The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07
SAN poMNGo's TROUBLES.
Claims Which France Has Against
The Rennhlir.

the Rcpublic.
Correspondence OF tho Associated Press,)
Santo Domingo. December 2i.The new
government OF President Juan Isidro Jim
inez has been lnaugurated hardly a month
and It has had to face foreign difficulty,
The French consul and diplomatic repre-
sentative has presented an ultimatum for
the immediate payment OF certain claims
and this has so incensed the population
here that II is intended 10 hold a public
Indignation meeting. 1t is impossible at
present to foresee what will be the out
come but it is considered that the re-
public VIII have to pay for the mistakes
committed by the late President HeureuN'
In regard to the Boisemarie claim, which
the French consul associated Intentionally
but 1t Is claimed wrODgiy-~wlth the Gao
ravelli affair II can not be denied that
Captain Boisemarle was prosecuted In
every possible manner by General lieu-
reuX, who was known TO be secretly IN
terosted in some Industrial enterprises.
such MS SOAP factories. etc. Captain
Bolsemarie came directly In competition
with the president when he himself START
cd a soap factory. Through the secret III
stigation Of President HeureuS, II 10 as
serted. he was charged with the crime Of
fraudulent bankruptcy and put In jan.
where he remained for two years in spite
OF the representations OF the French gov
ernment. which even sent q squadron I'M
der AGmiral DO Libeau to Santo Domingo
at The beginning Of Bolsemarie's impris-
onment. Finally his release was ohtained,
together with the promise OF President
HeureuN to pay an indemnity TO the cap
tain.
The Caccsveh case IS ~ a different ns-
ture. The man in question, who was
merchant and the agent for some shipp NIX
firm, one day became involved 10 a qua
rel with negro laborer who shot anh
killed him on the spot. This was purely
private affair. involving no international
question, except the contention that the
murderer did not receive tho full punish
mcnt which his crime merted. Anyhow,
President Heureux who was himself a
full bloOded Hayden negro. consented TO
pay an indemnity to the mans family.
A third case was niso made out against
che Domirican government. II appears
hat some years ago Mr. Colin De Para
dis, since deceased acting as representa-
tive OF the republic OF San Domingo, male
several purchases for his government,
which It declined to pay on the ground
that it did not approve Of the transact ns.
Nevertheless. General Heureux later on
tVnotuieu 10 lnuoIbe the Clalme, Inese
are the definite, though not absolutely
clear Gases that the French government
claims to have against San Domingo,
France complains that the promised
payments were not made during the latter
months of the regime OF President Heu-
reux. and that they should have been re-
sumed as soon as President JiIninez hal
established stable government, The cor
sui argued that the nom payments are due
TO alleged III will on the part OF the new
administration. The correctness OF this
allegation Is challenged, however. ani It
Is iniimated that at the baton o; al the
trouble is the Baneo- Nacionllc AFFAIR. a
French concern General Beureux had
some trouble with the institution aud he
sent soldiers 20 raid the bank aud 70 levy
on It's resources He had, however TO
apologize for that Illegal proceeding Now
the bank has issued notes for 100000 re-