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Show U. S. Moves to End HaiiianffiaEIhEeat Dominican Republic Accused of Slaughter of 3000 to 5000 Fanners in Dispute WASHINGTON. Nor. (INS) The United States today warned that the Dominican republic and Haiti should settle the crisis precipitated by alleged slaughter of several thousand Haitian sugar cane workers through pacific means or the United States might have to take the matter In Its own hands. WASHINGTON. Nov. (UP) The Haitian government possesses irrefutable evidence that from 3000 to 6000 of its nationals have been slaughtered on the Dominican republic re-public side of the border since early October. Haitian Foreign Minister Georges N. Leger told the United Press in an interview today. Arriving here for a series of conferences con-ferences with government officials, including President Roosevelt and Acting Secretary of Stats Sumner Welles, Leger denied Dominican reports re-ports which minimised the incident and blamed the killing of Haitians on Dominican farmers who said Haitians had "illegally occupied" Dominican land. Leger charged that Haitian refugees refu-gees who escaped across the border into Haiti bore rifle wounds. 'The Dominican farmers are not armed." Leger said, "and we know that the Dominican guardia and Dominican soldiers attacked the Haitians. "Naturally It is difficult becsuse of the remoteness of the region end because ail the killings occurred on (CoatftuMS os PM Two Column Eight) II. S. MAY ACT i IN HAMSlt (Continued from P.ee On. the Dominican side of the bord. to obtain completely accurate in formation regarding the actui number of Haitians wounded an killed" Leger (aid. "but the be; available Information Is that th casualties run between 1000 an SOTO" ; Dominican Minister Andrea Pa torlta Issued a prepared atatr ' I here last night fliimi"."r I incident as of "minor"?' 'mu and asserting that it wale 'The Haitian government consider such an incident aa vhu closed antil an investigation ha. beeneconcluded, responsibility fixei and reparations satisfactory aa pos aible under such circumstance made." Leger said. 'The Dominical government has promised to maki such an investigation, but this in vestigation has not been proceeding in a very satisfactory manner." So concerned was the - Unitec States over the possibility of oper hostilities between Haiti and ttu Dominican republic that Henr Norweb. American minister to thf Dominican republic, was rushei back to his post from Havana t icwil at first hand to rieaidnii Roosevelt and the state department Norweb had been attending the inter-American radio conference a Havana. ' The statement by fastonza in- j sinuated that the United States wa taking more than usual interest ir what he termed purely loca ( clashes. Couched In sarcasm. Pas- j toriza's statement expressed "gratti- i fication for the interest with which the government of the United State? is considering this small incident." . He expressed the hope that this government would be "animated b the same spirit of solidarity anc justice" in granting a revision of j the Dominican-American financia' ; convention of 1924 under which the United States supervises customs. collections in the Dominican republic repub-lic to guarantee payment of Dominican Do-minican bonds sold in this country. "This instrument places limitations limita-tions on the economic sovereignly of the Dominican republic and creates cre-ates thereby a situation not entirely in accord with the spirit which animated ani-mated the Buenos Aires conference and contrary to the noble purpose that inspired the reforms to th treaty between the United Statea and Panama, the abrogation of tha Piatt amendment in Cuba and other highly commendable measures of the 'good neighbor policy,' " Pas-toriza Pas-toriza said. He asserted that the Dominican government considers the Haitian-Dominican Haitian-Dominican borders a closed inci dent. The Dominican government, has not moved and will not move . any troops toward the border, ha ' said. |