HAITI DISTURBANCE.
PRESIDENT'S STORY.
EVIDENCE OF A CONSPIRACY. DEATH WITHOUT TRIAL. BY TELEGRAM—PREBS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT London, March 17. ■ President Aloxis, of the R-epublic of Haiti, with .a view to avoiding complications, has .issued, authority for thoso.whotook refuge at tho • Consulates (after thoarrost and fchooting of revolutionaries) to leavri Haiti. Ho claims to possess ' proofs that General 'Firmin (revolutionary leador) conspired to assassinate him (Aloxis) and jhiS' Ministers. Sinco • : tho outbreak twoAt-y-sovon con--1 spiratora, who w'ero all blacks, found' in pos session of firearms, woro executed without
Tho refugees include General Nadreau, commander at Port iu Prince ; (capital of Haiti), and- tho Chief . Justice of . Haiti. France has.refused to surrender the refugees. AMERICAN WARSHIPS. (Rec. March 18, 9.29 p.m.) new York, March 18; Tho' United States warships Des Moines arid'Eaglohavo'been ordered, to Haiti. ■ The Des- : Moines .is .a cruiser of • the, guh- • vessel class,' 3200-tons, speed 16.i5 knots, armed with ten 5-inch giins. It is not clear what the ■Eaglo- is. , The'naval Strength of the United States is now ill, the :Pacific. Possibly the Haitian disturbers of the peaco have noted that fact. ::
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 150, 19 March 1908, Page 7
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182HAITI DISTURBANCE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 150, 19 March 1908, Page 7
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