| Show I Santo Dorn the Mulatto Republic recent determination of ot tho United States to assume tem temporary control of ot iho tho of ot the tho Dominican republic moro mor brings that restless West Indian government Into public n It has hu been apparent for some that affairs In the tho republic havo reached ix II critical stage Its chief dim wily tully eliminating iho over cIer present to revolutionize at nt the tho slight lIght tit t pretext seems seema to be bo a II wonderful to set ret Into debt a II corre carre Ity to get et out again The national debt of ot tho tiny mulatto public now nol amounts to the He bIt total of ot 3 which In con of ot tho comparatively t figur cut by Santo Domingo 10 the of ot western nations I alto too grent That has been I eon jh th opinion of ot Its Iti Impatient creditors w tor a lon loor time more than limn ono of ot Ihm um hat hai protested that thol Bomo Romo Bettle nUl should hoUld be effected Some Home of ot them v n declared their willingness s to i 11 receivership promising to 10 H up 10 airs of ot the Improvident c with amazing celerity uch a proposition from rom a II foreign I t n L has shown a are ro We of in the tho selection her ot th i B the United not be I l Nl by t or hi the Monroe would I In Ant 1 al the n mere ue If It lly la any y adjusting dJu to bo done llano It U l the te tt of o tho United to do It hale been There does not seem to t 1 objection lo to molt out U Ot the difficult H Il l li Is Ind i tory to tho foreen credo cred themselves litre 0 rn K over tho Ihal they tried nt onCe to borrow IMar 1 I In t tho on the of oC It I out of ot Ita t Praise Irthy I i U It will m bc be Sl Statu preliminary t to ary first step for tor tho Unit l tho to 10 ft et When Wilen the I e American merican S No tl 10 taka Charge ot th the lon t U I y B Its oh MI R nut attention 0 to re al i II th h that tIll proposition seems to t b make makee behaVe tl p When tha t In be tre e fB to the dual dusky y It th they rp Ume their P na al by that v u Une fi U Il o ot the i they ty mn ilia B Bof DO of ot M 15 thrift meth methi b te 10 walk alk i that they w will i t In theIr tr It I eer t n are I thai th republic 11 tH of lit tho greater uc lf i to 1871 they loy t ott tt t I Bt 8 i elves to toot ot a closer honor hut connection firmly It Is not I TO HARBOR OF SANTO DOMINGO FV M r X H m H W J k i tilli that nt at tho termination of or it Its good Iho tho States would refuse to accept Hamani buy bay an 1111 u II sta station tn tion Tho presence of o un at nt would be u I whole sonio check to the tho passion for or tion which to possess tha tho ot the Island The Tha Island on which the tho republic of ot Santo Domingo Is established IH III next to Cuba th of ot tho West OM thIrd of ot area In II to tho Iho republic of ot and the remainder Sinto Domingo These con contiguous on tI uro often confused hut they ore aro Quite dissimilar In tn mont The Dominicans lire are much refined and circumspect In their ways than their neighbor and lire are lees addicted to actual bloodshed In their periodical revolutions They 1110 for tor tho most art ot and negro origin The few Cew families havo not nol Intermingled with tho prevailing type hpe constitute the tho aristocracy of II the republic hold hoM loftily aloof aloot from rom their less fortunate l In Us proper sense Is I unknown The parish priest have havo a fen rO of ot nil 1111 elementary el m character which are under the supervision of slaters and lay la brothers of ot th mendicant orders These Tholo are entirely Insufficient ore nu not well patronized I ze l The Tho av average Dominican has not y yel t awakened to necessity of or adding to tho knowledge with which nature has hI en endowed dowed him The mulatto population numbering at least t halt a 1 million Is IN INnot not Inclined to ba be quarrelsome omo but trouble Is fomented omen tell by al trick tricksters aler who aro trying try constantly to ob tain an nn opportunity to loot the public treasury The fhe people are for Cor the tho most mOlt part and ond patient submit submitting ting to continual IIII and nn official peculation with remarkable good nature Tha president of or the republic In practically A 1 dictator At A often otten as lulls hi convenience he submits to an election eJection and he Is careful to havo It