Douglas daily dispatch

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recognized by the league.

He made three charges against

‘the American administration of the

republic. He asserted that the fi

j nancial advisor had seized the peo

ple’s money to become master of

the economic resources, that the

Americans had taxed the people but

failed to give them representation

in the goverhment, and that Haiti

made no progress during the years

of occupation. American interven

tion was approved by both houses

of the assembly in’November. 1915.

W. Cameron Forbes, of Pittsburgh,

chairman of the Hoover commis

sion, said the last charge was so

grave that figures must be brought

to prove it.

Ernest Chauvet, editor of the

strongest anti-Borno newspaper,

The Nourvelliste, and spokesman

for all the opposition press, told

j the commissioners that for the first

time in years the Haitian press to

day had freedom “because the au-

thorities are afraid to censor the

news while the commission is here.”

j Chauvet served four terms in jail

for publishing stories the authorities

did not like.

George Leger, son of a Haitian

patriot, is acting as the peoples at

torney before the commission. Wil

iliam Allen White, Emporia, Kansas

publisher having promised the Hait

ian league in New York that the

people could have a lawyer.

ALARM OVER

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apply this money to relieve unem

ployment.

Senator Wagner opened the de

bate with a demand for considera

tion of his billfc to provide more

accurate information on employ

ment and to set up a long range

employment planning program. He

denounced suggestions that delay

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Douglas daily dispatch. (1930). Douglas, Ariz., 1930-03-04. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84020064/1930-03-04/ed-1/?sp=5

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Douglas daily dispatch, 1930-03-04.