The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-24
HISTORIC SANTO DOMINGO

Tho following account 1f sanio u1-
WIHen now eu prominent iu thu .IbIa
iIsrHIDhua was written Dos Alien Mills
now u resident Uf Honolulu who Was
for tilhi..u years the representative
Iu chat aud upighbufiue islands of
IHrs. New York and Boston House.
The almost always revolutionary ISL
8ud of Sauto Domingo is the historic
"Uisp8uiola" of Columbus days. The
present dual goNcrnmN OF SautO
Domingo ana Haity Vretchcd Iit-
lie so-D8llgd republics located ON
what was practically The first land that
greeted the longing and fear-hllcd eyes
of Columbus and his crews of the three
Caravals. True the absolutely first
land fallen in with by the great navi-
gator was the diminutive sand Cay
now known as Walings Island: yet
"HispaniOll' was the first land of any
size the yoyagers saw. And to day.
"Hisp8niola' is known I'm its eastern
portion as Santo Domingo and in its
western as "Haity.' or the Black Re
public.
a government Of, for and Ny the
negro, "a government of horror. Indeed
both so-called Republics are fostering
sores literally at our doors. Within
sight of the now free Cuban coast and
well within 1900 miles of New York
city lies this wealthy but revolutionary
storm wrecked land. cuba known as
the Pearl of the Antilles is not one whit
more wealthy in itself than is SantO
Domingo. But cuba has been ae-
veiUpCd. SautJ Domingo on the other
hand is as yet virgin. Naturally the
question viii follow land why unde-
veloped.' The answer is simple; Be
goo .pfr q q f.
Domingo threw off the yoke of Spain,
and became a Republic in name only.
TO them it is the glorious "Republica
DOminiCana.' In reality it has sunk
into a scethlng land Of unrest and re-
VOlution, not forgetting commercial
robbery. Las Dominicanas have in
deed a perfect genius for Obtaining
credits and patent methods for evad-
ing settlements.
Just how many Revolutionary up
heavals have passed over this Island It
would be impossible for any one to
say They have been almost of month
I ly re-oCcurrence. Since 1895 alone, in
which year Ulysses Heureaux who had
! held down the so-called presidency for
10 years was assassinated in the streets
I of MOcha-he was really a brutal die
{ tator-to the present day, there have
/ been no less than eight of these COM
mercial disrupting movements. A
country that can give employment to
/ millions boasts only of but a quarter
| of a million poverty stricken wretches.
/ Cuba is rapidly heading towards the
million ton mark in sugar. SantO Do
mingo which could produce as much,
if not more, sends out about 10000 tons
The wealth, undevelOped wealth, of
this gem is astounding. The finest
L. 1
markets comes from Santo Domingo.
Her Lignum Vitae heads the list in
quality and value. So do her Fustic,
Satinwood, Logwood, Lance wood
/ Tobacco lands are almost limitless and
nothing doing Cause? Well its storm
racked Santo Domingo, poor reVOlu-
tionary Santo Domingo.
But the time cannot be far distant
when the American eagle will soar o er
this riven island and noting it's miser-
able condition and latent wealth, de-
eide to fold its wings and tuck it under
one of them. 1t would be worth the
having. Does it not alone contain
two of the finest harbors the world
knows-famed SANTANA Bay and the
Mole ST. Nicolas, which latter is in the
Haitian end of the island. And there
is not one single harbor in the world;
not Sydney not Rio Janeiro, not Mil
ford Haven, not the Golden Gate, no
not even Pearl Harbor, that can be
placed ahead of either SANTANA Bay or
The Mole. Now that the canal is as
sured either or both of these magnifi-
cent Ravens would not be amiss to I'm
Gle Sam. Do they not lie in the direct
road to the now more than ever fa-
nous Isthmus for all ships bound from
Europe? BY the way it was in the
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was spilled in the new world by the
white man. Columbus doubled the
frowning Cape of SANTANA and bore
round rugged Balandra head and open
ed up to his wondering eyes this noble
bay, a veritable inland sea, up which
his crazy caraval sailed. On the Sec
ond headland on his starboard hand
many of the timid natives-Caribs-
stood awe struck who, on boat APP
preaching received the strange rough,
white faced occupants with flights OF
arrows, getting in return the blunder-
bus contents-and red blood flowed
the foretaste of the Spaniards murder
Gus rule Columbus named this bay
La Cola de las Flechas-the gulf of
Arrows. And from that dim epoch
until TODAY has this fair smiling land
! been racked, riven, torn and smashed
| by greed, murder, and the constant
sound of limitless strife. OH unhappy
Island. The land of revolution. she
was the cradle of our new freedom
blessed world and is herself downtrod-
den. What a doom! The new world
first saw the light in Santo Domingo
| The first city-the absolute hrst-ln
the western hemisphere, the new world
was founded in Santo Domingo by
Christoval Colon known to US as Co
| lumbus but the Spaniards know the
| rugged old fellow as Colon. The city
of Santo Domingo, is today but little
changed from even those dim ages. The
massive city wall stands yet, monu-
ment truly to the work Of the early
Spaniards. The curious fiat rooted
and rail guarded windowed houses are
but little altered since Bobadillas' time.
Somewhat in disrepair perhaps and
possibly different hued through both
the weather of centuries and latter
day cheap and gaudy paint. Nothing
can be said of her streets except in a
derogatory sense, because speaking by
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