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

The following account of -bnip doe
miuEu now su prominent Iu the cable
dispatches WAS written bv Alien Mills
now "a resident of Honolulu. who was
for eighteen years the representative
in that and neirhborlng islands of
large New York and Boston House.
The almost always revolutionary ISL
and Of Santo Domingo Is the historic
"Hispauiola' of Columbus days. The
present dual governments of Santo
Domingo and Iluity-tWo Wretchcd lit
tie so-called republics--are located on
what was practically the first land that
greeted the longing and fear-hlled eyes
of Columbus ana his crews of the three
Carayals. True the absolutely first
land fallen in with by the great navi-
gator was the dimlnutive sand Cay
now known as Wallngs Island: yet
"IIispaniola" was the first land of any
size the voyagers saw. And to day.
"Hispauiola" is known i'm it's 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 de-
veloped. Santo Domingo on the other
hand is as yet virgin Naturally the
question will follow land why unde-
veloped." The answer is simple; Be
cause some forty odd years ago SantO
Domingo threw off the yoke of Spain,
and became a Republic in name only.
To them it is the glorious "Republica
DOminiCana." In reality IL has sunk
into a seething 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
ly re-OccurrenCe. Since 1898 alone, in
which year Ulysses HeureauX who had
held down the so-called presidency for
10 years was assassinated in the streets
of Mocha-he was really a brutal die
tator-to the present day, there have
been no less than eight of these COM
mercial dsrupting 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 $4,000 tons
The wealth, undeveloped wealth, of
this gem is astounding. The finest
mahogany the world sees today in her
a,,Iya in
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 it's storm
Tacked Santo Domingo, poor revOlu-
tionary Santo Domingo.
But the time cannot be far distant
when the American eagle will soar Ger
this riven island and noting its 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 magnih-
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 ia
nous Isthmus for all ships bound from
Europe? BY the way it was i'm the
Bahia de SANTANA that the first blood
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 ap-
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-
dem What a doom! The new world
first saw the light in Santo Domingo.
The first city-the absolute trst-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 Widowed 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
Sanca hapanSa SDaa king by