•Haiti: A Degenerating Island 



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BOYS OF SANTO DOMINGO 



than zvas really hoped for. The collection 

 of practically the only revenue of the Re- 

 public which comes from a tax on its 

 exports and imports is thus separated 

 from political manipulation and pecula- 

 tion and the receipts are divided into 

 two parts, 45 per cent of which is allotted 

 for the expenses of the government, 

 while the remainder goes into a sinking 

 fund to cancel the obligations for all 

 claimants who hold its certificates of in- 

 debtedness. The result thus far is to give 

 into the public treasury from the smaller 

 portion of its income a greater amount 

 of money than has ever been received 

 heretofore from the whole revenue of 

 the Republic. We may well consider 

 if this part of our duty as an elder brother, 

 which we owe to our small sister re- 

 publics on the American continent, is 

 not of more benefit to ourselves, to say 

 nothing of our moral obligations, than 

 would be a resort to physical force, which 

 we might be led to use in order to pro- 



tect the principles of the Monroe Doc- 

 trine, which is the basis of our political 

 power. 



the; remains of columbus said to be 

 at santo domingo 



One achievement of which the Domin- 

 ican people are very proud is that of still 

 retaining within their borders all that 

 remains of the illustrious discoverer of 

 America. 



These remains were sent from Val- 

 ladolid, Spain, after the death of Colum- 

 bus, to the land he discovered, and de- 

 posited in the cathedral at Santo Do- 

 mingo City. When the island passed 

 under French control, in 1795, a frigate 

 was sent from Havana to remove to that 

 city the body of the great Captain. The 

 officials, finding a vault under the pave- 

 ment of the Cathedral, thought a person 

 of no less rank than Columbus could 

 be buried within, but they failed to make 

 such an examination as would insure 



