Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-16
CLOSELY INTO TOUCH
Was Porto Rico With Santo
Domingo Revolution.
HUNT CABLED FACTS
J1M1NEz, AT MAYAauEz, KEPT
TAB ON THINGS.
Dominican Exile, Recently From Cuba,
Makes Statement Of
Interest.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

| special Correspondence of The Evening Star
SAN JUAN, P. r.. November 10, 1903.
Porto Rico came pretty closely into touch
with the Santo Domingo revolution last
week: SO closely, IN fact, that Gov. Hunt
deemed it wise to promptly cable the facts
to Secretary of State Hay.
For a month ex-President Juan Isidro
| Jiminez has been at Mayaguez, P. R., keep
| ing In communication with Dominican ex-
| lies in Cuba. On October % the Spanish
steamer Maria Herrera brought twenty
seven of these exiles to Mayaguez to join
| Gen. Jiminez.
! In the party were Gen. Ramon Casceres,
who killed President Ulises Heureaux of
santo Domingo June %, 1899: Senior Luna
| secretary of Gen. Casceres; Gen. Limardo
| ex-governor of Puerto Plata; Arturo Guz-
man, ex-fscal of Puerto Plata, and others
| of prominence in former Dominican revo-
| lutions
| On November Gen. Jiminez and his
| party proceeded to San Juan and boarded
| the French steamer st. Simon as passen-
| gers for Cape Haytien. At about the time
| they went on the steamer Gov. Hunt re-
| ceived a telegram from Gen. Eugenio Kun
| hardt sub-governor of the province or
| Puerto Plata, s. D., asking Gov Hunt,
| as the representative of friendly power,
| to stop the pIOpOSeu SiiAOeAh iNA N.oAA'
| stating that the l. -nInican consul general
| in San Juan would call on the governor.
No Violation Of International Law.
The consul general did not call, bGt GOV.
Hunt as a matter of precau-ion, consulted
with United States District Attorney Pet
tingill and United States Marshal Wilson,
and those oucials visited the office of the
agents of the French line of steamers and
satisfied themselves that no violation of in
terna tional law or courtesies had occurred
The St Simon yas in miGstream, ana
Judge Pettingill and Marshal Wilson DID
not board her. The manlfests showed no
contra band goods.
At about the time the revolutonlsts salleu
from San Juan, Gen. Kunhardt sailed from
NayagueZ for Puerto Plata.
On being interviewed upon the subject OF
the revolution in Santo Domingo one of the
Dominican eXiles, who arrived from CUBA
on October % on the steamer Maria Her
rera made the following statement:
Makes Statement
He said that no sooner had the eXiles in
Cuba received notification from the gov
error of Puerto Plata. Gen. and ex-Priest
Don Carlos Morales. the result OF Their
plans they decided to cooperate with 2
general uprising along the frontier OIL
Haiti, taking in the towns Of Monte Cristy,
Dajabon and Guayubin, and extending 10
the towns of Santiago de los Caballeros and
La Vega.
Then they prepared to take the Cuban
steamer Maria Herrera with view OIL
landing in Puerto Plata. which was held by
Gen. Carlos Morales, and SO join the revo-
lutionary movement. Unfortunately The
Dominican consul in Cuba became aware Of
their movements and applied to the Cuban
authorities to have them prevented from
embarking, but he was informed by them
that there was no evidence that these
men were taking arms and war stores, ana
.l,1x, 1n.1 f1an tryy ne 1lN
able citizens, they could not be interfered
with.
The Dominican consul then telegraphed TO
the president Of the Dominican republic at
the city of Santo Domingo informing him
of their having embarked for some port Of
the republic, presumably Puerto Plata.
Took Passage for San Juan.
The Dominican exiles. being perfectly
aware of the uncertainty Of such uprisings.
took passage for San Juan, Porto Rico, in
tending to disembark in Puerto Plata if all
were we'll, but if not to continue to Porto
Rico and join eX-President JimineZ.
Upon arriving off the port of Puerto
Plata a Dominican warShip was sighted,
but no attention was paid to her, and they
continued their course: they WERE how
ever, brought to by shot fired across the
bow of the Maria Herrera and the captain
was ordered not to enter the port. The
! captain inquired the reason. as he had pas
| SenReTS lndt port ana clean Dill Ct
health. He was then informed that the
| port was in the hands OF the rebels and
| was consequently blockaded. The Maria
Herrera then continued her course and az
| rived here on the following day, the 18th
! ultimo.
| Having reached Porto Rico their inten-
| ton was to take the French transatlantic
steamer that touched here on November 4,
| booking passage for Cape Haytien, so that
| should it be not permitted to enter the port
| OF Puerto Plata, thereby permitting them
| to effect landing, they would continue to
the former port and proceed overland.
Backed by Hayti.
He further asserted that the Haytien gov
ernment, although openly alleging to favor
| the present government of Santo Domingo,
in reality was backing them up.
The present uprising is composed of the
! followers of eX-Presidents Jimnez and
| Horacio Vasquez, who have united to over
! throw the present government, of which
| Gen. Alexandra Wos Gil is president
| 1t will undoubtedly be remembered that
| the development ola conspiracy plotted in
| Moca dominican republic) resulted in the
! assassination of President Heureaux and
| the following nominations in the SUISSE
| quent government of the Dominican re-
| public Don Juan Isidro Jimfnez, presi-
! dent; Horacio Vasquez, vice president and
| Gen. Ramon Casceres, the murderer of
| Heureaux, governor of Santiago de los
| Caballeros.
1t will also be remembered that about
three years after these occurrences Vice