The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-17
WARSRIPS ARE
RUSHED To HAITI
AMERICAN, FRENCH, ENGLISH
AND GERMAN CRUISERS ARE
SENT TO PORT Au PRINCE.
EXECUTION OF II REBELS
BY the Haitian Government Is Follow
ed by Action on the Part Of
Nations Whose Citizens
May be in Danger.

Port au Prince, Haiti, March IL
The Haitian governments activity In
sunmmarily dealing with number of
alleged conspirators I'm q threatened
uprising has had the effect of causing
anxiety in the hearts Of many. for 1t
is not known where the next blow may
fan or how far reaching this reyolu.
tionary trouble may be.
Outwardly, Port au Prince Is calm,
and following the execution on Sun.
day of II men alleged to have been
Implicated in the plot, President Nord
Alexis issued a proclamation TO the
people in which he fellcitates them
on their calm attitude under the pres.
ent trying conditions and gives assur
ances to the community that order and
the security of the government will be
maintained
Washington, March 17.--An Amerl.
can war vessel, probably the gunboat
Eagle, is now on the way from Guam
tanamo to Port au Prince, Haiti, where
the Haitian government on Sunday
summarily executed number Of alleg.
ed revolutionists. The vessel is not
sent there because OF any serious ap-
prehension on the part of officials
here that American interests at Port
au Prince or at other points in Haiti
are In serious danger, but as a matter
OF srecaution.
1t is asserted that Gen Firmin, the
Haitian revolutionary leader, now a
refugee in the French consulate at
Gonaives, is at the head of another
revolutionary movement against the
constituted authorities, and it Is be-
lieved that the shooting Of the Hal
tians at Port au Prince is he direct
result of the discovery Of ,his fac.
The statement that Firmin W; 9
fomenting another revolution NOV
ment is made in a dispatch received
here by Mr.. st. Leger, the Haitian
minister.
The dispatch said that letters from
Firmin TO Haitians lu Port an Prince
had been interc pied bN the govern
ment and that IL persons had been
arrested to whom these letters were
directed The impression al the lega-
tion Is that these are the persons who
were shot by the Haitian authorities
on Sunday
Il is not believed at the state de-
partmert that forei2r interests In
Haiti are seriously w1naced. The
disposition of the adm! stratlon Is to
keep hands Off and O. give the people
of Haiti an opportunity to work out
their own salvation II IS realized that
IN dealing with revolutionary move
lnents stern reDres5ive measures often
are necessary and the impression here
Is that II Is not up to the american
government to intcrfero with n. acts
Of our neighbors, unless the situation
Is such that our interests are in ieop-
ardy or that humanitarian measures
require us to interfere.
Most of the revolutionary refugees
in Haiti are in the French consulate
az Gonaives. where in addition to Cen
Ftrmin there are about 20 native Hal
tians seeking shelter The Haitian
government is anxious that these men
shall be required 10 quit the country,
but the friends OF the refugees are op-
posed TO sending them away.
Paris, March 1.-THE situation be.
tween the Haitian government and
France has become acute. The French
legation at Port an Prince Is menaced
and a general massacre Of the white
residents OF the island Is feared This
Information was conveyed in an official
dispatch to the foreign Office from the
French minister TO Haiti.
The French cruiser d'Estrees Is eX.
pected very soon at GOnaiyes, where
she will act in cooperation with the
British and German ships of war now
on their way to Haiti
II is understood here that France
Germany and Great Britain are acting
IN accord In this situation.