The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-08
New York Herald Dispatch De-
clarcd to Have Prevented Rev
olution ii, San Domingo.
MORALES VERY GRATEFUL ! y ! 4: /: y
Plotting Junta Cllceklr)1;a't,s Cd. and nd
Forced to AbandonAPlans
for Uprising. d

Copyright. by tho New York Herald Col y
sANTO DOMINGO CITY, March 2S.--'
Here is tile plain, undecorated story OF
how n small Herald bulletin prevented .
revolution However fanciful that may
sound outside the realm OF opera bouFe,
It is soemnly asserted as u fact by such
men as Mr.. Arthur T.. Coulter, 81 Rich
3nond, Va, manager OF one OF the largest Z
American interests on the island, and by
other Americans. Dominlcans and Euro
peans. who, like him, are thoroughly "a a.
miliar with santo Domingo and It's people.
and who nre close TO the ear OF the es-
tablished government. Il
News Travelled Slowly.
TO Americans. accustomed TO scan all
the worlds news daily, 1t may seem
strange that down here in Santp Domingo
although the United States Senate ad-S
journel on March 18TH. nothing definite
was krown OF that fact until three days :
later, though the subject was one in
which, this island was most vital S@tn.S
terested Cable news service here IS
very s,neagre-it costs 81 az n word. In the
government palace. where the Morn les \
administration eagerly G awaited Y5 ne VS. Z
which might nlcnns Its substantial cstai'-ss
$lIshment or ifs sudden collapse: on the
American warships In the American lega-s 4
on-everywherc where interests hing ~
upon the adoption or rejection q Inc ne 4
treaty there was an atmosphere OF, Keen
suspense. but nobody had any Il DEF finite 4
news The Morales government had no 7
report from Its minister in Wash:ngton,
| the navy had no Information and Minister Z
Dawson heard not a word from the State
Department. ys sS s35 5sBG II, s.f
Anxiety eliminated on March II 2ist, 4
when the I,iston Diario. the little daily II
ne .pa per published here. printed IN corl-lss
aspcuous type dispatch from n ewj j ork,
signed Bass: which stated IN une-$
auivocal terms tina Z thes Senate had \, AZ Y
journed after definitely t'rcjecting. the
dominican convention IT looked then as \
though this might be 4 he ma tcll to lig MT
the powder mine over which Santo Do
|4mingo lay sleeping. I" Bass wa ssu pposed
TO be a young lnaniof that name now In
New York city, who has had COM siderable 1
interests here and In Puerto Rico. and,
who politically is believed TO be inimca
or at least, not soYerfricnflly a 10 I, the
present Dominican reSin,e. IN i.ie
Ready for Revolution.
All through the ca pltai flew thearcport
| that America had washed her. hands #oS
| the Santo Domingo muddle and&that thee
| sneed y Mt hdraw OF ;warshps would fol-
| low. Among the tpartisans cot Morales /
! there was conservation. His enemies ;
were iubilant. They had begun already
| to part his rament among q lhe /;
| land and cable wires spread t he ne ~. VS. VS.
10 Pucrta Plata IT flew and 10 Gonte (
christi. that seething caudron Of SUP
| messed revolt, on The north coast + where
| Arias and Demetior& Rodriguez hailed it
! as MISUNDERSTANDING 10 strike. TO Turk > 4
Island 1t went. bringing soace TO lo oe''fl
! champs and his colony Of plotting Ee1llles:s
to Jiminez, In Pnerta Rico. and 70 sNVos X
| Gill, In Santa 90 de Cuba leaders OIL q
M st era; II was the harbingers OF rene wed
! power. 55S5:
Here In the capital city the revolution
ary punta. met secretly and rejoiced
| T-ron, II went out the word 9 Be READY
LII strike soon.'' Quiet enough on tue
surface. the city was SETTLING inwardlF
! and every well informed man knew tllat
within the barios Of the old capita!
alone we're enough indictments and
nrnta nv enough secretcd arms and am-4
| munition to make n desperate demonstra-
| lion 81 force rightsin the heart OF ne
can,tal. They had not forgotten that The
successful revolution OF MOS ~ Gil staItea &
| in. that very way. and not fromgthe norm
| coast or the interior, as used 10 he most
| common III Y IS
president Morales coolly prepared for
I the worst. He kept his garrison s.he
olert. Special outposts were stationed 4
about tho city. Throughout Its streets
Tia military guards were doubled, and
t1,py ha their magazine carbines in&tDe
crook of their elbows The President
was calm and seemingly confident, but
his face showed deep M xet ~. 4
Postponed, Not Rejected.
Immediately after the publication IN I
the I.istn Dario OF tho BASS" dlspatcn
your correspondent here On bled 10 lne
Herald asking n bulletin, OF the exact
facts in order to resolve all doubts and
ala 5unnccessary anxiety. Promptly he I
reply came back: sya tf gt
senate adjourned. Treaty POSTPONED rs
Il HERALD.
"postponed' = was n very different mat
ter from "rejccted. In this u omenea
island it spelled the difference pro'paply
between continued peace, at least for .
time. and Immediate revolt, Your cor 7
respondcnt lost no time IN personals Az
Ing that bulletin to President Moral's.
whom he found in the palace ~ colnsel
with tho Minister ofgl,Wars and For For \
rcign Affairs, and with his chief gen.
eral l Is q y.
Whel,ath original OF the messase wac
nlaced at tho Presidents service to maze
such use of as lie might see fit. General5 "
Morales was delighted. He and his NJ rs
isters paused only long cnouhl' y express
their profuse thanks to the Herald, and I
then the President, WAYS Quick ~
action, ljegnn to touch call bells and
summon subordnates. The Herald bulle-
tin WAS absolutely his first t3nllthentlo
information Of crisis WhiclEto nun mn anu
Ithis government, meant everything for
lie had not even heard yet from Senior
Joubert, his Charge d'Affairs IN WASH
ington. 1, . 4, +. ~, :.
New York were flashing over the wires
10 all cities and towns Of the island, The
editor Of the I,istln Diarlowas summoned
toithe palace and within two hours =, no I
had ISSUED AN textra containing tho
Herald's informal ion duly credi ed. .J
All through the city the barefooted
newsboys cried tlieirsnews, and men who
had plotted together thha night befnrc
scowlingly noted tho difference between
the words i'l'e1ected' and postponed"
Then they realized that tho strong re.