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M. Bellegarde, Haitian Minister to France, Says Haitian

Women and Children Bombed to Death Also—

Japanese Still Fighting for Racial

Equality

Lyons, France, July 1. —A reso

lution presented by M. Bellegarde,

the Haitian minister to France, to

the political commission of the fed

eration of League of Nations socie

ties, yesterday, demanding the with

drawal of American marines from

Haiti, was defeated. A substitute

resolution, however, offered by Dr.

C. A. Duniway, representing an

American association of former res

idents of Haiti, was adopted and the

proceedings put the federation on

record as sympathizing with the

Haitian people and as expressing the

wish that the Republic of Haiti

be given at the earliest possible mo

ment all her rights as an independ

ent state. Only a few delegates of

other countries voted against the

Duniway resolution and Japan and

China abstained from voting. In a

speech M. Bellegarde declared that

the United 'States could justify the

occupation by no international law

and he is right in that statement.

Ho further declared that when the

klansinen from juries. Judge Man

ning, before a crowded courtroom,

quoted the Constitution, setting

forth the doctrine of freedom to all,

regardless of race or religion.

“The law makes these guarantees,

and the law of the land cannot be

enforced by juries which are school

ed in religious and racial hatred

against classes of fellow citizens.

There is no place on a jury for a

man whose oath to a secret organ

ization is superior to an oath in

court,” declared Judge Manning.

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The gazette. (1924). Cleveland, Ohio, 1924-07-05. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83035387/1924-07-05/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The gazette, 1924-07-05.