The San Francisco call., 1899-09-07
JIMENES IN TIE SADDLE.

= ENERAL JUAN lSIDOR JIMENES, with
| I twenty seven trunks and staff OF fifty
~ armed men, has at last reached San Domingo
and fulfilled the promise OF his manifesto, The peo-
pie want me and they shall have me-" The leading
newspaper OF th9 capital has welcomed him with the
happy phrase: The coming OF General Jimenes
completes the evolution. There has been no revo-
luton 1t is safe to expect immediate revival OF
business"
All OF these things are promising, but vague. 1t IS
gratifying to know the people OF San Domingo have
their imenes and that the long-elt want is filled not
by revolution, but by evolution; but there remains
considerable uncertainty to what the next phase
Of the evolution will be and What Jimenes will do for
the people and the people do for him when the shout
ing is over and business is resumed.
For the purpose OF solving these doubts the New
York Post has interviewed Mr.. Grullon the chief
agent OF menes in that city and also another gentle
man described as having been for twelve years a
partner of the general in the firm OF Timenes Haus-
tedt & Co. OF New York. Both gentlemen are re-
ported to have spoken of the aspirations of the gen
eral' with considerable freedom, and they certainly
gave forth some interesting information. Mr. Grul-
lon is quoted as saying "The long and short of this
affair s-and it is an aspect which has not hitherto
been brought out-that this revolution is white
mans effort to wrest from the colored element CON
troll OF the government. Heureaux was negro;
Fguereo is also negro, and practically all the men
in power are negroes. In short the negro is supreme
in the government, notwithstanding that the pure
whites Of the isand-that IS those descended from
Europeans and Indians-compose twothrds OF the
population But negro rule might have been toerabe
had not the negroes virtually undertaken to drive the
whites out. By OPPRESSION, confscaton, imprison-
ment murder and what not they have tried to make
the island place white could not live in The
white men, who comprise also the majority OF the
educated, enlightened and liberal people, have CON
cluded take things into their own hands and nsti-
tute decent government"
Upon hearing that surprising statement the re-
porter naturally asked Then the civil war is really
on racial lines" Wllereupon we are told both the
agent and the friend of Jmenes fastened to crv out:
ooh, no. no. We cannot afford to say that There
are too many negroes in the island and some of them
are educated, good people"
We thus learn the evolution is white mans revolt
but not a racial revolt Next some information was
given concerning the relations of menes to the a7e
President Heureaux. The friend said: "Jimenes
himself excellent terms with Heureaux. The
latter has said to me, I have nothing whatever
against Jimenes; l wish he would come here; I will
do everything can to help him But Jimenes knew
better than to take Heureau> at his word They were
on most excellent terms but Jiinenes was the only
Dominican whom Heureaux feared at the head of a
revolution, and so he didn't really want him around
in any active capacity"
The business dealings between the two are thus
described: "Jmenes built canal diverted river
to its old mouth at Monte Christi, reclaimed large