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With never a smile, Big Black President Louis Borno of Haiti last week handed correspondents a copy of a cablegram from Washington...
Shortly before he received President Hoover's cordial greeting apropos Haiti's Independence, President Borno had amiably observed to U. S. correspondents...
From 1915 to 1922, however, little was accomplished, for there was continual bickering and disagreement between the Haitian Government and the Americans. But in 1922 a new President, Borno, was elected. He proved very friendly to American plans. From then until the present time there has been more of less cooperation between the native Government and the American occupation...
...After disturbances a fortnight ago Haiti was last week quiescent. Political organizations asked President Hoover to supply U. S. supervision for the April elections, as was done last year in Nicaragua. Arrests were only for violation of the 9 p. m. curfew under martial law. President Borno's daughter Madeleine was ceremoniously taken to wife by Daniel Brun, architect. Additional Marines dispatched aboard the U. S. S. Wright were diverted to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, while the U. S. House of Representatives moved to give President Hoover the investigating commission he had asked for (TIME...
Last week's troubles originated with a strike in October of students at Damien Agricultural School, whose "bonus" allowances the government had reduced. Anti-Borno politicos seized upon this strike to spread the gospel of unrest through the canebrake country. A general strike began to gather momentum. At the Port-au-Prince customs house, under U. S. control, native employes rioted, broke office furniture and equipment, manhandled U. S. agents. A mob gathered before the National City Bank branch, jeered, threw rocks. Promptly the U. S. High Commissioner, Brig. General John Henry Russell of the Marine Corps, declared martial...