The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-06
Tn Hayti and santo Domingo.

man, who has spent some time in the re-
 publics of Hayu and Santo Domingo, is
 of the opinion that the present situation
 there is about as bad as it possibly | could be.
 "Hayti has not improved any under the provisional government" he eaid in dis | cussing the matter That government
 was organized for the purpose of main
 taining order until an election could be
 held under the constitution. There were
 six candidates for president in the minor revolution some weeks ago. the strongest | Of whom was Flrmin, former Minister to
 Paris. On the abdication of the Presi- dent Simon Sam, Firmin went to Cape Haitien and was joined there by the ad-
 iniral. who enlisted under his banner. The provisional government persuaded
 all parties to submit their claims to the people at an election and for a time or der and peace prevailed As the time for
 an election approached there was a
 strong tendency on the part of the candi-
 dates not to abide by their agreement or
 by the result of the election, If held. Firmin. who. as have said, is the strongest candidate, has succeeded in getting all the others combined against
 him and it seems that they are endeavor-
 ing to prevent his election by fair means
 Or foul. Firmin as a result has reopened
 the war and his admiral Is threatening
 to Lombard the capital
 The provisional government disavows
 all responsibility for this condition of af-
 fairs and says that the admiral Is acting
 without orders from It. In this crisis,
 ex-President Sam Is taking no part. He is at present in Paris and there is good reason to believe that he will never re-
 turn. He Is reputed to have made large amount of money during the time he was president and, for that matter, the last revolution was pTecipitated by his at- tempt to make a little more by selling a coaling station at Mole St. Nicholas to the German Government. The Haytians do not like foreigners. They do not allow real estate to be held by people from a foreign country and they place a heavy tax on licenses for foreigners to engage in business. This being the case, the na- lives were touched in a particularly ten- der spot when Sam entered into negotia- ttons looking to the sale of the coaIing station mentioned. Incidentally, 1t may be stated that the antipathy of the na- lives to foreigners is so great that Presi- dent. Grants first treaty with Santo po- mingo for Samana bay was not com pleted because Haiti forced -Santo Do- mingo into a treaty the terms of which forbade either country granting any right or concession to any foreign country.
 General Jiminez has had nothing to do with the recent disturbances in Hayti. He has troubles of hls own. He was president of Santo Domingo and not of Haiti and his revolution some months ago was an entirely different set of fireworks. He was protected by the French consul, fled to Port au Prince. Haiti and secret ly left the island at that port. It Is not generally known that he is in Santiago. Cuba, but such is the fact have no doubt that he is hard at work trying to rehabilitate his fallen fortunes. This be- ing the case, another revolution may be expected in Santo Domingo in the near future.
 The situation in Haiti may develop in- to absolute anarchy. There seems to be no possibility of forming a combination with sufficient strength to hold the reins | of government, and as long as that con tInues to be the case matters will un- doubtedly go from bad to worse. The | finances of both republics are in a de- l plorable condition and of course no gov CT nment can he successful without | money"
 Mir. Wright things stable governments can only be established as a result of | the Intervention of the United States, and | he seems to be Of the opinion that. one | of these days, this government will &C., tuaIlv take a hand in the matter.