Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21

with a broken leg, or faint with loss
Of blood, the soldier is left to sue
cumb to hunger or thirst, or more like
~ to be devoured by the wild hogs
that infest the forests.
Recent Revolutionary History.
In the turbulent politics of San Do.
mingo two parties for years have been
in bitter rivalry. Since General .Iimi'
neg met the usual fate of Dominican
executives and was driven into exile
his followers have been known as the
Jiminestas. Generally speaking, this
Is the party Of the masses. In its
ranks it numbers a majority Of the
illiterats.
Since the fall Of the Jiminez govern
ment many Of the former lisutenants
Of that chieftain have remained in ex-
lie on Turks Island, and from that
barren little salt lick rising out Of the
Caribbean, under the protection of the
British nag. they have maintained an
active propaganda against the admin.
istration of Carlos Morales, and have
DCCu Ia AlIAOSl CoASlunt
ton with the other Jiminesta chiefs
scattered through the West Indies, at
the Clyde Line steamships Cherokee
and Seminole touch at Turks Island
on their voyages between New York
and Santo Domingo.
Horacio Vasquez, who also ruled San
Domingo for a brief term as Presi.
dent, is the titular head or chieftain
Of the Horaeistas, the other powerful
party. Enlisted in Its ranks ars a ma.
jerity Of the better educated Domini
cans. In civil life probably the most
influential respected and able man OF
that party is Emiliano Tejera, while
the best soldier of the Horacista fac
ton is General Ramon Caceres, who
has been the idol Of his followers ever
since he personally shot and killed
General Ulysses Heureaux, the black
tyrant, who ruled San Domingo with
a rod Of iron, until he went one day tc
seek the life Of Caceres, and that en-
ergetic young man, having learned OF
the despot's purpose, got the drop on
him. and filled him full Of lead at the
very Threshold Of the Caceres domi
cile.
Caceres is a brother-in-iaw of Hora
clio Vasquez, and the brother Of the
latter Is Francisco Leonte Vasquez
who, until last April, was the Domini
can Consul General in New York. un
der the Morales government.
When Morales mounted to power
over the heads Of the old chieftains
both Of the Jiminestas and Horacistas
community Of interest, for a time Al,
least, linked the fortunes of Caceres
with his, and Ramon" as he is at,
fectionately called, became the Vice
President. He did not reside in the
capital city of Santo Domingo, on the
south coast of the island, however, but
remained In the interior city Of San
tiago.
With his office of Vice President be
also combined that of Minister of the
Interior, and In his coalition with
Morales his especial duty was to stand
guard and hold In check the turbulent
elements Of the interior and the north
coast, where Dominican revolutions
are bred habitually, while Morales oc.
cupied the capital city on the south
coast, and held the reins of active gov.
eminent.
Demetrio Rodriguez is the petty
chief of Monte Christi. That Morales,
in his present emergency, should ap.
parently be seeking coalition with
Rodriguez Is illustrative of the exigen.
cies of Dominican politics, for Rodri.
guez was the last chief to yield to
Morales supremacy. These two fought
bitterly within little more than two
years. When Morales won he placat.
ed Rodriguez by giving to him the ad.
ministration Of the Monte Christi Gus.
toms house.
This kept "the little frebrand' com.
paratively quiet until the United
States, under the terms of the so-called
"laudo," the arbltral agreement author.
izlng collections in the interest of the
Santo Domingo Improvement Com.
pany's claim, was persuaded to send a
cruiser to Monte Christi, and there took
forcible possession of the custom
house. Rodrigues, deprived of his
source of revenue, again became plot.
ter, and Monte Christi for months has
been the center of revolutionary senti.
ment.
Puerto Plata, on the north coast, not
4 long voyage from Monte Christi 10
the seaport of the island city Of San.
tiago, the Caceres stronghold, and ID
linked with 1t by a substantial rail.
way. Between Santiago and santa
Domingo city, however, the only direct
communication Is by arduous noun.
tain trails. 1t 10 In these mountain
Businesses that the Dominican revolu.
ZIONIST recruits his forces, and the Do.
minican refugee makes his last stand.
Revolutions, usually bred at Monte
Christi or Puerto Plata, on the north
coast. make Santiago their first OBJ.
jectivs for land attack. II successful
there, with accessions to their ranks,
they next aspire to follow the trails
southwark and attack the capital city.
Speaking Of Ancestry.
Mr. Chase has such an ava osrsto.,