Word: haiti
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Only one pitfall still lay in General Russell's path: confirmation of his nomination by the Senate. Failure to gain that approval would be only indirectly the result of his failure to get to France. He did not get there because he was chafing in hot Haiti, trying to do an almost impossible job for the U. S. State Department. That job called for: 1) the liquidation of Haiti's external debt of $24,000,000, owed chiefly to France; 2) the preparation of Haiti's 90% illiterate population for self-government; 3) keeping the peace between...
...spite of his years John Henry plays tennis, a cautious, slicing game. Sometimes the ball bounces far to the right, sometimes far to the left, and again most unexpectedly it may rebound into his own court. John Henry used similar tactics with Haiti's scheming politicians. To avoid even the appearance of militarism he wore civilian clothes. Through tall, thin, cafe-au-lait Louis Borno, John Henry kept tight rein on all Haitian legislation. Under him Haiti's internal and external debt was reduced to $14,000,000. He established eleven hospitals, 139 rural clinics to treat malaria...
Ecuador. At Callao, Peru, Secretary Hull and party boarded the sleek, sumptuous Grace Liner Santa Barbara. So did the Pan-American delegations of Nicaragua, Haiti. Salvador, Mexico, Guatemala. Off La Libertad, Ecuador the Santa Barbara with her load of diplomacy stopped briefly, but not long enough for Secretary Hull to pay even a flying visit to the Capital. However, a boatload of welcoming Ecuadorian officials scrambled aboard, were treated to food & oratory at Secretary Hull's expense...
...deplore the landing of U. S. Marines in Nicaragua, the U. S. military occupation of Haiti. I will not send troops to Cuba under any circumstances, believing that the responsibility for preserving law and order in Cuba should be shared by all American Governments alike. I invite them to exert diplomatic pressure at once to settle the turbulent state of Cuban political affairs...
Honorary Consul General from Haiti...