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Show PRESIDENT OF HAITI ACCUSES I). S. MINISTER Executive Wants Congressional Congression-al Investigation of Civil Functionaries PORT AI PRINCES. Haiti. Nov IS-! -tBy the Associated Presi:) Presl- dent Dartlguenave. In a statement to-: da to correspondents, aeclared that' If Ainerlc.e deaireri the Haltien to : consider the Haltien-Amerlcan troatj 1 on a b.nsls of independence, it woald be necessary 10 hoi i o cdngresslonsvl j in "sIIku' ion th'- civil functionaries "Tho treaty.', the president said "ha-' been lolated and not carried out becnu..e Haiti has In en under the oppression of the'Arorlean minister and financial advisers. There is neet 1 of a minister, Wise Hnd rllghrenert. anri I believe an investigation would Clarify the situation. n RONX? 1I L R TIO . "The r.inlster and advirel have sent to Secretary Colby decrar'atknis al-, leged to have come from mej intend-1 inj fo infer that Haiti r. lid! Keepine,; her obligations." The burden of tjafi presidehl s complaint com-plaint was iini-ins't tbe civil administration; adminis-tration; as he declared the marine ad-: ministration, exeep. tor occasional lack of ludgment on the part Of Junior Officers, WQS good, 'there were faults, of occupation whb h could not be pre- ; vented, but of late there had been a) it s rabie improvement. The president mentioned no names. He expressed the firm belief that s- congressional Inquiry was necessary In order to amplify the testimony taken ; before the naval board 01 Inquiry. PHI PIDENT'S CH i:.i 1 The president charged ' When I protest against an agreement agree-ment relative to Halt Ion :vf fairs, which the minister attributes to the Haitian government, the state ibpirtment al-' ways declares that the Kaltlen govern, ment is wrong. The minister and ad-1 vlser hae caused much distress t,o Hottlcns. ' j Tho American minister. A. B. BlaneharcJ. to whom the .resident of j Haiti had reference declined to be seen j tonight |