The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-10
Again, What is Going ON in Santo
Domingo?

We print the following from the Utica
Herald Despatch as a specimen OF the
statements of certain newspapers re-
gardIng the administration Of the GUS
tom houses of Santo Domingo which
began on Feb. l.
The truth IS that the taking charge OF Santo
Domlngos customs docs not depend IN any way
upon the treaty agreement or rs ratification By
the senate but upon the arbllral award rendered
last July b. JOHN g. CARLISLE. Don MANUEL pE
s. GAuvAs and Judge GRAY. such action
as has been taken hy the state Department In
santo Domingo mas been solely within It's prerog
atIyes as provided by the court OF arbitration"
These denials that anything irregular
has been done in Santo Domingo in adj
vance of the ratification of the proposed
treaty are based upon a statement off,
ciallv or scmi-oflicially issued on Feb 4
by some one in authority in the Depart
ment Of State. As printed in the Ne0
York Tribune of Feb 8, this statement
is MS follows:
the statement Is made By authority that no
proceedings under The pending Dominican arrange
menl have been taken. nor VIII they be taken until
inc arrangement, Is rsuncd By the United States.
While It has not yet been reported to the state
Department that representatives OF The United
States have taken charge Of any custom house
except tha, a. Puerto Plato. where Mr. ABBorr
has been administering the customs for the last
sevrn months. lt Is SAID that. ertn q such oa7dais
,.ire inHaHsf. ds mry may b. az any momeEt.
such action would have no connection whatever
with the pending agreement relative 10 thc gen
rral ADMINISTRATION OF Dominican finances hy tho
United States Tho fact Is that the customs re-
ceipis ~ Puerto Plata. owing IN large part 20 a
diversion Of trade from that port TO other places,
have been disapponuugiy small, and the claimants
under the Dominican arbitration award OF last July
have been urging the state Department 10 extend
the customs collections to the three other ports,
sanchez Monte Cfisu and SANTANA named In the
arbitration ns subject TO such Administration
Such is the basis Of the hasty and i'll
informed denial of the truth Of the de-
snatch Of Feb which THE SUN received
from Santo Domingo and printed on
Feb. 3, stating that representatives of
the United States took control Of the
custom house receipts Yesterday, in
dftOTudllIf WIN Allt i'Al4l vi -lAT llOAO-
col signed here on Jan. 90
Yesterday the same Mr.. ABBOTT who
is referred 10 in the foregoing attempt
at explanation by somebody in the De
partment of State arrived in New York
from Santo Domingo, which he left on
Feb. 3, We now quote the subjoined
question and answer from an interview
with Judge JONI 7 ABBOTT, printed
elsewhere in THE Sun this morning;
Had the taking possession hy our Government
on rrb. l Of NIL the Dominican ports anything 10
do with the award under which you have been act
ing a. Puerto Plata
Nothing rhattrer. All the Dominican ports
were taken IN charge hy Minlstcr DAWSON uad,r
and op authority NJ me DRfa1hlri sanohc: protocol
Of jan. 20, 1906. When say that Minister DAWSON
took charge Of an the dominican ports on the mrs,
Of FtbWaB ] mean that be took charge Of all Of
thc,n tav, Puerto PLATA ana Monte Crsu. lie did
not akc charge NJ Puerto Plata, Of cnursr because
am already admlnisi' ring that rod. under the
award Of lu1 g. inni As TO Monte Cr,s'l. ihe day
/ Jeff santo Domingo. Feb 3. Admiral slosBRE ana
Commtncrr puIIsGHAM were A. Monte Crisu ncco.