why the president fled from san domingo 4 4 SERIOUSLY WOUNDED washington dec 27 the navy 1 department has received a cable u gram from commander chambelis Cham beis ot the nashville dated at puerto t plata last night stating that ha had been informed from a govern ment that president morales bad been abbot and seriously wounded washington bee 27 tho state department part ment today by cable from san domingo advises advices which throw much needed light on the revolutionary disturbances reported from there yesterday thase were to the effect that the diplomatic corps had been notified by the dominican minister for foreign affairs general ajera that the president morales having abandoned the capital leaving the government without an acting head the cabinet had called upon the vice president general caceres to take charge pending the temporary failure of morales to exercise his functions the city of santo domingo was quiet and the cabinet officers were exercising their functions without interrupt alon president morales was reported to be at 10 or 12 miles from the capital among a band of revolutionists who were fighting there it was reported that the new gov emor appointed by the cabinet to replace governor perez who was dismissed by decree had been peacefully installed at puerto plata yesterdays advises advices were to the effect that perez had the town and was about to resist the cabinet with the expectation that he would be join cd by morales general caceres Is understood to be at puerto plata and as the clyde steamer cherokee with captain cotton the controller of customs aboard Is duo to reach that port today it Is understood that ha will take passage immediately for santo domingo city almost two days distant As the situation is understood here there has been no actual change in the dominant party in santo domingo as the result of morales abandonment the fact Is tho party known as horace has long controlled the cabinet and this cabinet in turn owing to the peculiarity of the dominican constitution has completely dominated the presidential office As morales was ambitious to conduct his own government be foil under suspicion of disloyalty to his party and also was suspected of intending to join the opposition or party finding himself without the party because the cabinet controlled the party morales anticipated removal by the party leaders and fled to the revolutionists with the intention of securing a force to reenter re enter the capital and drive out his enemies