Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-09
A COMING REVOLUTION.
Another Reign of Terror Said to BE In Store
for Hayti.

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Another Reign of Terror Said to BE in Store
for Hayti.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia Press
at Port au Prince, Hayti, writes, under date OF
August 20:
There are widows weeping over orphaned
children beside iresides within sight of my
window as | write who are waiting and praying
for an opportunity to dip their handk ercbiefs
and their hands in the blood Of Hippolyte.
There is terrible day of reckoning coming
for this white-haired president of the black re-
public. The fate that inevitably has waited
| upon all his assassination or
exile-is standing even now in the shadows OF
the executive mansion. The foul, pestilential
atmosphere of Port au Prince is heavy with
! something far worse than incipient disease.
/ The black cloud of fierce. bloody revolution is
lowering and lifting every day, and In the ter
ribie uncertainty no man can tell when the
| storm will break
! APPARENT TRASoUILITY.
To all outward appearances Port au Prince
today is resting in the most absolute tran
guilty. Business among the foreign merchants
is pursued as energetically though a street
massacre were distant half century. instead
! of three months and as though there were no
political revolutions brewing and simmering ut
| two. and possibly three, points in the republic.
| 1t Is apparent 10 every observer now that a
revolution, fierce, relentless and unsparing will
| break very shortly. When it does come the
atrocities of the 2Sth of last May. the part of
| Hippolyte. will be repeated, only with re-
| doubled ferocity. Hippolyte has tasted blood.
Tine law of heredity has given him the spirit of
a tiger and civilization has covered his claws
with velvet until such time as the old blood
| thirsty spirit of his race is aroused. When the
| time comes that he must show those claws,
when it is kill or be killed, extermnate or be
exterminated, the chief of the ragamuffin regu-
4 lars and the head of the government of the
black republic will ask no quarter. 1t is this
that lends such solemn portent to the clouds Of
| approaching disaster.
| 1t is believed here, however, and upon good
logical grounds, too, that the outbreak will not
| occur until next spring, because it has been
demonstrated that the revolutionists of the
past. and presumably those of the present and
future. do not care to risk their necks for an
empty treasury. For after all the rich pickings
| OF the treasury are the apples of ALADDIN to
these dusky malcontents. The government
strong box Is empty now; Hippolyte has looted
it to sustain his army and insure his own safety
| by this means. while by waiting till January
next. when the coffee crop has been gathered
and sold and the fairness of the export tax of
31s cents per pound has been squeezed out of
planter and native, there will be something
more substantial to fight for than the mere
Il
HIPPoLYTE FORCED TO SLAUGHTER.
President Hippoly;e has been execrated as
the Caligula Of the west for his action of May
%. The civilized world has been told re-
peatedly he W on that fateful morning he rushed
| from his devotions in the cathedral here in
Porte au Prince. and upon the statement that
an uprising against his government was immi-
/ nent, ordered an indiscrlminate slaughter OF
| ali the unfortunates who happened to be within
range of his soldiers guns. But there is an
/ other side to this story of massacre.
! Dropping out of sight and remembrance the
tigerish racial instincts thar are a part of Hip
! polyte's nature, it is but fair to say that lie
was forced into the position which has coupled
his name with the May horror. Self-preserva-
ton Is the first law of nature and il was obey
ing this instinct that led Hippolyte to his
| vengeful excuses. 1t a moment of tre-
mendOus import; all that he had been fighting
| for, the safety of the constituted government
| the preservation Of his own power and life were
at stake. Hippolyte acted rs his knowledge of
the situation, MS appreciation of the opposing
! forces and natives, dictated 1t was ex-
| treme remedy and II taught a salutary lesson
| for the time being. 1t can never be known
| how many of these ragged soldiers exceeded
| their instructions and visited private vengeance
while acting under the Suise of a superior 5
| orders. They shot and MANNED and killed citi-
| zens upon the streets till their Commander
deemed that sufficient exhibition of his power
and his relentless purpose to shed blood in de-
! Tense of that power had been given.
What, then, is the outlook for this stern but
! INSCRIPTIONS black ruler? Death or fight
when the time comes. 1t isn't worth while
| mincing words, and these two alternatives will
ultimately face President Hippolyte, and tina.
| within half year.
With the loyalty of his army only secured by
| the payment of great sums Of money to the
| thousands of black generals and their non
descrIpt followers; with his treasury empty and
two potential factions, independent Of each
other. working for his downfall, 1t seems like a
| political and financial impossibility for his
government TO stand, and so the question for
solution is, wher will the crisis be reached?
THE MINIsTRYs POLICY
The members Of the new ministry appeared
! in the chamber of deputies the other day in
the midst of the proceedings. The business in
hand was at once interrupted, and Mr.. Car
cherin minister of foreign affairs, took the
| floor and read statements outlining the policy
to be pursued by the new ministry. The state
ment was in substance as follows:
\ '.Cientlemen of the chamber Of deputies:
Acting in harmony with the fundamental char
acterlstic of the chief of the state, which is
straightforwardness, the ministry will eslab-
lish the legitimate exercise Of power, not in
petty manifestations OF cunning and shrewd-
ness. but on justice. This course it will pur-
sue frankly and steadily, and will, u conse-
quence, be found always on the side Of truth.
II will not present a hattering picture OF your
state when not accurate. even for the purposes
of producing good effect abroad and a favor
able impression on foreigners.
1T will continue to pursue the policy Of union
and harmony between all Haytians, favored by
the president of the republic, and in the choice
of persons 10 fill the public Offices it will look
only to aptitude. integrity and good will. II
will never lose sight in our international rela-
tons Of the dignity and Of the sacred rights OF
the Haytian people, free and autonomous.
FINALLY, by particular and special applica-
tion Of the policy Of reconciliation inaugurated
by his excellency the president OF Hayti ever
since his accession to the supreme direction OF
the destinies of your country, it will exercise q
measure of generosity toward those of your
compatriots who, adversaries. real or supposed
Of the government, know how to merit it by
their conduct
But for this, gentlemen, we must necessarily
have your sovereign support You will not re-
| fuse this the government feels sure. We draw
this gertrude from the kindly disposition OF the
chamber, which, by a happy coincidence, we
believe We find expressed in the speech of iti
honorable president on the occasion OF his re-
election; from the free expression of the ma
tional sovereignty Of which you are a direct
emanation and from your unquestioned love
for the republics veal or the maintenance o.
peace for the preservation of our institutions
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