occur at nt u 1 when there Is no well organized opposition The fhe general system of o gov government ov emment U III copied after atter that of tho Officials are plentiful and the national revenues from to maintain annual ex expenditure Add to this IhlA the fact that a 11 larK large proportion of or the Ih legally bio ble revenue never lI er the notional and tho rail of or Santo Do no Domingo I mingo bankruptcy become apparent With a I population of oC C about I that of ot the kUte tatt of ot Now New NewYork York and In n area of square quare miles about that ot f the tho Em plia Santo Hanto Domingo I I III divided Into twel e province This mean mn twelve wele l governors governor each with hi hilt and retinue There are nine allO minor communal government and moro mora than sixty alcalde each entitled to a company of ot soldiers and numerous underlings Tho annual revenue Is the tho military establishment Including the navy a year All the are the Appointees appointee of ot the president and the tho I II rom com composed posed of ot men mn friendly lo to his hlo from rom the tho Kit tho chief object of at each administration has hall hern to mulct tho people nf the larg t 1 r s l I bio blo amount before a 1 revolution about a out a n new nel division of ot tho spoils Un Under der the o circumstance ha hal tho chief c business bulnes of at the tho re 10 republic public and all other and equally Important Interests have been Agricultural tural commercial pursuits have BO 10 greatly from thu th of ot lh th and lack hIck of ot encourage mu tl III it they at n I f Domingo U I the garden of ot the we strut Nature has hils given It A AMil soil Mil adapted 1 to a 11 wider range of ot prod u UI i i than ran can be he found In any corre corro ling area In the th Weil Wel Indies The fhe list in 18 R II long one Including cocoa to tobacco bacco all kind of at tropical fruit ugar cane 1111 coffee COrrell rubber and many other valuable things thing In the Interior mountainous region forests of at mahogany any and II nIl other timber abound Tho whole country I In III a n state of ot constant verdure and thermal fluctuations RIO are almost unknown The const region have been reputed to be unhealthy hut more recent lerm to es IS establish the fact 11 that they are not es ea especially no 10 Freed from 1 financial and directed In the w WIY y which lead toward development there 1 I no why Santo Domingo should lag Jail lagl l her hor ulster republics General Clarion F I Morale Morales present of ot the Dominican government has ha had an nn eventful career carer He II was born In un at lit Plata on the north Rille of ot the Island l land HIM parent wore in good lood circumstances hi father ather being n 1 prosperous merchant After a I education at lit home he wa WI sent to III n 1 theological seminary at nt Santo J ell hi lither father having an ecclesiastical career for tor hi non lIOn In Inthe Inthe the course of ot time Um he be wan ordained to the th and to a II parish pariah After Att n 1 trial of o eight yearn eull the young man became convinced that thai he h had made natla a ft mistake In hi vocation and re renounced reM the He U noon t be e editor of ot a 14 newspaper r which wa a athe the organ orran opposed to the gov government ov and wan 10 o carles In hi hili ex of or that he ht wa WI od and thrown Into Inlo prison He lIe nar narrowly TOly pc p ped d with hlo hla life lICe being con condemned to be shot hot During the next few ew year Hr Morale Moral lived a lit of ot alternate revolt and exile The moment a new dictator In reaching the presidency the young man began be an to foment revolution He JIe waa wa elected to 10 the Dominican during the Incumbency of ot and wa WU governor of oC the province of ot LA IA Ilala during the arlt day of or President dent Wo Woe y Oil all Lt year he headed a movement to 10 out oust both of ot theM Do Dominican and when he nd hi friend had driven them thern from the country he ht control He has hUI a for an to tobe tobe be held next June and anel he ho hili little rea reason son to fear the outcome General Mo Mora Moral ra ral lot I a tall lall And decidedly good look looking lookIng ing man with an 1111 Intelligent face and nd a ain in nt in m or He I III married II tJ th f I of tw hi children n WILLIAM WILLIA K LANK LANE |
