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power through pools of blood; a land

trom which the gods of peace and in

dustry seem to have1 turned away."

"Both," says the National Geogra

phic Society,' in a bulletin Issued from

ts Washington, D. C. headquarters,

''are! pictures ot Haiti, the relations

between which country and the Unit

ed States are now tinder discussion.

"To avoid confusion, it must be ex

plained at the Outset," continues the

bulletin, "that tho name Hayti is used

sometimes to denote the entire island

which is thi second largest land mass

In tne West Indies, sometimes to i

natives tae conquerors journeyed to

the south coast and there laid th

foundations of the city of S.mto Do

mingo first permanent city e.-tabiieh-ed

by Europeans in America, and fore

runner of tne countiess cities and vil

lages that are the seats today of the

industry, commerce and culture of the

three Americas.

"It was a wonderful future that

seemed to open beiore Columbus -ud

his fellow voyagers as they took pos

session of the most favored of the An

tilles. Those of vision among them

saw it in the future, ho doubt, as a

mighty island treasure houoe, yielding

up its riches of mine a.id forest and

field; harboring a great and prosper

ous population. I-ut the avarice of

man stepped In and blotted out the

promising picture. -The Spanish ad

venturers, unwilling to work, enslaved

the native Indians and drove them so

cruelly that they died off by thousands,

When death threatened to rob them

of their laborers, the exploiters im

ported large numbers of African slaves

who were better able to bear up under

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Norwich bulletin. (1920). Norwich, Conn., 1920-11-20. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82014086/1920-11-20/ed-1/?sp=4

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Norwich bulletin, 1920-11-20.