Word: haitians
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Praise he gave to President Borno's administration; his report on the judicial system was less favorable, more revealing. "Trials by jury" he said, "are farcical. The jury is always opposed to the government. . . " The customs receipts had increased, he reported, under U. S. supervision. Meanwhile at the Haitian border, Negro gendarmes under the command of U. S. onetime marines, waited in vain to arrest U. S. Senator King who announced he would not try to enter the country over President Borno's ban (TIME, March...
...attitude of the Haitian government is justified by the following reasons...
...King has made himself in the United States the agent of the worst element of disorder in Haitian politics. His presence in Haiti would provoke a political agitation . . . the consequence of which would be disastrous to the population which now is accustomed to peace and labor...
Forwith, Secretary of State Kellogg, after a consultation with Haitian Minister Hannibal Price, cabled President Borno that his objections to Mr. King are an affront to the U. S. Senate and a discredit to Haiti. Perhaps, said Secretary Kellogg, Mr. King might lose his hostility if allowed to visit Haiti. Within an hour President Borno cabled back that under no circumstances would he allow Mr. King to land on his shores. "Mr. King's utterances," said the Negro President, "are a personal insult to me and to my people...
Meanwhile, Senator Henrik Shipstead, Farmer-Laborite from Minnesota, approached the Haitian shores. It is expected that he will be allowed to land, to conduct an unofficial investigation...