Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-23
CITE MORAfESeLETTERS
THE READERS PlpLf4H ALLEGED
OFFICIAL. B0cJMRNTs.
Interest in santo hDaniago Imbroglio
is Reaching theAcuse Stage
Statements Printed.

l oCaLementS 1I1uI6Qs
| Interest in the imBroglio between Mrs.
| Ella Rawls Reader and the State Depart
| ment at Westinghouse becoming acute in
New, York. Mrs. Render Is preparing a
| statement, In which Ahe will charge GER
tain individuals highly connected with the
| government with havingrbroken faith. with
/ having done things no honorable man would
I countenance. She also gives the lie to an
| interview with Senior Emile Joubert, repre-
senting the Dominican republic at Washing
| ton.
| Joubert declares he was present when
| Mrs. Readers husband-sought an audience
with President Morales. and that Morales
| had sent the American away. Mrs Reader.
! in support of her claim that Morales was In
sympathy with her plans, makes public the
| following letter, received by her husband
! in January. Its date is January s. It is in
| Spanish. Translated it reads:
The Alleged Morales Documents.
"a. Rawls Reader, esq. Hotel Francis:
my Dear Sir: In answer to your favor of
| yesterday it pleases me greatly to invite
| you to call tomorrow at 10 in the palace of
| the government. Without further partic-
ulars, remain, MORALES, L.
That having been copied by the reporters,
Mrs. Reader furnished still another commu-
ncation. alleged to have come direct from
President Morales. 1t says under date of
January 2, 1905:
1.-The interview which you ask me for
shall take place at o'clock tonight in my
family residence Without further partic-
ulars, l salute you very attentively.
MORALES L."
LET us get at the bottom of this miser-
able story at once. and be done with it."
exclaimed Mrs Reader In her office at No
ID Wall street yesterday. when my
husband and l reached Santo Domingo we
were properly fortified with credentials.
President Morales sought us out He had
had an intimation of what we possessed.
He came to the steamer when landed in
his full uniform, and attended by his spe-
cial escort, in December last He made his
own appointments, and 1 kept them
Propositions Submitted.
"MJ propositions were submitted to Attor-
neg William Nelson Cromwell because I
thought he was my friend. He impressed
me with the Importance of my mission; told
me to let Morales understand that if he
would agree to the treaty that he could feei
secure from the revolutions and from en-
eniies the balance of his years
of course, Cromwell impressed me. He
is suave, subtle man. He can talk we'll
and Interestingly when he wishes. Bu. he
says number of things he cannot SUBJ
stantiate. know him; 1 wish l had
kEown him as well Ia 1t year as know him
now.
81 am fighting a great corporation. n
concern whose power. and influence IS felt
IN every part of the civilized world; but K
can neither awe me by the power Of IFS
money nor subdue me by the influence of
the newspapers. Mr.. Loouis could tell all
about it; in time he will have 10 tell.
shall insist.
Roosevelt in the Dark,
But let me say that President Roosevelt.
knows nothing of this scheme to belittle
nae. 1 am going to see him and w.tl lay
the whole matter before him. and when
he knows the truth there will be trouble
Mrs. Reader said last night that she
would have signed and sworn statement
ready for the press this afternoon. 81
nave written It," she said, but 1 want my
Were too busy today
William Nelson Cromwell, the la wyer VINO
IS practically accused by the Readers Of
treaty with Santo Domingo, persisted in
ms attitude of silence yesterday hut said
ina: II there Were any furthef accusations
against him in any statement the leaders
might make he would reply TO them
Mr.. Reader said yesterday that Mr..
Cromwell, as their counsel, knew every
move that they contemplated and aid
vised them In everything that they did.
want it understood that President
morales first sought interview with
me upon my arrival in Santo Domingo.
Kept an appointment and had a long in
tervfew with him. He requested anot her
meeting the same morning at the palace,
and we continued the discussion of the
treaty. At that session / met Mr.. Prichard
the minister of fomento.
Il submitted the document to LAWYER
Cromwell. and after reading it, he said
he thought it would be acceptable to the
officials in Washington. He gave me full
instructions on the day before / sailed.
He cautioned me specially to refrain from
any statement which would imply that L
rerepsented the United States government.
Call Up Gunboat by Telephone
He also impressed upon me the neces-
sity of making Morales clearly understand
how beneficial it would be for him to be
able to sleep quietly with the knowledge
that he could call up by telephone United
States gunboat in case of any trouble with
his compatriots, and cited the case of Presf-
cent Amador of Panama. He told me that
a report reached Amadors ears of a plot
against his life, and that all that Amador
did was to go to the phone, call up the
United States officer in charge. In half an
hour the American marines were at his
door"
Mrs. Reader said:
Certain persons have practically called
me liar. Very WELL | have determined
to set down all the facts in the case over
my own signature and then we will see
VINO is the liar. Big Wall street interests
Will be placed in an unenviable position
when this case is thoroughly threshed out.
Inc whole thing is the attempt of capital
to crush out individual effort Nobody will
De spared when the real inquiry is begun.
1 am not so sure that woman with a de-
termination to succeed honorably can be
crushed by INSCRIPTIONS men,.