St. Paul recorder

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It is a mistake to assume that the palace revolution in

Haiti that ousted Eli Lescot from the presidency of the island

was a people’s rebellion.. At hand is information that instead

of the long-awaited uprising of the common man, the revolu

tion was strictly a class matter in which differences between

M. Lescot and the Haitian intelliventain hlossnm«l forth into

Violence ana armed activity. Lescot

is now in exit* in Montreal, Canada,

after escaping from his country.

Haiti is now under the rule of a six

man military cabinet appointed by

the military junta which overthrew

the president of the Republic.

What the future portends, no

one knows. It is known, however,

that the plight of the Haitian

peasant remains the same, thus

linking him with peasantry the

world over, whether Ethiopian,

Liberian, Chinese, Indian, Bur

mese, Mexican, Indonesian or

th* black peasantry of America’s

Southland.

Lescot, like Haile Selassie in

Ethiopia, Chiang Kai-Shek in

China, William V. Tubman in

Liberia, and other ruler* in coun

tries composed of dark-skinned

peoples, was far removed from the

poverty, heartaches, and hopeless

ness that characterizes the life of

the common man, the peasant.

He lived and moved In a world of

gilt-edged glamor; a world of

plenty that provided the highest

type of education and culture for

his children, which gave him per

sonal opportunities to really enjoy

life. As such, he was akin to a king

like Haile Selassie, whose dally life

does not bring him in close contact

with the millions of underprivileged

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

St. Paul recorder. (1946). St. Paul, Minn., 1946-02-01. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83016804/1946-02-01/ed-1/?sp=4

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: St. Paul recorder, 1946-02-01.