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(Page 1) (772) PS5A/22PR2 10,000 JOSEPH MIR AULT CORRESPONDENT FOR ‘ÜHE "COURRIER HJ1ITIEN" 0%CAN OF NATIONAL “DEFENSE 108 W e s t I4lst S t r e e t KEW YORK CITY l Août,29,1926. / r 4 Secrétaire de la ligue des HATIONS s Genève, Suisse. Z Monsieur le Secrétaire: Par 1*autorisation du peuple Haitien,cLont je suis le représentant,ici,aux Etats Unis, g ’ai l ’honneur de vous écrire pour vous informer que depuis la prise de possession injustifiée de notre territoire par l ’Oncle Sam,dont 1 ’1mperialism n'est à l ’heure ac­ tuelle ignoré de personne,une politique de destruction systématique fut mise en vigueur dans l ’Ile. Ce même Oncle Sam, qui prétend faire l a morale du m o n d e , a commis et commet en ce moment même des actes tellement barbares, que, s’il était donné aux honnêtes Américains d ’en savoir quelque chose,ils se pendraient de honte. J’attire votre attention spéciale sur ce que l ’Oncle Sam choisit toujours ses victimes parmi les peuples faibles et sans défense. Nous ne doutons pas que la ligue des Nations,pour jus­ tifier sa raison d ’être,ne manquera pas d'élever la voix pour faire comprendre à ce moralisateur d’un genre nouveau que,Assassinat,In­ cendie, Pillage,ne sont pas l ’équivalent de Moralité. J’ai 1 ’honneur de vous envoyer sous pli séparé un exem­ plaire du discours de l ’Honorable Sénateur William H.King,sur 1 ’oc­ cupation d ’Haiti. J’ai 1 ’honneur d ’être,Monsieur le Secrétaire, Votre dévoué .serviteur. 53920 AMERICAN OCCUPATION OF HAITI The H aitian question is not one of dollars and cents or of trade and commerce ; it is one which relates to justice and international morality and the duty of a powerful Nation toward a weak and Aefenseless people. It involves principles touching the liberty and freedom of a people and the independence of what was once a sovereign State. IN I REG.! S TRY. I SPEECH 1-VSEM926 OF HON. WILLIAM H. KING OF UTAH IN TH E SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES WEDNESDAY, MAY 12 (LEGISLATIVE DAY OF MONDAY, MAY 10), 1926 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1926 ■ 4475—3068 SPEECH OP HON. WILLIAM H. KING In support of th e resolution (S. Bes. 202) c allin g fo r legislation for the removal of the m ilitary forces from Haiti and the restoration of the government of that country to the Haitian people, which had been sub­ m itted by Mr. King, April 5 (calendar day of April 16), 1926. Mr. KING. M r. President, several weeks ago I asked to have read to the Senate a statement which had been handed to me by Mr. Perceval Thoby, at one time th e chargé d’affaires, if not the minister, from Haiti to the United States. After it had been read, objection was made by the Senator from New York [Mr. W adsworth], I shall not go into the reasons of the objection, but merely say that during the discussion I stated that at a later date I should call the attention of the Senate to the salient parts of the article, and I also stated to the Senator from Nevada [Mr. Oddie] when he put into the R ecobd a report recently submitted by General Bussell that I should feel constrained to make some reply to the statements of General Russell and to discuss the situation in Haiti. Pur­ suant to that statem ent, I propose this m orning to discuss the Haitian question, and as preliminary to that, I ask that Sen­ ate Resolution 202, heretofore submitted by me, may be read 8.t tti6 desk The VICE PRESIDENT. Without objection, the clerk will read the resolution. The Chief Clerk read the resolution (S. Res. 202), s u b m itte d b y M r. K in g A p r il 16, 1926, as follows : Whereas it is claimed that the following statement contains some of the important facts relating to Haiti and its occupation by military forces of the United States and also some of the important occurrences following such occupation, together with facts relating to existing con­ ditions in Haiti, which said statement is as follows, to wit : That the people of Haiti achieved their political independence in 1804 and established a republican form of government, under which the Haitian people controlled their political affairs without interruption or interference from foreign powers until the military seizure and occu­ pation of Haiti by the United States on July 28, 1915, which occupation has continued to this day without the consent of the Haitian people ; That there was no sufficient reason for the American occupation of Haiti, the disturbances in said country being purely of an internal character and in no wise affecting the lives and liberty of Americans or other foreigners ; That after the seizure of Haiti the admiral in charge of the Ameri­ can forces of occupation declared martial law and took control of the Government of the Haitian Republic, interfering in the election of the President of Haiti in August, 1915, and exerting military pressure «and other influence, which resulted in the election of Dartiguenave as President of H aiti ; That the United States presented to said Dartiguenave and to the National Assembly of Haiti, consisting of two legislative bodies pro- 4475—3068 3 vlded in the constitution of Haiti, a proposed convention giving to the United States control of the revenues, police, public works, and sanitary administration of Haiti, which convention the national assembly was unwilling to ratify, whereupon the admiral in command of said Ameri­ can forces cut off the salaries of the opposing members of the assembly and announced that if the tendered treaty was not ratified the United States “ has the intention to retain control of Haiti until the desired end is accomplished, and that it will forthwith prôceed with the com­ plete pacification of Haiti,” under pressure of which threat the national assembly accepted sucli convention, which had been signed on the 16th day of September, 1915 ; That a new National Assembly of Haiti was elected in 1916, and upon the convening of the same the United States presented to said assembly a proposed new constitution for Haiti, whereby the provisions of the then Haitian constitution which forbade foreigners and foreign cor­ porations from owning Haitian lands were substituted by provisions which authorized the holding of Haitian lands by foreigners and foreign corporations, and made other changes in the constitution, all of which, and particularly the provisions permitting the holding of lands by for! eigners, were not acceptable to the National Assembly of Haiti, which refused to accept such new constitution, whereupon the military forces of the United States summarily and arbitrarily dissolved the national assembly, took forcible possession of the legislative chambers, and locked the same against members of the assembly, and when the houses of the assembly met in other places they were summarily and forcibly dis­ persed by American m ilita ry power ; That thereupon an election was called for the alleged purpose of having said new constitution submitted to the people for ratification ; that there was in fact no election or true expression of the people; that a few votes were cast under the supervision and control of the military forces of the United States and conditions and circumstances which clearly indicated that the wishes of the people of Haiti were not expressed and that said new constitution was not in fact ratified by the people ; That upon the dissolution of said national assembly said Dar- tiguenaye, by dictatorial decree, set up a so-called council of state, appointing all the members thereof, which was an extraconstitutional and illegal body and w hich usurped and attem pted to take over and exercise the legislative powers of the National Assembly of Haiti, and it has continued from that time until the present to exercise said usurpatory authority in defiance of the will and desire of the people of Haiti ; That the term of office of said Dartiguenave expired August 12, 1922, and thereupon, as it is claimed, the United States selected Louis Borno to be his successor ; that said council of state had no power or authority to act in the premises, but the members of said illegal organization, with the support and under the direction of the American military occupation, pretended to elect as President of Haiti said Louis Borno, although said Borno was not eligible for the Presidency of the Haitian Republic because he is not a son of a Haitian citizen, as prescribed by the constitution of Haiti ; That under the new constitution of Haiti, as well as the void and unratified constitution, the two legislative bodies of the Haitian Government were empowered to meet as a national assembly and to elect, at the time designated in said old constitution as well as tat the time provided in said new constitution, the President of