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Show MORE TROUBLE IN HAYTI. , The National Guard Has Been Summoned Sum-moned to Arms. Tho news comes from Port nti l'rlneo. Haytl. that tho conlllct bo-tweon bo-tweon l'rosldcnt Nord nnd tho chamber cham-ber continues. A stnte of slcgo lias been proclnlmod, nnd tho national guard hns boon summoned to arms, Tho conflict Is apparently tho out-como out-como of the dlscovory somo months ago of alleged oxtenslvo frauds In tho Issuo of Hnytlen government securities. securi-ties. Tho amount Involved 1b about $2,000,000, nnd It was alleged that securities se-curities wcro fraudulently Issued with tho complicity of tho natlonnl banlts of Haytl. Tho president npolntcd n committee to probo tho mattor,. and tho minister of flnnnco, who was opposed op-posed to tho Investigation, resigned. President Nord vigorously denounced tho nttltudo of tho chambers nnd tho national bnnk as being hostllo to the. govornmont. Tho troops cheered the president, shouting, "Down with tho chambers." |
