| Show I i 1 IIAYTI AND SAN DOMINGO 4 G lu i it I t1t I r refiner Will Remain Neutral I 1 I I War i if I Yt h 7 i k list the IdL4 if ivill flood AM In Ih t UItIfitt 1 r y V7 It W r Ostil I l I 11 I r Nw York April GTh I1orald il I f f Washington correspondent says i I I Haytl through her minister here 21 h y i I St Ledger has Informed the slate Ide I Pertinent of her Intention to rim ln I entirely neutral In case of war ben I I the United states and Spain sin i 01 I I I Domingo on the other hand has In 1 I Bin a led to this government that hei I I wishes lie with the American people a I I fund the will aid the United States In vr way possible even 10 hr OWn y cot by Parting with one of hr naval I I ve 1 Secretary Long says he kn6wa d nothing of the reported Acquisition by hi I this I government of un Island 1 In bam ana Hay which was to be a site for a I coaling station I I would be Imposslbla for this to I 4 ernment to take territory without g y t consent of Congress and In view of the v I action of the Senate rejecting the Lodge Ldg resolution for he pnha of the 11 I Dutch Woe t Indies ItTe I entto the I I I Mn that a treaty with I San 0 i Domingo for the cession of SamanaHav 0 I d would meet with 0 similar fate Hut In the cent of war the naval au a I thorltles I would I undoubtedly seize n 1 I i point In the West Indies possibly RAMAN RAMA-N na bay and employ It in it base of it 1 operations Ft Porto IMco This r I I could be done with the consent of Pan Domingo but that government would I probably object at least on the i our I face to Inch action In 1 order to prew herself from liability growing out of I violation of neutrality 11 Antlclpntinc that American men of ga tT 0 war cruising agfolnt Porto Rico will l it f t Id it coal Instructions were Pont some Say ago to the American consul at d St Thomas directing him to purchase I il aa trifuchbitummouyo1 at that point I a he 1 dscmtlon I f if < fcII 1 d This co I V is I now the pro perty of the United Stale RI and cannot therefore be obtalneil by I B pandlij101s The authorities Rr 1 i connnl that Denmark will not con t Ider I thai all a is Violatng Wl neu I 0 I oblglon hy permitting Amrlcon nulra I v easels to g1 their own coo In Filer I 10 prvnt any urlt I 1 urM 1 tn J have a number of lighters take the coot I out to American men Of War It neces I dory The authorities deeply regret the nc I lon of the Senate In rejecting I at this I time the proposition to purchase the i Danish I West Indies and they say It nnt I may haean Important I bearlmr upon i r the relations between the United > States I i and Denmark fix II the event tediStwates Y 1 Naturally Spain Is trying to work up a vt I II I the United Stat eg to t and It In xPected she will Use nl R r IS Thomas matter a the basis 1 of her In at Inulon 10 Confident that Great Hrltaln will re to main neutral lh authorities are making to no IImpllo purchase colin Jamaica 1 I 1 has been decided 10 abandon the er fort 10 1Ih coaling talon on 11 Swan And Nva Islands In tI III Hoyl mlhl object 10 the use of Na i vasm Island an a coaling station An Il attache of the 1VI location liE that i had a prior claim to the Inland and If the United H tates wr 10 I I use I a a coaling station his Say rernt 01 ment might lie liable ovr I h lhlc to Spain roe dm of Alre on the other unlld It Is I con tended by the authorities that NVa Cd I 1 Island 13 I I guano Island owned by a n Ame rIcan o I corporation and I thrtor 3I the property of the United States I |
