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faced with charges o< -Tich horrlb'e j

nature that It thought best to pass them

over In silence."

Among the acts charged against the

American occupation of Ha't! are:?

Administration of the "water

cure and other tortures by Ameri

can officers and marines and the

commission of numberless abomina

ble crime'." of which twenty-five j

cases, with names and dates, are

given In the memorial.

Removal of 1500,000 of Haitian

Government funds which American

marines carried off "and took on

board the gunboat Much las," and

which were deposited jn a New York

bank "to force the Haitian Govern

ment to accept control of the cus

toms house by sysematlcully depriv

ing It of flnnncln1 resources"

Entrance by Brigadier General

Smed'ey D. Butler on June 19, ".917.

revolver In hand, "followed bv

American officer* armed with th >r

revolvers" Into the Haitian Legis

lative chamber and dissolution by

force of the Haitian Legislative As

sembly.

Enforced ratification on June 12,

1918. of a new Haitian constitution,

with marine." presiding at the b tllot

boxes: only ballots bearing the word

**Yes" being Issued.

Exclusion from the naval court of

Inquiry of "all Haitians who had

Anything to say regarding the nu

merous cases of murder, bruta ity,

arson, tea., that is, of Haitians who

Wished to convince the court of In

quiry of the way In which the forces

of occupation had carried out their

duty to Haiti."

Furthermore, It Is Charged that more

than 4,000 prisoners died In 1918, 1919 1

and 1920 In the prisons at Cap Haltlen

rind that "at Chabert, an American camp, j

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The New York herald. (1921). New York, N.Y., 1921-05-09. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045774/1921-05-09/ed-1/?sp=10

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The New York herald, 1921-05-09.