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money, but he admitted that this was, perhaps,

the most urgent business which could claim the

attention of the Chambers. He mentioned the

contract already entered into by the Government

with the Bank of Hayti to burn publicly every

month a certain percentage of the paper money

received fn payment of customs dues. This would

reduce the volume of paper currency quite rapidly,

“The real chief of the premium on gold,

however,” said Mr. St. Victor, “is the low price of

coffee, It has begun to rise again, and, it is hoped,

will he restored in a few months to its normal

value.”

UNITED STATES ABLY KEPRESENTED,

Whatever view critics may take of the poliey of

the American Government in persisting in sending

men of color to represent it in the island of Hay:i,

they will not be able to find fault with the jresent

Minister at Port-au-Prince, William F. Powell, on

account of a lack of energy. A man of seemingly

very deliberate action and of extremely quiet an-

ners, he yet seems to have made a noteworthy im-

pression on the powers that rule at cither end of

the (lana.

These dispatches have gl-cafy cal'ed attention to

the steps which Mr. Powell has taken in pursuance

of instructions from Wazpingion, to commit the

Haytlan Government to the literal fulfilment of all

the provisions of the Treaty of 1864 with the I'nited

States, which give to that eouniry in time of war

special advantages which cannot be enjoyed by

other nations, and also the article which purports

to place Americans on an equal footing with iay-

tlang as to the privileges of local trade. The former

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

New-York tribune. (1898). New York [N.Y.], 1898-05-16. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1898-05-16/ed-1/?sp=3

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York tribune, 1898-05-16.