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Show prasii si;.;o;i i;o;v Former Haytlen Chief Executive Ex-ecutive Sails for Jamaica ' on Dutch Steamer. FIRMIN ADHERENTS CONTROL THE CAPITAL General Leconte, However. Is Approaching With a'. Formidable Army. rOBT ATJ rUHCH. Hayti. Aa . Osneral Aatolno Simon sailed laat algbt - -for aUngatoa, Jamaica, tho refage of Haytl'i fallen heroes aa tbe warship 17 Decern bra, which took Ha name front tha day hs waa nnaolmoualy ejected prsstdsnt of tb black republic, boomed a dall farewell. ; He follows" ia tko wake, of Nord Alexia, wheal he overthrew ia tha laat oath of 1908, aad ho leaves tho capital capi-tal ia tka posseetioa of Gen. Cineinnatua Leeoate, wham he had anvaa into exile with his dsposed chief, end Gen. Aa-tenor Aa-tenor Pirmin. a rival for the presidency, ., whom ho placated by Bending hint as minister to Cuba. 8o tha wheel has gone round. Nord Alexia ruled for aix years. Oa December Decem-ber a, lttua, Simon, then at the ami'nt of bia popularity, led aa overwhelming revolutionary array lata Port aa Pnneo aad waa everywhere proclaimed aa a savior of the country from tyranny. Ha appeared to have tke eottntry suited behind him. Nord Alexis, who had found safety oa tha trench srwser Ougnay Trouia, later boarded the German Ger-man steamer Harm a and proceeded to Kingston, whore, embittered against fca countrymen, he died la the sonar of 1910. To tbe but he refused to admit that ho could aaderetaad tbe hostility of tho people. Alas Died Sreksel Eaartad, "They always cheered mo when T appeared ap-peared la the streets," be waa wont to say mournfully, "and I have always labored la-bored for their good." With Simon dispeeed of atteatioa baa turned to hia sacceasor, and there is muck uneasiness regarding the f-'fure. General Leconte aad Oenerai frirwia both are avowed, candidates for toe presidency. Thev head nval revolutionary revolu-tionary armies. Neither leader has arrived ar-rived at the capital, but ttieif followers follow-ers are ia possession of the .city aud tho (iliag betwsea tha two parties is far -from friend Iv. ' Ths danger now is that neither general gen-eral will be disposed to retire in favor of the other and that literally ths issue is-sue must be fought out. Tho diplomatie corps is doing everything every-thing possible to avoid a conflict. Today To-day they held conference to decide l l committee of public safety astir factory to all factions, to whom ths security se-curity of tha capital may bo intrusted. Ths first committee chosen waa mads up squally of Leeoatista, Firministe aad aeutrals, twenty-one ia all. I nia was aot satisfactory to tho Firmiaiats aad a nsw committee ia which they had tba largest- representatioa was formed. Some-of the members refused to serve aad a third attempt to conciliate all parties waa necessary. Just aow ths followers of Firmia are ia the majority ia tko city, hot General Leconte, with a large army, ia approaching. Simon's Dspaitaia, Early last evsaing Simoa, aee ore- paaied by bis dsughter, Clementine, who has remained at his Bids since he left tko palace, aad a handful of followers, with their baggage, wers transferred from the Americas schooner Bradford C. French te the Dutch steamer Pnei Nsderlaadea and aa hoar later tka vessel ves-sel sailed for Kingston. Ag tho Teasel passed out of tke harbor, and Simoa bad what' may prove to bo hia last view of the capital, the three HajrUea warships gave him a parting salute. Tho sight passed with comparative calm. Oeeasioaally tke report of a ride ' was heard, but the lawless saas wers -.i pretty wall in eases. The German marines who sso landed land-ed from tke cruiser Bremen rsenaia on shore and ths Gorman minister has mada it known that hs will hold aa many armed men in tha city aa tha situation requires. - It la unlikely tkat aa attempt to eon-stitate eon-stitate n provisional government will be made until Leconte aad Firmiu sr-rivs. sr-rivs. . ' . . ' |