wall Street no matter what

their political forms. Our bankers,

with the aid of the State Depart

ment, and the State Department, as

sisted by the bankers—the relation

ship is generally reciprocal—will con

tinue to lend dollars to such dictator

ships as those now prevailing in

Italy, Hungary, Haiti, Chile, Vene

zuela and Peru. Indeed it is now to

the advantage of the American in

vestors to see that these dictator

i ships are maintained. Otherwise

I American loans and investments

j might be placed in jeopardy. United

i States foreign policy will continue to

be shaped not by any reference to the

essential democracy or lack of dem

ocracy of the borrowing state but

purely by the ability of the native

1 government and the native industry

to function along normal capitalistic

lines.

How does this export of capital,

this financial penetration, effect

American foreign policy? In various

ways depending upon the strength

of the borrowing country, the form

in which the capital is invested, the

influence of the capital exporter and

a number of other factors. But basic

ally the policy of the United States

is, to use the words of President

Coolidge, that “the person and prop

erty of a citizen are a part of the

general domain of a nation, even

when abroad.” Its policy is to use

whatever force is necessary to pro

tect that person and that property.

This policy has already lead your

government into wars, interventions,

the extortions of treaties, the occupa

tion of territory, the declaration of

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The daily worker. (1928). Chicago, Ill.;New York, N.Y., 1928-05-19. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84020097/1928-05-19/ed-1/?sp=5

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The daily worker, 1928-05-19.