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R a blic re?i a on a dif?

ferent ba from the Haytian occu?

lt ii more tenuous legally

and more arbitrary. Our marines

were landed in Port-au-Prince to

protect foreigner; from the miscel

of 1 al revolution?

ists. 1 I on ithout any

arrai t, e> such as could e

toui d ii a very broad i tei pn tal ion

of the Dt ctrine, until a

treaty was secured from the Hay

i legalizing an

American protectorate. Our pres?

en! control in Hayti ba? ed on that

tr< al

With the D n 'ans the procesa

was reversed, The United States

diplomatic agreemenl by

it accepted responsibility for

the collection of the Dominican cus?

tom?, and tb'-ir application, in part,

to the payment of the republic's for

cign debt. The arrangement was

cal, not political- Occupation, In

th?; military and political sense, wan

undertaken on the ground, or pre?

text, that it v.a i.-?'?? ary in order

to facil?tate the work of the Arnerl

can fiscal agent. it ha? never been

functioned by the hyral government,

tho Dominicans refusing to conclude

a protectorate treaty, similar to that

with Hayti. They have submitted to

military rule, but never condoned it.

On Dominican soil, therefore, the

American role became one of com-

pletc intervention, resting on a much

narrower prior right of financial ad- j

ministration. This status is difficult

to justify and irksome to maintain.

It doesn't bear the light of disinter-

ested examination. It is not surpris-

ing that the President is at last seek-

iv.g to withdraw from the military i

dictatorship which he imposed. The j

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

New-York tribune. (1920). New York [N.Y.], 1920-12-26. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1920-12-26/ed-1/?sp=23

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York tribune, 1920-12-26.