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Show 1 1SIE MIES I THE HAITIAN TREATY ji Jnder Terms of Convention i. U. S. Assumes Protectorate Protecto-rate Over Islands. )1 , Rebellions are over JT OU iereafter Natives Will Be oi Compelled to Work In-' In-' stead of Fight. r r WASHINGTON, Feb. S. The sou-n sou-n j te late todav unanimously ratified the j, roaty with Haiti, under which the - n"nited States assume a protectorate al jlVer t,lc turbulent island republic, tidc- C hk over coul rol of its f innncos and o lolii-f, yuaranteeiuy its territorial in-ef in-ef M pgritj and undertaking to develop its 2; csourees. The treaty already has been ,y lnpproved by the Haitian congress and ' Lr8 teriJls virtually are in operation un-tl un-tl sr?pr 'ne .ve ot a strong American ma-b ma-b rine expedition. - li Tli i? treaty wab negotiated last year darit h 1 lie i 'A rtipuenave government, cx up after marinas and bluejackets, Winder Rar Admiral Oaperton, bad put Vi jlpwn the revolution wnieh overt hnnv i rJBesident Vilbrun Guillaume. During the e pnn et-edi ng few years, Haiti had soon O'igli presided ts deposed ami most pf Z r'h''m murdered or exiled. Guillaume r thiVHS rlr;iS0l from the French legation i toi111'' killed. The possibility of Euro- - cfa,r;n intervention to proteet foreign hiflyes and property and insure the pay- hsrnt of foreign loans was being dis- msM-d when the American forces took '- I3h:trgf of affairs on the island, i Pn .Articles of Convention. yl The principal articles of the couven- ro5 American supervision of finances : Bnd the collection of customs. 1 Px American supervision of the payment Jtf the public debt, inquiry into the mjaliditv of existing debts and regula-anon regula-anon of the contracting ot future debts. CuJ I'olicing of the republic by a native nofcons tabulary, officered for tlie present attm- Americans. .5 intervention by the Tnited States if necessary to preserve order and for gattuaranteeing territorial integrity and ( iamlependence. md Development of Haitian resources un-!i un-!i '2er American auspices. f;M Jr is set forth particularly that the 'j''uited States shall, by its good offices, flyind the Haitian government in proper feefwid efficienr development of its agri-altnltural, agri-altnltural, mineral and commercial re-ror4ouroe re-ror4ouroe and in establishment of the fi-lnarances fi-lnarances of the republic on a solid basis. DVill Appoint Receiver. When formal ratifications have been pxchanged the president of Haiti will mpoint, upon nomination by the presi-Ajfint presi-Ajfint of the United States, a general re-fa re-fa vjpnver and such employees as may be fl'?ioP3Wirv, who shall collect, receive and of apply customs duties on imports and it.-i, Exports accruing at Haitian ports. inovThere also will be appointed, on recom-Misaaendation recom-Misaaendation of President Wilson, a fi-iK fi-iK i;naneial adviser, who will be an officer . attached to the ministry of finance, to Rmd aid to that department of the government. gov-ernment. He will advise as to an ade-tojqnate ade-tojqnate system of public accounting, aid trfin increasing the revenues and adjusting adjust-ing them to public expense, inquire in-Vjto in-Vjto validity of the debts of the republic, Jjkeep both governments informed with preference to eventual debts, recommend ""jiinproved methods of collection and dis-a dis-a ibursement of revenues and recommend thjsuch other improvements as mav be for Me welfare and prosperity of lH"aiti. Preserve Peace. L Another provision is that Haiti shall hot increase its public debt except by Mmrevious agreement with the United asejritates, and unless ordinary resources willl01 the government are inadequate to jn J pay interest and provide a sinking fund 31 3or final discharge of such debt. Haiti mnobIigates itself, for the preservation of domestic peace, to create a constabulary, constabu-lary, which shall be organized and officered of-ficered bv Americans, and agrees not to surrender any territory by Eale, lease or otherwise to any foreign government, govern-ment, or to enter into any compact with any foreign power that would tend to impair independence of the republic. |