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ed thousands of dispossessed Hay

tians to migrate into Cuba.

Forceful Possession

Forceful possession of the lands

of the Haytians is necessary be

cause they lo not sell land to

foreigners, a rule that was estab

lished to preserve their limited area

to Haytians against the results of

foreign repacity as it has operated

among other peoples in the world.

Americans have prided them

selves upon the introduction of

such methods of farming as are

used here, despising the methods

of the Haytians as they despise

their languages, which is a Creole

patois and known to few outside

of natives themselves.

What the Haytians has discov

ered as necessary to the cultiva

tion of coffee, —that is the pre

sence of overshadowing trees and

shrubs, —the American teacher of

agriculture, condemns as lazy—

nigger farming, and orders clear

ed away.

Napoleon's Scheme

It might be worth while to call

America’s attention to the fact

that it was Haytians’ defeat of

Napoleon’s scheme to plant a

French settlement west of the

Mississippi, using Hayti as the

base of his operations that caused

the sale of the Northwest Terri

tory, which has added untold bil

lions to America’s coffers and made

possibe its orderly expansion to

the Pacific.

It might be noticed that there

has been here no movietone show

ing of Haytians scenes and beau

tiful architecture, despit the fact

that the situation has been in the

üblic eye for many moons.

Ride Rough Shod

Political science finds that any

body of men’with power will ac

quire more power, and, that mili

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Washington tribune. (1930). Washington, D.C., 1930-02-14. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87062236/1930-02-14/ed-1/?sp=6

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Washington tribune, 1930-02-14.