The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-10
HEUREAUX on JIMlNES.
Dominican President Tells Of the
Feeble Revolt. ;:ses:a!ss..s;
He BLAMEs OUR GOVERNMENT.

Says the Fanita Left Here with the
Countennnce of Officials, Who Were
Probably MIsied-Will Make No De-
mand For Redress.
Cape Haytien, Hayti. June 10.-Presi-
dent Ulysses Heureaux, of the republic
Of Dominica. believes he has discovered
proof that the steamer Fanita, formerly
of the Clyde line, which was used by
Senior Jmines and Morales in their un-
successful attempt to overthrow the
Dominican government, left the Uni
ted States with the countenance of the
American government, under mere
pretense of taking munitions of war to
Cuba.
President Heureaux arrived here yes
terday on the Dominican gunboat Res
tauracion about noon from Great Ina
qua. While there he personally made
charge of piracy against Senor jim
ines. who had previously been released
on bail under a charge of having vio-
lated the navigation laws. A DOM
inican agent was left at Matthew Town
to look after the case until an advocate
can be sent there from San Domingo
to push the prosecution.
General Heureaux talked with the
greatest apparent freedom as to the
recent revolutionary attempt. ridiculing
Jimines and the preparations the latter
had made. President Heureaux coolly.
but as II enjoying a capital story, told
how the revolution was nipDed in the
bud. and how he had summarily exc
cuted nearly all the prisoners, reserving
only those who he thought might be
used in obtaining further information
about the conspiracy.
He said distinctly that he could make
no claim against the United States gov
ernment, believing that the government
had been misled, through no fau!t OF
it's own. Moreover. he said he recog-
nized the futilty of a feeble country
like his making q demand which it
could not enforce against SO powerful
a neighbOr.
General HeureauX said he had been
warned that Jimines was consDirins
against him by an official to whom
Jinines offered a post. This official
carried a letter he had received from
Jimines and gave it to the president.
The president showed the correspond
ent a bundle of discriminating papers
taken from prisoners and from the
bodies of the slain at Monte Cristo.
The papers seized seemed to show, he
declared, that the leader of the expedi-
ton had arranged to notify the Ameri-
,,,t I,,,p ln t,,,-
mcdiately If the movement were sue
c"ssful. They also showed. he con-
tnued. that Jimines visited officials
in Washington frequently during the
six weeks that elapsed after he left
Hayti.
General Heureaux expects that the
English authorities will punish Jim
ines. His own general policy he dis
CusSed frankly, declaring that further
negotiations with the United States
regarding reciprocity depended now on
the definition the state department at
Washington would give of the "moral
support" it had promised in the event
of European powers demanding the
same privileges under the most favored
nation clause and of San Dorlngo'a
refusing compliance.
Il have always been" he said, "and
am still desirous of favoring foreign
investment in my country to the great
est extent poSsible. We are at a pass
where we must continue to progress or
we will iecede ~ :.rldl2 as Hayti is
ebbiEs."
President Heureaux denied The re-
ported wholesale shooting Of the eEl-
ploye3 OF Jimines. asserting that the
only two shot were those found with
arms in their hands. Churhu Mercad1,
a prisoner on the gunboat, was spared
as an infCrmer. The Younger Villc-
neuva was spared because of the
friendship Of Governor Galite for his
father.