The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01
i -- ' .ss DRAWE1 NEAR P0RI AU PRINCE Ress IS Are Expected
 Morrlentarily. PUBLIC THROWN INTO PANIC All Stores and Business Houses Are
 Closing. Men Are Protecting Their Residences by Barricading Doors snd Win dows--American Minister Asks
 for warships.

T hour brings the revolutionary army nearer to Port au Prince. and feel ing of impending disaster has taken possession of the people.
 The advance guard of General An- toine Simon's force is now not more than twenty five or thirty miles from this city and up to the present the in- surgents have swept all before them The Government losses at Anse-a-Veau on Friday and the rout of the loyal troops have caused consternation among the officials of the Government with possibly the sole exception of Presi- dent Nord Alexis. Every effort 70 to have him take himself out of the country has proved a failure, and the aged President announces his determi- nation to fight to the last.
 | Many of the residents are panic stricken and the greater part of the natives closed and shuttered their stores and have put bars across the doors and windows of their residences. There is. an uneasy feeling among l the foreigners, notwithstanding the presence in the harbor of the warships of the United States and France, from which forces unquestionably will be | landed, if the insurgents succeed in passing the gates of the city, or at the first sign of disorder, and pillage. Flags of different nations are flying
 from the homes of many of the foreign
 residents, the markets are oesersso land the country people. upon whom the
 city depends for its sustenance, have Il fled precipitateIy, and refuse to return. | The situa ton has become so grave | that an ofictal proclamation has been
 issued, convoking the Chambers in ex-
 extraordinary session. so that meas
 ures may be taken to preserve the | Ir4-a fn AfFaGf A compromise with the revolutionary leaders. "a ~
 1 There was great fear tonight that | the disafgected body Of Haytiens in \ this city might take up arms Tor the Iogefthrow Of ki1e Government which,
 however, being forewarned, had taken 1 precaution against this happening; 1 President Alexis, suspecting the loy-
 atty of General Cameau. Chief of Po- lice. has sent him out on special mis- luion,Y while General Nau, who also is I one of the chief police officials, has
 been replaced by General Hyacinthe, e, for the same reason.
 Troops in the Street.
 l Throughout today and tonight the
 streets were patroiled by bodies of
 troops, who maintained order. but this
 was simple matter as many of the streets were deserted, the people hav-
 inR betaken themselves to their barri-
 caded houses.
 | So far as can be seen, all of the
 officers and soldiers here remain loyal
 and are facing the coming of the reVo- lutionists calmly. Three divisions Of \ troops are entrenched at the converg-
 ence of thpee roads. several miles out side the city, and it Is not expected
 that General Simon's forces will reach
 the cross roads until possibly Wednes- day.
 The vanguard of the revolutionists
 occupied Grand Goave. town of l6'OO0
 Inhabitants. about thirty miles west of Port au Prince, without firing a shot,
 and 1t Is expected that this force will
 be sent ahead to clear the way. If any | obstruction is offered for the army which the former commander of the Edepartment of the South has gathered around him.
 General simon has been engaged in previous movements of the same kind. In 1902, he declared himself in favor of General Anto Firmin for the Presi- dency. and the latter pursued similar i tactics to those now being followed by General Simon.
 l In a proclamation issued today, Gen. eral simon stated that he desired to rescue the country from the tyrannical
 rule of Nord Alexis, so that the people
 would be free to elect a new Presi- Cent. but 1t is not known whether he | favors General Firmin for that once or Is working in his own interest. The ladherents of General Firmin have not
 shown any great activity so far.
 H. Pauleus Sannon. the former Min ister of Foreign Affairs, who was one
 of those who took refuge in the French legation at the time of the uprising last March, after having been removed from of1ce by the President, is one
 of the leaders in the movement. while General Fouchard Is believed to be on
 where the insurgents are awaiting his arrival to march on Port au Prince. Warships are Active.
 The French training ship Duguay
 Trouin has gone to Petite Goave at the earnest request of the French colony there, who fear disorders The Duguay thereupon will make general survey
 of the situation and act as a guard
 The Haytian gunboat Nord Alexis left here tonight for the purpose of carrying out a bombardment of one
 of the ports held by the revolutiontsts,
 but Is expected to return shortly.
 The resignation of General Tancrede
 Augus.e from the office of Minister of Public Works was brought about by
 his denunciation by General Leconte,
 Minister of the Interior, to President
 Alexis General Auguste succeeded General Leconte as Minister of the h. terior. when it was believed that the latter had been killed, but GenerSt Le-
 conte was given back his old post on lbts return here. He charged tha at lGeneral Auguste had entered an agree lment with the diplomatic representa-
 tives for the retirement of the Presi-