The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20
SYRIAN QUEEN TN DONTNCA
ALMOST 4 REVOLUTION WIEN
SIZE WOW OVER RIVAL BEAUTY

W. MN NNttAEaA3 ON4UNA&u - E8III|MaI|
n . Pest 90 itaaoT ae Their Naelsaal
Feae. hut me Cnhlnee Rose ns spne
AsGa and 0mered % Marry AMANDA
Ths FUN. astonishing story Of how the
Government % tho Dominican RepHhlle
almost suffered overthrow because ~
the beauty Of Syrian Rirl arrived IN New
Y0rk yesterday In q letter written O.
Al Hoda. the Syrian daily nswspnpgr
here. by its correspondent in san Pedro
do Macoris. n. ID. Although the criais
was reached q month ago. state nGnInhf ~
the republic are still in . turmoil and
revolution may be looked Tor 40 any
minute while the SefoVita Amanda AeAf
remains unwed
How shall one tell this storyi' damaRds
Al HOda's correspondent. who has seen
many revolutions and many fair women
separately and In conjunction. -Amandp
AGAR n n Syrian from Mount Lsbanoe
She In possessed Of fun. pensive. su9Nl
countenance. A child she worshipped
In the diminutive chapel built within thP
sweet smelling trunk of Mount Lsbanens
most ancient cedar. Her parents rshfef
named her Amanda. sweet Latin name
for indeed she must ~ loved"
A. this point Al HOds's man sncioeeda
picture Of tho HsnoritA AzAr. On thH
authority Of one who has seen the pictnfe
u may bs said that the correspondents
dos not appear tn sxaGRernte. ~
February 10. tho editors read earthsy.
u TO Dominicans what union Of the Nsm
Orleans Aardi Oras and a Philndelphia
Fourth Of July would ssiGgess 20 We. a
national holiday merits = naaioual fets
Zach year San PedrO de MacOrs which
neNt to San Domingo. the capital. " the
largest city in the republic has . paradp
a state hall. a water spree and q wiHs
carnival and manifestations bach year
. girl 10 chosen queen % tho fAts Tina
year some one proposed the naIns ~
Amanda AzAr for that high oetcs
Al onCe there Was an outcry Tbs
SehoritA Azar vas beautiful beyond
dispute. hut she was not ~ spanish blood.
she was not native. and the Iesh ef
February was above all else q national
affair
Instantly all the citizens % san Pedro
DO MAcoVis took sides There are not
more than 3oO Svrians in San Pedro. I.
but Miss Azsr had many chAmptuns
among tho DominicaBs. Toruhlixht
professions were insugurated. seventeen :
new brands Ut cigarettes we're namss
len honor NJ the fair Syrian. her hsalah
was drunk ssIrreptitlonsly and in publie.
a vile quality of rum was rechrisesnen
by a vine agent amanda and ssla
30 probationary that the hospltais were
overcrowded. The controversy sprs@d Z
% Santo Domingo. the inhabitants of the
capital became lnfamed with enthual-
asln. the army was divided. the police p
force was disruptsd The rsns,eeya ~ ,
the Cabinet unanimously refused 20 have
anything 70 do with Prestdent Rnnon
Caceres because he would espouss neithmF
one side nor the other.
The house ~ A1ar wss hsaiegsd with
people Who wished ~ look upon TIE
SeforitA Amanda. The Minister OF For.
sikD Affairs. who posssSses the onlv =
buggy In the republic. drove over 90 San
Pedro De MacoTis and made formal
oFerp % marriage. The Minister Of War
and Mari no ordered that the Dominican
navy Of one full rugged rowboat carrying
three seventeen inch oars and q life bel
be rechri stoned Amanda. The Minister
Of Finance. who hands all the money
to the President. pointed out q wav in
which he could divert a portion % the
golden stream to his own pockets should
Miss Azar becorns his wife. The Minister
of the Interior an d PoIlce proposed by
letter To Miss Azar. The letter ~ courss
had to Pass through the hAnds Of the
Minister ~ Communications. Promo
ton and Public Works who interuspted
IT, The Minister cf the Interior and
Polic~ asserted that ~ Min ist~r Of Pro-
mott on a. ~~ll a. ~ Communications
u was his colleagues ditv not ONLY -
forward tho letter ~ Miss Azsr bat IN
promote tho match. The Minister OF
e. +. \ ?. ". - uld not se~ n thai -sv
Several desultory duels were fought
which wore ended by tho President
threatening - pui both suitors IN the
oficial lori, up at SAnfo Domingo
A. length the day ~ voting cane Ral
lots r purchEsc nv tho thousand and
the ten Thousand. the receipts being sup
posrd to 60 toward the sHpense az the
festival More than 5000 votes wara
cast and whom they were counted The
Syrian girl was found 10 have been el~-t@d
queen Riots follow IN N" streets of
San Pedro and the capital The Presi-
dent convened the Crbinst. which Was all
for Miss Azar. Vet the great lsody ~ tn
citizens, heIng natives. refused to rpcoG-
nize a Syrian qIeer The sRriculturists
who spend most of their time lounEinz
in the public squares attacked the Preai-
dent. who was forced. to Zee for his life.
The ~ ken door 81 tho palace had baFely
banged behind him when a pItchfork ~
American make embedded itsNlf in the
wood
President Car-re was IN = die NINA he
has over four years TO serve ~ President
II he can stavs OF a revolution. Yet thsre
MS no question but that hs would b.
overthrown IL he did not partly nsutrAline
the election OF SehoritA Anar A. length
he proposed that M-rcedes Cassltoro, .
lovely girl Of the Spanish blood. yet native
born. share Miss Azar's honor. This
happy thought was carried out and both
queens presided at San Pedros Tets
Since the fete. however concludes
Al Hoda's correspondents, a great dis-
sension has arisen a. to which 81 the two
young women WAS really queen. So
complex II this QUESTION that all the in
habitants ~ Dominica are diaputing over
Il. President Cac~reN, by his clever
has for the time being clouded
the intelIects Of the Domin loan people;
hut woe will certainly befall him N they
once mSks up their minds ono way OF thu
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