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Show USELESS SLAUGHTER. There does not seem to be much hope for lasting peace n the republic of Ha ti unless the Un ted States thor oijghly polices the sland long enough for the people to become educated in the wars of civihzat on The latest o tbreak wh ch seems to be marked k th great ferocity s only the cnlmi nat on of a long series of revolutions The! people are b mply unfit for self government Iko sooner is a nev man seated n the pres dential chair than other aspirants toi the honor rise up in rebel! on the pres dent in many m Stances be ng forced to take flight The strongest of the rebel- chiefs naturally takes the re ns of government and then all hands attack h m And so on ad anfimtum There are two turbulent republics on the island Ha ti and Santo Domingo It 3s the largest of the West India group with the except on of Cuba It was 4 scovered by Columbus m 149' and tie first European colony planted in ithe western hem sphere was on the east oast in 1496 the town of San Domingo S3pa n held the sland for a long tune fcut in 1600 the French began settling Sfhere and in 1697 by the treaty of IJyswick the western part comprising 'Hati, was ceded to France Most of the inhabitants were slaves In 1791 ran insurrection, resulted m revolut on, Indhe negroes led by Toussaint 'KL OuVerture established; a rejublie fjigTentciaUy Toussa nt became 2ictator jWver. the whole island. In lS02Bona $ario waged war against the republic ifee zed Toussa nt and carried him qff to Jrance The next year the negroes jfxpse and drove out the French and the JySpaniards soon rega ned the eastern JfOrtfon Of the island. anto Domingo 2$ecame an independent republic m 1844 sinte which time revolutions have been continuous The lnhabitaata of 6anto Domingo ,sre a mixed race of Spanish Indian and negro descent. In Haiti the in habitants have French blood in their veins The population of the whole island is something over " 000 000 two thirds of the people belonging to Haiti The soil is very fert le and a great part of the Island has dense forests of ma hogany cedar and logwood There are some minerals nclnding gold cop per iron and coal but the mines never have been worked to any extent the natives being too buy fighting to en gage m any legit mate enterprise Thev work enough to keep soul and body to getber and let it go at that At least that is the case with a majority ot them Only recently Bear Admiral Caperton was sent posthaste to Cape Haitian, which was then the scene of d sturb aaee The French had landed ma nes to protect the foreigners but they were withdrawn upon the arrival of the American warship this countrv being the natural guardian of Haiti as well as Santo Domingo Now comes news of an outbreak and wholesale slaughter at Port an Prince the cap tal and Bear Admiral Caperton has sa led th ther to protect the foreigners and ompose the situation By the tune everyth ng sim mers down in that local U there w 11 probablv be an upns ng n some other part of Haiti or the Dom means may conclude they have been escent too long and start someth ng Then Bear Admiral Caperton will hurry to the newest pe nt of danger There is no end to possibilities of this kind President Wilson n h s Mob le speech pledged th s country against ex panslon at the expense of its ne ghbors or any other nat ons n fact His words have been accepted at the r face vain all over the world At the same time it is not probable there would be any objection or susp cion of ultenor motives, upon the part of the Un ted States f this government should send Puns ton and his brigade to the island to keep the peace and allow the American soldiers to remain there unt 1 the na tives of both Santo Domingo and Haiti establish governments upon firm founda tions President W lson should make some recororoendat ons as to the proper ourse to pu sue n his forth om ng message to congress an 1 the law maVer? phould thoro thl nvest gat thahjtad h aoc f n A n n nn I t ha no autho t to keep them in orde Send ng of cru sers and nboats e e v no v aud then has not done a part e f good ex ept n the -sva of restor ng o der n the eapo ow af e ma cs ha e been sa fi ed and u h ope ty de'tro e The t ng e 1 affa rs of Cuba vere staghtenel out and a stable governn ent ass r d bj an arn j of o pat on sent o e there from the Ln ted States It s h gh y probable he same plan would g e the best of results f followed in Ha t and Santo Dom ngo |