TROUBLE IN HAYTI.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 37, 12 February 1904, Page 5

TROUBLE IN HAYTI.

i2£ESICA>- STZAiyrZB, ATTACKZD. « " 1 YaaSee Warsiip Despatches. ! Received 9.2 x.Ta.'t >TEvr YORK- rebniiiry 11. I affairs have reached a critical stage in San Domingo, rrnkh occupies the s aster: par* °i : ' n - r> island of r IsroL benreen Lub-.i and Porto "Ric-c. and b>. therefore, claimed to,* S:e flithin the American sphere of influ- ■ Triformation ka= bee" re-reived thai i fcsarffrnts attacked an American launch ! M killed the engineer ■:■: the vessel. An American cruiser ha_= been dcs- j tatdied to the scene of the outrage, md jiairai Wise, who is in command, is etsb discretion to use force if necessary to pnakh the offenders and mainbh Ameican interest;. Ti ! . population of San is esnmaied at ac-jut GIO.OOO. and includes i moderate number of negroes and onhttoes. but in the main i= a mixture cf Spanish, aborigines. Africans, and piritcs.~h.ose aniahjamiiiion ail possfo'e ■iiTs has resulted in a San D-omingan nee -hieh seems to be as bad as they make. There are a good many white c«ra!e of Spanish descent, but the mixed racs jonstittites an effective majority. lie pjreniment. while professing , to be UDobiican. is really a military dictatorship, zni the -truggle for power between contending leaders keeps the etmtry in continual turmoil, and pats Mc and propen/ m constant danger, Considerable fore, gu capital is invested n sia Domingo, requiring the residence oi Ammcan and European citizens to are far it. and the continual presence or siraiii!s to take c-are of them. There is a - ally a 'Tevoiution"' on hand, in *hieh ao principle whatever i≤ at stake, te serely tne control of the revenues et is eeraatiT. The methods of warisr? ire faarbarqps. and include indisvihmCM o: a , ! t-ithin reach. :-- "^--^^biF 5 ;;r - American Daper) :eeos~ ■•Proninion nuisance, ■which "3Et to be abated by somebody. iis ousstion i> becoming not the duty of the United M«es as a matter of protection to its atizens and of other natrons in the island, and even of hu■Dnity ro the ■sv-re r c-hed penple theni- ~^» y> put an end to anarchy and inS3= nnate fiahtingr in san IDoniins'O. *& compel the factions to keep tie to submit to -.he rule of the maJsntT. md administer the revenue? for °s osefit of the people.