The question of any cruelty or unnecessary killings has been conclusively disproven by the findings of a Court of Inquiry sent to Haiti, and which has recently published its findings. As to the withdrawal of the United States from Haiti—such a course would be a menace to the world and a sad neglect of duty by the United States. Any American acquainted with Haitian conditions will agree that the marines would scarcely have boarded the American ships before the entire country would be in a state of civil war, the lives and property of foreigners endangered, and the possibility of Haiti paying off her foreign debt would be lost.
As opposed to this prospect of revolution, we have a bright future for Haiti, if the United States remains. The country is naturally rich in its products and its soil, and labor is able to work for cheaper wages than elsewhere. This is a great incentive for American business to invest its capital, which means that the country will rapidly become rich again—as it once was in the French days. But unlike conditions in those days, the Haitian himself will share in the future development and wealth.
J. Dryden Kuser.
Bernardsville, New Jersey.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | Sargasso and Flying Fish | [11] |
| II | Cacos | [20] |
| III | Every Man's Land—A Bit of History | [38] |
| IV | Vaudoux | [52] |
| V | Public Education and Normil Charles | [63] |
| VI | The President | [74] |
| VII | A Morning Hunt | [77] |
| VIII | Pine Needles | [87] |
| IX | Cotton | [93] |
| X | Gourdes | [101] |