The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-03-23
WATCHING
FOR GRAB
FaiIureofSan Domingo Treaty
in Senate
POWERS ARE INTERESTED
President Morales Already Begin.
ming to Fear a Visit from
European Warships
POWERS ARE INTERESTED

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 discredlted 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 Belglum's dcg7and presented on
March q.
Belgium wants the customs receipts
Of port of Santo Domingo to the eX-
tent Of $25,S3 month, according to
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 antlci-
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 he
sees no light ahead, he has blind faith
that right will. triumph"
In the course OF an Interview Presi-
dent Morales last night said:
1T 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. 1t is
utterly impossible for the government
to pay the sums due foreign nations
unless the United States can procure
from foreign POWERS a postponement
of their demands. Otherwise these de-
mands will be pressed. have no phys
zeal 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 10y foreign
powers will begin at once. An Italian
cruiser was mere II few days ago, but
withdrew to Kingston. The American
gunboat Castlne is here with 100 men,
the cruiser Chattanooga is AT SANTANA
bay, the Detroit is vt Puerto Plata and
the Dixie is ut 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 II is argued here
that the Monroe doctrine will be multi
fled as regards this republic. With the
United States in the possession of two
ports II would not be logical IL 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 i'll some way the United
States can secure a 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 1000
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.