The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-02

Inside View of the SituatiOn-The Anuexn.
| ton scheme-An the Dominican Leaders
! Pledged 10 IL, Bacz, Pimental and Cabral-
The People Opposed Ia DispsemberiDg the
RepubIic, bur Fnvor ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ton from European Observation-Disclosures
ana Gayes, Huytien Leaders, also Favor
Annexation.
ST. DOMINGO, Nov. 10, 1868.
lisa curious fact that each OF The three leaders
who are III such emphatic opposition to each other
In The present triangular fight have in turn offered TO
cede the United States naval station at samaua.
Pmenta was the Provisional President in the
war Oh deliverance and after Spain had been driven
out OF every ieasueof territory except the fortified
areas OF Monu Cristi and ST. Domingo city, ne de-
spatcned Don Pablo Pujol to Washington 10 proner
gratis naval station al Samana. Mr.. seward would
not receive Pujo, would not recognize the restored
Dominican republic even rs q beligerent and would
not admit that Spain had violated any American
principle III ner act Of 'extinguishing al American
republic"
Cabral had shared with Pimenta the dangers
and suflcrngs Of the periIous ana terribly unequal
struggle with SPAN. lie Is the Putnam OF Domn-
eau history, Baez s Its Taeyrand but he e!l out
with Iineptal and entered the city or ST. pomiEso
when the Spanlars retired TO their ships and lett
with the title OF Protector. This power was resigned
In favor OF Baez 1865, but soon after CaDra ell
out with Bae2 as he had before done With fmehtal,
and after brief and bloodless struggle Bael retired
ana Cabral succeeded MN In Inc Presidency Oh the
Dominican republic.
Cabral was educated in England, as Baez was in
France, and, like nm, has strong European sympa-
thes. Stl, the e. ample of Pinentai and tue eXgen-
cieso MS SITUATION IS the mead OF an American state
induced nun 10 repeat the oer OIL SANTANA, made by
Ills predecessor, put at price. lie proposed
give McCieiaa site, which, with all the inval-
liable "AdcantaicS Gays includes league of
terra jrHa, and HE gem OF West India harbors. for
100000: or he would cede the entlre peninsula
and would IN eithe. case declare the bay neural
water.
heart tAat Denmark expected i0.oon,eJJ for st.
Danes that seward could not hesitate 70 give him the
preference and accept SANTANA.
When haez succeeded Cabral he declared against
'dlsmemberiDg the country 10y the sale OF Salana,h
and all his partisans began TO talk Oh annexation.
santiago, La Vega and Puerto Plata and iaIierly
seybo are loudly anxious for immediate, uncondl-
tlona anneAation,N bat are much less favorable To
the ceSson VI SANTANA.
THIS opposition CONES from ST. Thomas ana the
other European dependencies and II has an lntlm-
Pimental nave introduced, via Turks Island and Gu
racoa, handbniS protesting against 1.-The sale OF
SANTANA AID The dismemberment OF the Dominican
territory but declaring their wish To become
part OF the United States. They claim annexation
their peculiar plan; that they initiated the policy,
&C, But this is not the truth They offered to make
SANTANA q free ana nentrai port and to give tue
United States naval station: but 1t was the Baez-
istas who irst started the iaea OF annexation.
iiayIl Is following sglt IN both ways The west
end OF the island rejoiees In two governments-oue
regular, under Sanave who offer ST. Nicolas le
Mole Tor general naval stat,on and another rregu-
lar, under Sayet, who is ready To sell the United
States naval station at Cape Haytteu, or annex his
division of the lsiand-'at the choice OF General
Grantr-ior Siooo,ooo gold; but ne wi not put pen
to paper until the cash Is secure.
TO sum up the case IN lew words che whole of the
island may oe had for the 81 0O0 0oa that Caoral aud
MI. Seward agreed upon for Samana; but, after the
Alaska trade and the St Thomas hzzle, no bargain
can be made until Congress appropriates the money.
Whenever 1t hands over to President Grant the
means aud the authority to act he may dictate his
own terms. Cabrai, Pimental and Bael, VINO
never IN their whole career agreed any one
thing before. are all pledged to annexation. at the
same price OF s2,C0JU0y. lhi5 is the trath and
nothing but The truth,