Word: haitianize
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...favorite generals whose support was needed. Little or nothing from the revenues went for productive purposes; they were all tied up to meet the loan payments. Thus, though the Government was able to meet the interest payments on its loans, it never had any money for administrative purposes. The Haitian Government was therefore constantly borrowing more money, and with each successive loan realizing less and less of the total amount of the flotation. The bonds were increasingly hard to sell, both in Haiti and abroad, and as the bankers knew that payment in full was a dim and distant prospect...
...National City Bank of New York was directly or indirectly involved in the railroad company. This second contract had many complicated features in connection with building the road, and also contained the provisions that there should be no diplomatic intervention. Trouble soon developed between the railroad and the Haitian Government. The latter threatened to selves property belonging to the railroad on the ground that the contract had not been fulfilled. The company requested intervention from the United States...
...were two revolutions in rapid succession, and the bank in high alarm asked the United States to send a warship, and quickly. But when this arrived the bank's chief concern proved to be the shipment to New York of gold belonging in whole or in part to the Haitian Government...
...justice, discussion is probably somewhat academic at present in view of the fact that marines are there now and should remain until 1936. As to the methods used to obtain control, there is sharper criticism, for until American plans were carried out funds were held up and the Haitian Government was left without means to pay salaries. The National Assembly, which refused to adopt a new constitution favorable to the Americans, was dissolved, and has never met since. A new constitution, granting the right to foreigners to hold property and containing various other features favorable to a continuance of American...
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...