Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-27

SAYS OF TINE SITUATION.
Mr.. NIB Walker has been a resident OF Hayti
for the greater portion of the past thirteen
wears. He has seen many revolutions and
changes Of government on that island. He was
at Port au Prince during the recent unhappy
difficulty which commenced on Corpus Christi
and was In progress at the time he left to come
to this country on the night Of the lat of June.
Mr.. Walker Is spending few days in this city
and last night he talked interestingly to q
STAR reporter.
lit is not right" said he, ito attempt to
beiittle the movement against Hyppolite. To
say that the occurrences which took place dur
ing the last four days was in Port au Prince
were the result of a mild riot which was
quickly suppressed. is either to wilfully mis-
represent the condition Of affairs or to confess
the utmost ignorance Of them. For long
time the feeling against Hyppolite has been
growing. He has never been q fayorite with
the better class of the people, the educated
class. for he Is not a man of any particular
education or refinement himself. In the revolu-
ton which ended in the overthrow Of Legitime
and the placing o; Hyppolite in power, the
battles OF the latter were won by Gen. Mont
plant 80 that the president has not even the
halo OF military glory to surround him.
AT CORPUS CHRISTI.
THE elimination Of the discontent was on
Corpus Christi. Hyppolite and his guard had
gone to church and during the service an
aide came in and whispered something to him.
The appearance of the aide naturally caused
stir among the congregation. but as Hyppolite
waived him away and he retired there was no
commotion then Slowly another aide and
then another entered the church and held
whispered communication with the president,
and the congregation became greatly alarmed.
They knew something had happened, but Of
course. were ignorant Of the exact facts.
Women screamed and tainted and began to
leave the church. Finally Hyppolite aud his
escort left tine church and then it was known
that the insurgents had seized the arsenal.
Hyppolite and his guard went through the
streets and ordered all the houses to throw
open their doors. This to search for Gen.
sully. who is at the head of the uprising and
whom they vainly tried to capture.
CASE OF BRUTALITY.
"To show the brutality Of Hyppolite want
to mention the case of NJ. Regaud. He was Of
French extraction and had claimed the protec-
ton of the French government which had
recognized his claim. The Haytian govern
ment, however, disputed his right to shield
himself under the flag of France and his
status was in dispute. As the president and
his guards were riding by the house of Eegaud
the latter and his wife and a young nephew
were sitting ON the veranla. Kegaud did not
get up aud cry 'vive lie president, but remained
seated while the cavalcade passed. Hyppolite
called an aide and. pointing to Begaud. said,
Take him out and shoot him The aide went back
to Regauds house and told him that the presi-
dcut wanted TO speak to him. He professed his
Willingness to go. but his wife, probably having
that feminine instinct of danger which comes
10 true woman. begged that he would not
leave his house a: that time. He went with the
aide. however. and after they had gone two or
three block the aide said 10 Regaud: You re-
main here and 1 will be back in few mo-
ments. lie left Regaud, and Immediately
file of soldiers shot HIM dead.
shortly after kegaud had left his house the
young nephew told his aunt, in order to quiet
her fears. that he would go and see that no
harm came to his uncle. He started and
rived at the spot Just in time to see his uncle
fall dead. pierced by the bullets of the SOL
diers. lie turned back toward the house. and
on his return met Mrs. Regaud, who had be-
come too nervous to remain at home and,
throwing up his hands, lie told his aunt that it
was too late; his uncle had been a-sassinated.
Some one overheard his remark and
1t repeated to Hyppoilte, who
sent for the Young man and asked him if he
had said that his uncle had been assassinated.
He shrugged his shoulders and said that he had
never done anything against the Hyppolite ad-
ministrahon. The question was repeated with
a similar answer. ana then this young man was
taken out and shot. IL was only after great
diiticulty that the friends of NJ kegaud could
get permit 30 bury his body. and then they
were not allowed to take anything from his
clothing or to cut of even a lock Of his hair to
give to MS widow"
THE NUMBER KILLED.
"How many were killed up to the time you
left" asked The STAR reporter.
well. 1t was estima that from one to two
hundred were killed by Hyppolites order. A
Haytian who the steamer with me when
/ came home said he thought that estimate too
high. and that he could only enumerate sixty
that he knew had been shot. But il seems to
Inc that il sixty could be actually
named many others must have shared
the same fate. / know the day before / came
away L went down to the Glacier. restaurant
on the wharf. to see friend ard found that he
had gone 10 show himself. as those who are at
all under suspicion are required to do at reg
ular intervals. went then to the store of a
gentleman and found him greatly excited On
inquirinS the cause of his agitation he told me
that four men had just been shot within sight
OF his store. and on the occasion of a second
call. which made about half an hour after
ward. he told me that another man had Just
been shot. This will give you an idea of the
uncomfortable state of things existing in Hayti."
THE PROBABLE FUTURE.
''What will be the end Of this trouble?"
"Hyppolite will either have to resign or he
will be assassinated.'
Who is likely to be his SUCCESSOR
THAT is difficult to determine, as there are
quite number of aspirants. First. there is
Fouchard, who was minister of finance and
commerce under the Solomon administration
1 don't know that he stands the best chance for
election; in fact. think he does not, but l
mention him first because his name occurs to
me. Gen. Mont Plant of whom have spoken
before as the one to whom Hyppolite owes his
military success. is likely to stand good show
for election When Hyppolite first became
president Mont Plant was made minister of
war, and retained that position until he had
amassed sufficient wealth to retire. He
now says he has all the money he wants. and
does not care to again enter politics. but he is
looked upon as q very possible successor to the
presidency when a vacancy shall occur. Then
there is Manigat, who one of the ministers
| OF the Solomon regime, holding the position of
secretary of the interior. He is now an exile.
having been such since the % Of june 1885, He
has quite a following. and some bets have al
ready been made that he will be the next presi-
dent. Gen. Piquant and Baron Canol are also
spoken Of. The latter MAS formerly president
OF the republic and abdicated in favor Of Salo-
mon. but he was not satisfied with that admin
istratior and he led the insurrection that
caused the downfall of Solomon and placed
Legitime In power.
LEGIrIME MAY RETURN.
"And speaking Of Legitime. it lie by no means
improbable that he may return to power He
is greatly thought Of by the best people in the
republic. He is an educated man himself and
has naturally the support Of the wealthy and
refined classes He Is essentially a man Of
peace, and it is believed by his adherents that
II he should return to power he would inaugu-
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