New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-29
ATTACKS CONDITIONS IN HAYTI
A CORRESPONDENT 4RRAIGNS OFFICIALS. PAST AND
PRESENT. OF THE BLACK REPUBLIC
CIVIL WAR so FREQUENT AS NOT TO MOVE THE WORLD.

know to be nil. In late return It 4. stated at
Of Of mot less sT sssn .s s srsd
Of the fhsms a4ss, Of loo being priyates The
arises fo4, from nomination to superior grade being
s sssKs RS
ssasa aaa The o sa
gsnerais IL reality eVilians. without any
miltsGy training whatever but they will lose no
q s
siisd god good iustfatien l Of their war tactic.
eaa ssTass s1 IS offered BY the Plan OF
September 20 to divide the government troops into
the ana attack
enemy, It seems the good general in his tactics
Plan Plan II aTeh upon
to pieces unfortunateiy however' this plan does
not seem always to work, for we learn that the
cut TO pieces preferred to attack one OF the col
As to, the discipline in the Haytian army. 4 is
sad to Be far from perfect and to be s
ing their swords n their light % lsft hands
please holding their rn9skets in every variety of
the poor fellows, the sentries are provided with
large portion of the revenues is spent in kssR-
Ing up his army though as matter Of fa tS
republic. Already, under President Hyppolite, the
pay of the army has been reduced to a minimum
annually. adjutant general $50, a lieutenant
oo on the other hand sum not less At
every festival the arrival and departure Of the
openins a3d Closing Of P liar on the death
Of every generanand IN view of their great num-
be and e senate W rs Gf
as well as all empOSes a and the
IhsSS IS are sold to the chi e5 50r re-
fra B the T ol IN psvet of for
imported goods: All cash received from ether her
oficiaIs. It can easily be imagined that under
these shf is s an other ga
tend to the public welfare. Politically speaking
shS m nero are Tpab hHPfeS ac
tieth century The negroes are sinking more ana ra
rsduaS tn the tribal
sG is o we'll Rno even human sacrifice
basm are associated well to do black h,nd red
births scarcely legitimate The most in in
tessnt aRd 5t Of s ra NJ their coun
unless some exterior interyenes and With
pean powers both IN The Interest Of the eoE1t1g
an annexation Of Hayti on the part of the United
states 4 STUDENT OF HAYTIAN CONDITIONS.
Port-au-P Prince, September 10. 1902.
Louis ]. Nicolas, the Haytian Consul General at
this port when he read the foregoing letter, ds-
clared that il did not in anywise portray tne Sd
and Should not be taken seriously. It is a rehash
of stories published by detractors Of Hay one
the Haytian legation in Paris with manuscript
and said the minister j nave written
about Hayti If it is published it will hurt your
country. Give me 5000 francs and you can nave
the manuscript The Haytian minister showed MIN
the door OF course he published the book IT was
from this book that the writer got his in1ornia-
ton about the army. The writer can hardly be
resident Of Hayt, for he is not acquainted with tle
history of Hayti He says that the presidents re.
tired with millions of i'll gotten money 1t is not
true They left with little: they, were poor
1t true that there has been reduction IN the
exports. In 1889 and in 1880 as much co one was
try. Hayti does not export sugar now In regard
to the public buildings the Building OF the rive
Ministers is fine building as you will find any
where and the palace is larger than the White
House at Washington In the matter of public in
it is a well known fact that for the num-
Der of its people spends for public fnStruc-
ton than any other country in the world
Some of the steamship men whose vessels touch
Haytian ports do not take the Consul Generals
view of the letter One of them said, after glancing
at IT. There is nothing facetious about 1t: it's all
fact The writer knows what he is talking about
The conditions in Hayti awful The officials
are dishonest You cannot rely on them We are
discouraged about business there. 1t Is dis
coura cling all around" For obvious reasons this
would permit the use Of his name. He
said il was difficult enough now to secure clear
for his vessels