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(May 4, Nation)

In this article written about the

revolution in Haiti, a land with a

population 3,250,000 living on

10,800 square miles of land. Mr.

Alexander endeavors to give the

reader an insight into the under

lying causes of the uprising

against ex-President Lescot. Mr.

Alexander states in part: "The

color question was one of the un

derlying causes of the unrest that

erunted in the students strike of

January 7 and the overthrow of

the regime of President "Lescot on

January 11. It is fantastic to say

that the unrest in Haiti is of Com

munist orfein. The students' up

rising was merely the first bring

Jticf iny flame of a loner smolder

ing resentment against the mal

administration of Elie Lescot ana

via Tvredeessor. Stenio Vincent."

In an effort to be more explicit,

the author cites briefly he dis

parity between Lescot's pre-election

promises of greater democ

racy and actual practice in unite,

namely, the extension of term of

presidency, the assumption of the,

right to extend life of parliament,

to name successors for members

to appoint city mayors' who had

always been elected by the people!

The misappropriation of large

sums of money, the imposition of

a strict censorship on the public

and student press as well as the

imprisonment of editors who dared

to oppose the president's policies.

The uprising, according to Mr.

Alexander, took the form of a

paralysis of the economic life of

Haiti by a concerted effort of stu

ente, store clerks, laborers, and

transportation workers. Acutely

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Hartford chronicle. (1946). Hartford, Conn., 1946-05-25. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn92051342/1946-05-25/ed-1/?sp=6

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Hartford chronicle, 1946-05-25.