The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03
Haytien Rebels Arc Successful. N
 s-- OCCUPY PORT AU PRINCE
 WITHOUT FIRING SHOT General Legitime Is Called to
 Presidency.
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 Port au Prince. Dec. 2.--Prssident Nord Alexis has been deposed and is now safe on board the French train- ing ship Duguay Trouin, and Port au Prince is in the hands of the revoiu- tionists.
 General Antoine simon. the leader of the insurgents, is marching up the pen- insuIa with an army of 5000 and a new President, General Legltime has been proclaimed.
 At the last moment President Alexis yielded to the urging of those, about him and decided to take refuge aboard. the French zwarship. At precisely o'clock salute of twenty-one guns announced his departure from the pal ace. Thousands had gathered there early in the day and they had surged around the entrances. threatening to tear down the walls to drive out the. President and his loyal followers, and heaping curses on the head of the aged man.
 So serious was the situation that the French Minister, M. Carteron. and other foreign representatives, together with members of specially appointed com nittee. forced themselves upon the President, who finally consented to withdraw. shouts greeted. him as he stepped from the palace and into Q carriage which had been provided.
 M. Carteron. carrying the French trt- color, sat beside him and threw the folds of the flag over the shoulders of the deposed President to protect him. ts An immense crowd had assembled at the wharf and the arrival of the car- riage. escorted by q battalion of in- fantry and a squadron of cavalry, un. der command Of General Hippolyte, was-the signal for wild tumult.
 IeeFs for Alexis.
 sAII along the route the.people ebout. sa, Jeeced and cursed az the faf1ea President, but when the landing stage rywas reached thakuapb l0ats all restraint. Infuriated women broke through the cordon of troops and shrieked the eoarsest insults into the face, cf the President. who strove bravely to aps pear undismayed
 They tried to flurl tn hemselves upon Alexis and foght with hands and, feet. against the soldiers. A space finally was cleared and Nord Alexis was hur-i ried aboard q skin in tow of steam. launch, his suite tumbling in after him. As the launch drew away three Haytien gunboats and the French and American warships in the harbor fired a salute. Just as Nord Alexis was embarking, a woman reached his side and. drawing knife. made sweep at his body. The blow fell short. however, and the wo- man was seized by soldier. A man struck the President with his fist. but the blow was a glancing one on the neck. Nord Alexis turned to M. Car teron and said: T told you so. your excellency."
 A trunk which was left. behind was seized and broken open. 1t contained some $10.000 in gold and 10000 Haytien .gourdes. The specie was promptly appropriated.
 The unrest reached it's cuiminating point early this morning when regu- larly organized Sands of cltizens moved quietly about the town and took pos- session of various points of vantage. No shots were fired, but the President barred himself within the palace.
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 One of the leaders charged that the American minister. H. W. Furniss. was encouraging the President to re- sist, and he issued the following proc lamation:
 Citizens: The danger is supreme; we risk our Independence if we do not take good care. The old man would have given up already were 1t not for the advice of diplomat who is pre-. pairing for our annexation. clash is expected and this diplomat wishes to pfectpttate one in order to have a pre- test for colonizing us. Let us there fore, be docile, yet not supine .'' Every effort made by those who Beg ged the President to adbicate proved of no avail during the early hours of the day. Nord Alexis was obdurate. He expressed his determination to em- bark with troops on the gunboat Nord Alexis, and proceed to Cant HaytfeR. where he would organize a civil war of the north against the south,
 That the infuriated populace would make an attempt upon the palace at any moment and that certainly the night could not pass without an armed assault which would doubtless mean the death of Nord Alexis, was feared
 Deserted by his ministers, abandoned by those he had put into his offices and reyiled by the whole population, Alexis had little chance of escape except through the intervention of the repre- sentative of the French Government.
 A catastrophe was feared if the palace was invaded by the populace. In such an event the foreign -consuls were ready to have landed detach- ments of sailors and marines from the warships. in order to protect the inter- ests of the citizens of their respective nations.
 All the parties those of Fouchard. simon. Firmin and Menos were repre- sented on the committee which urged the presidency upon General Legitime. While accepting the office at the first call. General Legitime showed some hesitancy in undertaking the presI- dency at such a crisis. He expressed his wish to obtain General Simon's -. adhesion before definitely accepting the office.
 It is of the utmost importance that General Simon hasten his march upon Port au Prince with his disciplined troops as otherwise there Is great Likelihood of the many parties now organizing, becoming engaged in an armed struggle among themselves for supremacy.
 Fear United states.
 The flags of the nations are flying over the doors and from the windows of the homes of the foreign residents for, notwithstanding their exhibition of hostility against their faller presi- dent, the Haytiens are in dread of the.