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Show VOLUNTEERS FOR THE FRONT. Embarrassing Mistake Made by a Vlaltor to Haytl. That tho character of tho frequent rovolutlnna In llnyll tends decidedly toward opera bmilfe la attested by a tory which hua rained currency In the navy department during tho lat week. It emanated from a man who bell, undo." ono of tho mushroom governments gov-ernments of Haytl, the punt of admiral of the llnytlan navy, tho aame otflro held by Admiral Kllllck, who la ro-ported ro-ported to have gono to the bottom with hla ship, the Cretoa-I'lerrot, when It waa sunk by tho Herman gunboat gun-boat 1'anthcr. Tho admiral waa standing In the doorway of a hotel In I'ort au l'rlnce In company with another American, who in familiar with llaytlan customs. cus-toms. Down tho main stroet came a band of negroes. They were Ignorant looking look-ing and seemed little Inclined to march ahead, but were forced klong against their wills by tho porsuaslve powers of long black whips In the bands of brilliantly uniformed persons, per-sons, evidently olllcers of tho Huytlan army. ."Who aro those convicts?" asked the admiral, turnliifj to his friend. The friend appeared surprised, for ho had Just finished talking of the revolution rev-olution reported to be raging outside Port au l'rlnce. "Why, no Indeed, they're nut convicts." he replied. "They are volunteers goiu to tho front." |