The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-29
Uncle Sam J I B B'egi,nl.l:s;' in: I Work 81 I
as a ( PoliCemanl#O ! al ! !. j 4 the ,lFl|t
Western II emisph'!le]rI'e'; lei
COUNTRY { is ORST
GO.VERNE ON E R'TH.. I /
Contains About 600, 600 P:eople
81 Blended Spanish, Indian and and
& N cgro Blood The Foreig ign3
4 s Commerce Amounts st!t'5 to ,s35
About; So, ,ooo, 900 Per d WA
H Annur1l. /.

III (FrouI! Dur gulars Corr !,
WA sIIN il, ,S3 nm. g II 10 rsop q ol
thas country have lot yet full real llzcd
d that America has seized q nnpt posses
sip Ii, this hemisphere, ha sl1 encst
for,i, the flag of tho stars and I stripes pes
iii, 5flt,nt over the sEIslnnd OF santo DO
n,i,,co. There has been ,,o5 ornltll an
ncxation Of the reprbltc.S but It Az well
understood "A hat the tical t'o1,
y q tho island by the Unitc sta tes 1or tre
purpose OF collcc ting RillGm
io Inav foreign claims }1llea MS thu we S'!li III
stay4therc for good. santo p Domlngo mus iIf1
be rc gard I'd ms American terri NJ ". 81
president Rooseye ~ llns said s3S on ii t%o NO;
occa siohs nat the nitcd States must t pe
reg arded IS tile pol iccma, u of the " est
ern R 4 Hcn,isprerc !; that Uncle sam shall
n3ait,tai i, order IN this 1al fsof the world.
md that We must SEQ TINT tic countries s
t,e south OF S,ls pay he debt s q We for.
3sS e|gn creditors II Is the cnr rYiIlg on y; Of
This policy that has ca used him tof nave 6
II, of fIccr OF iic tlayy go TO SSanto 20 H. q.
iningo asa the reprcsert rtat typ PC ms gov
erl,n1cnt and ass,1nie the dut " g 1 sol ecs.
Ing customs. . VII oh the cla lrls q
y foreigners are to be pa
Government t a Farce
MS Meanwhile, the Senate is call Ing on nSt tc:
President tc furnish all the lforil,a ton
Son the subject and II 3laL fcs days Inc
il tier III lie 81 ool. 2 e M ad 4
minlstratlonS 1: has not Is Ton the Senlte
& ana TIC country into its fullest Conf fi.t
dencc but secreta ry II " has issued sa
lengthy atatcn,cil which covered he fore.
4 going facts Irclat I've n Tho 8Amert Gan oc'
acuDancy OF he island
cxt sto 81 Iniii n san Dpiniu So as per "
haps the worst the
World II though, ts "a ttery To- z rll sasss
i EovcTr rrs1eus The farctcal admin lEtrat Ton 1
ot law IN her couiit santo fIla go
EN- braces less tl,nn laoi
$fsland. . .s.S The res 1 n forms tlib re public of
IIaY,tf and the two are regarded g he he
,,a worst governed countries und Ter the sun:
Santo Domingo las been NJ A. 9 ta e &ot5 'l
rcvot,,tior,. h cticallySs tllout iritern1s.
VI sio on, for seven years The Il takIn ms Ii over
Of SO much uttority by he y ntteds states
wifi - rob baby put t y end to treyolntio
Il nt83lcast. for n time. a Gentle VINO 3
recently returned from, saIto DoH!ngo,S
said to-day hat w hen tn ei.e va 8 as mtlch
) as II on Thousand dollars II the Santo Do
smngo treasury, a revolution was certain
y to be started He mentioned, L by tho way,
that one or tho tllrec gun bo ts which Scor1-
\ nose Tie navy OF the republic ID the old
4 #Deerhound,{ Il which was Il once owned sby
an English gentleman. and Which res Z. g.
cued many Com fedora I g sal lors2 at the
sinking OF the Alabama BY tho Is Ii arsarge
In cherbourg harbor. The vessel Is still
Il In pretty good gcond tton,8892
IN The People. \.
The population OF Santo Domingo IS;
about 600, 600. The people are OF blended
Spanish. Indian and negro b lood. Ss9 The he
q spaniards !! brought negro slaves to 3 the!
island from Africa as early as 1872. near
&ly a century before a l8 p 7 raider
brought Them to Vlrg inIa.$ T hero ls scarce,-
lynnytpuro white blood IN the islan d.tssIhe
interior OF the country Is Very high, some
X of the mountain peaks rising to an Giles
Walton of ten thousand feet. Tllis ! terri-
3 tory Is llttlc$ lnhublted II s
Marion Wilcox, an authority on 4 troll,-,
cal America, says that the. island e ''cx,
GELS nearly all others In the world Il cor:-
etniniy the ncighborng members OF the
4 Greater Antilles Cuba and Porto Rico
IN fnntural fertility and diversity OF #cll-,
mate, and adds that such system Of
highways and railways q s the ~ English
have constructed In Jamaica were stnb-5
lshcd In Santo Domingo, the long period.
4 OF polit!cal8 disturbances and revolutions
An the Dominican republic and republic
Il Of Halt! would come to m end. " At pres
ent the railways OF tho island have ~ total
length Of d bout three hundred miles, and
arc chiefly on the northern const. m
g santo Domingo, he capt. tal, ], has III POP
8ulation Of about p, coo, and Is tho oldest
town of European Origin in 81 the Nv
world. having been founded III 1496 l3y.
bartholomew Columbus. brother Of Chris
n stoplcr. ;s' S q
s5S The prevailing Language Is ~ Spanish
dialect. About forty newspapers B nre
printed In tho island. The state church Is
Catholic, but other rel lglol.s arc olerated,
Foreign Commerce.
( The foreign commerce & of Il s'arto Do