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Show HE DISLIKES PORT-AU-PRINCE J Englishman Says the Haitian City Is 1 Noiay, Filthy and Dangeroue for Strangers. Passengers from Haiti on the Ham-burg Ham-burg American steamship Alblngla, who arrived In New York recently, declared de-clared that Port-au Prince and other cities on the Island were In a state of ( disorganization akin to revolution. According Ac-cording to W. A. Plaeler, an electrical engineer of Ixindon, who had been on the Island for six weeks, the city rf ; Port-au-Prince Is an exceptionally ; dangerous place for any person who ' values bla life. "There are only about 90,000 persons In Port au Prince," said ( Mr. Plarler, "and there Is more noise In that town than there Is In New York. The city Is filthy, and the pfg seems to be the household pet. There are hasty trials of offenders during the day, and the victims are sometimes buried when alive and unconscious. No one can tell who bas been burled I until the Identity of the victim becomes be-comes known through hla absence I from customary haunts. The soldiers i are supposed to receive 12 cents a week, but they seldom get their allow- t ance and depend almost wholly upon foraging for existence. Organization aeema to have disappeared, I saw a I general drilling six men with a sword. When 1 offered him a dollar for the I aword ho sold It eagerly and continued i drilling, substituting a piece of sugar- I cane for the aword " 1 |