Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-23
MORALES HAS. FEARS
Failure of Domingo Treaty Will Lead to Grab Game.
FOREIGN POWERS MAY SEIZE PORTS

President of SantO Domingo, Inter-
 viewed, Says He Can Crush a Re-
 volt, but Has No Army to Re-
 sist European Warships.
 SANTO DOMINGO, March 23.-The news of the postponement by the Unit ed States senate of action on the trea- ty with Santo Domingo makes the sit uation here acute, and an internal up rising seems to be imminent, based on the cry that President Morales has been discredited in the United States. President Morales states that he is prepared to put down any revolution, but that more serious matter in his mind is foreign complications growing out of Belgium's demand presented on March 21.
 Belgium wants the customs receipts of a port of Santo Domingo td the ex tent of $25, ,S33 d month, according to q former agreement, on which no pay ment has been made for three years. This first demand is construed as a di rect result of the failure of the treaty between the United States and Santo Domingo. President Morales antici- pates similar demands by other foreign powers, which he will be helpless to re- sist. He says he wants to pay all the republics debts, but sees the ruin of the country with every port in the hands of different power and no rev enue for the government. While lie sees no light ahead. he has blind faith that right will triumph"
 In the course of an interview Presi- dent Morales last night said:
 Tt is entirely possible that the Unit ed States may have to send an ultima tum here on account of the Dominican government being unable though not unwilling to meet its obligations. It is utterly impossible for the government unless the United States can procure from foreign powers a postpOnement of their demands. Otherwise these de- mands will be pressed. I have no phys ical or moral force to resist them. With the custom houses in the control of the United States the resources of the is- land will develop speedily, and all de- mands will be paid, with the result that the country will be educated to peace and permanent prosperity
 With two Dominican ports now in the hands of the United States and the failure of the treaty DOminicans be- lieve that grab game by foreign powers will begin at once. An Italian cruiser was here a few days ago. but withdrew to Kingston. The American gunboat Castine is here with l5O men, the cruiser Chattanooga is at Samana bay. the Detroit is at Puerto Plata and the Dixie is at Monte Christi Rear Admiral Sigsbee has gone to Guam tanamO for consultation with Rear Admiral Barker.
 With the seizure of Dominican ports by foreign powers it is argued here that the Monroe doctrine will be nulli- fled as regards this republic. With the United States in the possession of two ports it would not be logical. it is ar gued. to oppose the seizure of other ports by foreign powers. At the same time the only hope of President Mo rales is that in some way the United States can secure q pOstpOnement of seizure by European powers. No steps to this end have been initiated here.
 No reply has yet been made to the Belgian demand.
 President Morales has about 1,2OO men under arms ready to crush the first internal uprising. but should the custom houses be seized he would speedily be without funds with which to pay his army, which would i'm mediately desert.