Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-05
WOS Y GIL WAITING
Holding Daily Conferences in
Porto Rico.
THE DEFEAT OF JIMINEZ
FIRMER ESTABLISHMENT OF
MORALES INDICATED.
Hope for American Intervention Elk
pressed in the Northern Part OF
San Domingo.

enecial Correspondence of The Evening Star.
SAN JUAN, p. r., January y, lU4-
General Wos Gil remains in San Juan.
holding daily conferences with his friends
and living in fine style at hotel. Publicly
he is saying nothing, and If he Is saving
wood he is not betrayed by sawdust. d.
rect advces from several sections OF San
Domingo, received here within the last few
days ana communicated promptly TO ex-
President Wos Y Gil. indicate that the de-
feat of the Jiminez forces and the frmer
establishment of the Morales government
is imminent.
One of Wos CHS ardent supporters
while in talkatiye mood in San juan a
few days ago declared that the revolution
airy party which sailed from here on the
French steamer st. Simon January
had instructions to join Jiminez and stay
with him until victory seemed assured,
shouting "Viva Jiminez!' Then the cry
was to be changed to viva Wos Gil,'
Most of this party. however. has struggled
back to Porto Rico or otherwise deserted
JimlneZ.
Hope for American intervention is still
expressed in the northern part of San Do
mingo. but In the interior the sentiment
is ant-American. 1t is also against jim
inez because he is suspected of American
ism.
A letter from San Domingo City says that
General Navarro commanding the besieg-
ing forces, recently appealed to Archbishop
Moreno who is in the capital. to his
influence to effect a surrender of the city.
saying that If he did not Navarro wo':id
soon train his guns on the town and .e
duce it.
Progress of the War.
Consul General Medina who represents
the Morales government in Porto Rico bur
who has not been officially recognized by
Governor Hunt or by the State Department
at Washington. returned this week to san
Juan from San Domingo City where he
was paid his salary by Morales He de-
clares that Jiminez is losing strength and
that Morales is growing correspondingly
stronger He says that Jiminez and Eis
people are being steadily driven toward
the Haitien border line. General Casceras
lar from being dead reported is suffi-
cientiy alive to have retaken from the ,Jimj
nez forces the towns of Moca San Fran
cisco de Macoris and La Vega. The failure
or the Jiminez movement is attributed by
tohsui General Medina to three reasons:
FIRST Jiminez's lack of funds: second. Il
ssrust py Jlmlnez OF his leading generals
ard, third, the Jiminez policy of pursuing
as 1ar as possible. bloodiess warfare Nr
Medlna thinks JimineZ would have ACCOM-
pi'shed more by using bullets instead cf
paciicdtion eHorts But bullets cost money.
ana General Jiminez is said to be very shy
of cash. '"'
Commercial Influence Potent
Excellent authorities now maintain that
the surrender of Puerta Plata bv General
Deschamps and of Sosua and Congreio bx.
General Cespedes to Morales was fastened
py the influence of the two largest COM
merciai houses in Puerta Plata Jose Bat
tie & Company and Charlie" Loinas
1hese firms are said to have backed Nor
aies because he represents the Vasquez
ha Va
Is alleged owes Battle & Company 5000 OoO
which may be paid If Morales wins The
amount of Loinas claim is not stated
Inc latest advices from the southern part
OF the island indicate Morales victories
San Pedro de Macoris was captured on
January 2 by the Morales forces under
Generals Ovando and Deimau The CITY
was defended by Gen Demetrio Rodripuez
who retired to the wharf and boarded the
clyde line steamer Cherokee. Gen Ovando
assumed charge of the city government and
Gen. Delmau seized the custom house
When the Morales troops entered the city
many families fed panic stricken to plan
tations on contiguous territory.
May Cause Trouble With Germany.
An incident recently occurred which NAV
give rise to trouble with Germany and
which is already the subject of sharp
diplomatic correspondence. During the
last week In December Ricardo Martinez.
Miguel Febles and Fernandez Febles rev
olutionists. were seized by Morales men,
who boarded the German merchantmen
Holstein. then in the hdrbor of Macoris
Despite the protest of the Holstens cap
tain the three prisoners were taken to the
Dominican warship Presidente, from which
vessel they were transferred to the Do
minican war schooner Olga and sent with
many other exiles to Curacao. Among these
exiles is Evangehsta. the twenty three-year
son of General WOs Gil. These exiles are
expected to arrive soon In Porto Rico The
seizure on the Holstein has not been par
alelled in Dominican history since 1879.
when Caminero and Parez, reyolutionis.s.
were taken boldly from a Spanish mer-
chairman in Puerta Plata and shot by
order of Gen. Lithgow. Spain threatened
severe punishment but the matter was
finally settled without war.