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Tns Tribune of Saturday prints the official

correspondence which took place in February

last between Rear Admiral Poor and Minister

Bassett and the Haytien authorities, notifying

them that President Grant had ordered the

United Statrg navy to protect tbé government

of Baez against any demonstrations ol Hayti

and prevent any inteneience with the domes

tic affairs of San Dominen while the ne?otia

tions for th8 annexation ot that republic are

pending by tbe Commissioner*.

The Port au Prince Civilisateur, Frb. 16, ia

tbe course of a long article complains of alleged

acts of intimidation on tbe part of United States

officials:

Tbe promoters of tbe annexation project in

order to secure its success bave sought to exer

cise a system of complete tbeugb disguised

coercion. It is first tbe commander ol a ship

of war wbo arrives at Jacmel to inform tbe mil

itary governor tbere tbat he mutt be quiet

(cot) during tbe annexation negotiations or

uopleasant consequences would lui loir. Tbis

is ι one witbout toe leant care lor our national

sovereignty or interests, ώ bicb, feeble as we

ate, are nevertbe ess entitled to respect. Next,

a diplomatic agent, regularly accredited in a

form half lawoing and balf menacing, renews

the same invitation. Then a naval officer pre

sents himself to tbe Chief of State, himself, 10

roiiei.'p t),e same injonction, accompanied

this time-by a monitor Of 15 guns, as if to show

the penalties «hich would be incurred by aoy

deviation irom tbe policy which he invited tbe

President to adopt. Now, it is a simple consu

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The Portland daily press. (1871). Portland, Me., 1871-03-20. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83016025/1871-03-20/ed-1/?sp=2

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Portland daily press, 1871-03-20.