Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-08-06 | Page 1 | Bobo Troops Agree to Lay down Arms

BOBO TROOPS AGREE TO UY DOW! ARMS Hopes for Peaceful Settlement Settle-ment of Haitian Disturbance Disturb-ance Brightened. WASHINGTON, Aupr. 5. Hopes for a peaceful settlement of the disturbances In Hulti wer. fcviKhtwied today by receipt of a mesBflRe from Rear Admiral Caper-toiu Caper-toiu commanding the American navaJ forces at Port au Prince and Cape Ifaitien. announcing that, troops of Re-solvo Re-solvo Bolio. leader of the .uccesful revolution, revo-lution, would di?ai in on their arrival at the capital. (Iineral Bow's men are ro-ported ro-ported en route from Cape Halt ten to Port au Prince, and should arrive there In six days. ' Tne following- abstract of Admiral Caperton's report was given out: General Blot left Cape HaHien for Knnto iJomlnso on the morning of the , 4th instant. The troops of General j Bo bo have met w 1 1 h no further r e -aiian..e in the north of Haiti and Bobo's troops are said to be marching march-ing to I'ort au Prince, where they I will probably arrive in about sir riavg. Of nci al Bono's reprepentativps have promised tnat his troops will disarm upon arrival at Port au Prince. Although Cap Haitien is quiet, outbreaks out-breaks are reported at Petitsroabe. j Mirapoave and Jacinel. The Haitian committee at Port au Prim e has telegraphed tele-graphed the authorities at these places directing them to maltain order, and Admiral Caperton Is of the opinion that the order of the committee will be effective. General Blot commanded the military forces of the government overthrown with the assassination of President Guil-Iaume, Guil-Iaume, and news dispatches from Port au Prince to-lay sa id the national assembly was awaiting word from General Bobo as to whether he desired the presidency. Assurances As-surances tliat his army will disarm upon its arrival at the capital are thought tt indicate that there will be. no lurther fighting and that the revolutionists wil'. establish a government. Earlier advices from Admiral Caperton i said warning shots fired by the survey vacht Ingle at Cape Haitien had kept the revolutionists out of that city. Only a small force of marines whs on duty ashore and a warning was sent that any i attempt to enter the town would be met j by the guns of the American warBhips. I The battleship Connecticut now Is off the port with additional marines. j FORT AT PRINCE. Haiti. Aug. 5. j The American forces from the battleship' Connecticut huve occupied, without striking strik-ing a blow, tiie national fort which dominates domi-nates the town. A proclamation has been posted In all quarters, signed by the president presi-dent of the revolutionary committee, protesting pro-testing against the misuse of fore against a friendly people. i