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Show oo ORDER WARSHIPS TOSAHTGOOMINGO WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. The cnb-inet cnb-inet decided today that tho situation in Santo Domingo will be such, ns tho result of tho assassination of President Caceres, to make It expedient expedi-ent for tho United States to have an available force thero to moot any demands de-mands for the protection of American lhes nnd property and to insure the maintenance of order. No American Warship was within hundreds of miles of Santo Domingo, but as soon as the decision of tne cablnot was communicated to Admiral Ad-miral Wnlnwrlght, chief of operations, he sent orders by wireless to the com-mnnder-in-chlof of tho Atlantic fleet, directing him to dispatch the two big armoreJ cruisers Washington and North Carolina to Hampton Roads. No one at the navy dopartmont knew tho oxact location of tho Atlantic fleet, which was conducting a search problem bomewhero off the Maryland and Virginia coasts. But precisely eleven minutes from the tlmo ho had' sent (ho order, Ad- i mlral Walnwrlght bad beforo him an answer from the fleet commander, M stating that the two big ships were on M their way to the Roads, whero they M arrived within a fow hours .Mr Russell, the American minister jH to Santo Domingo, who was ordered j yesterday to procoed to Guantanamo H and there embark on the gunboat IH Wheeling for Santo Domingo, was di- jH rectcd by the state department to IH take passage on itio cruiser Washing- H ton, "which wjl bo accompanied by iH the North Carolina. He should arrlvq H In Santo Domingo within four days. H There Is nothing on the surface to H Indicate danger or serious trouble in jH Santo Domingo, hut tho decision to IH send this powerful naval force to tho iH Island was Inspired by a desire to re- H Hove any other nation from any ap- JH prohenslon as to the safety of Its cltl- H zens or their property. IH Incldontally the Dominicans will ha jH given to understand that the Wash- M ington government feels that tho obll- JA gatlon It has assumed under tho M treaty to administer the finances of IH the republic warrants It In requiring IH a strict observance of tho terms of IH the Dominican constitution In tho IH election of a president. jH |