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Show UNITED STATES I! BE PEACE-MAKER MARINES EEING ASSEMBLED FOR POSSIELE SERVICE IN SAN DOMINGO AND HAITI. Revolutionists to Ee Given to Understand Under-stand That Uncle Sam Will Take a Hand Unless They Listen to Warnings Already Given. Washington. Seven hundred marines ma-rines on Monday were ordered Esseni-bled Esseni-bled at Guantanamo Cuba, to be held in readiness for service in revolution--torn Haiti and San Domingo. The navy department acted at the request of Secretary Bryan, who asked ask-ed that the fleet he prepared to deal with any emergency that might arise on the turbulent little island. The marines will be gathered from those now on duty in Mexican waters, and from the marine barracks in Philadelphia Phil-adelphia and Norfolk. At Guantanamo the force will be only a day's sail from the north coast of Haiti and San Domingo, and their proximity is expected to impress upon the revolutionaries the determination Df the American government to terminate term-inate their activities by forcible means unless they listen to the warnings already al-ready given. . The situation in San Domingo has come to be regarded as almost hopeless hope-less of a cure from within, while in Haiti conditions are little better. |