Show santo domingo troubles u 9 V gen caceres vice president of santo domingo la at the head of the pollyl cal party in control of the govern ment which has forced president morales to flee rom the capital the cabinet issued a proclamation ele bating caceres to the office of dent SENATE IN PECULIAR POSITION united states government embar by recent uprising to ratify the treaty with the gov eminent of santo domingo and then to have the messenger boy carrying the glad news return with a report that the government has left for parts unknown and that another party Is in possession is a program which Is not likely to commend itself to the senate according to one report from the troubled island president morales Is in jail other reports represent him as a fugitive but whether by land or sea Is uncertain for practical pur poses he Is up in the air meanwhile the american custom house agents are continuing to collect the duties band neither of the contesting factions Is drawing from the revenues of the ports the sinews of war as usually happens in such cases the party in power aas no objections to otter when the foreigner pays the tax but when the foreigner collects it and still worse turns it over to the foreign creditor the dominican officeholder or office seeker asks the use of tree dom under the old regime it would be the foreigner who woud wonder it does not seem likely that cynt dynt morales has been able to save enough money to take a trip to europe for his health but it is certainly un kind in him to leave just when a let ter from washington might be expect ed the senate will hardly think it dignified to attach to the ratification of the treaty a that the gov I 1 of santo do bingo stay in one place long enough t be found when wanted it would be putting the american officials who are working for the dominican government in an awkward predicament if they were to be left in ignorance whether their reports were to be addressed to the capital the jail or the mountain camp of the rebels imagine a custom house boffl asking tor the president and re belving the that the police were on his trail and were ex pecked to bring him in at any mo ment and yet that is substantially the situation represented by the dispatches the government deposes I 1 GOT perez perez leads a revolt the president decides to join the revolt himself and have a little excitement the government troops go out in pur suit of the president to make him come back and lead them against the rebels all that Is needed Is a dutch comedian and a bunch of chorus girls to make a comic opera out of the whole business but where does the cenate fit into the librettos 7 chicago tribune president carlos F morales of sa to domingo who Is reported to have fled from his capital and to be a fugitive from the wrath of the revola Is a product of one of the many revolutions peculiar to latin america he Is not yet 40 was born at porto plata in the island was educated tor a arlest and tor eight years followed tbt calling he then turned his attention to politics of his disturbed country served under aad gil and on two occasions was exiled for plot ting against the government he had participated in six unsuccessful revo when in october 1903 he led an attack on the then president gil and being successful de dared himself dl and later president he claims to be friendly to the united stata but has always resented the interference of this country in the affairs of the islands |