New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-31
MORE WARSH|PS ORDERED
American Interests in Danger In
SantO Domingo.
coNsIlI ATE BARRICADED
baltimore and Yankton Going
South To Be Ready for Any
Emergency.
-, 10 Trihune Bureau. J

,r.shington. oct 30.-Because OF IN
.trg disturbances in Santo Domingo
"a the imminent danger to American
'-.a-ssts the Navy Department, at the
INST ns, NJ the Department OF State. to-
~. ordered the cruiser Baltimore ana
,ordar YanktOn TO Dominican waters
,der that the United States govern
NAV be prepared for any emergency
One Of the reasons prompting the al
..sristration to send the Baltimore Is the
H,,,,ot,on threatening Puerta Plata' on
nortb coast. It is reported that the
W, are approaching that place, ana
-, If fear that an attack Will be mace
~. American Consulate is barricadeu'
60 is considerable alarm over the con-
,,,,o, and II is expected that this gov
u.,rU, will be required to adopt drastic
measures. pu,u
The two American commissioners Brlg.
adler General Frank Mcintyre chleI OF
.,s Rureau OF Insular Affairs, of the war
nenartment. and William I. ;. Doyle
49, ~ the Division Of Latin-American
,1.irs NJ the state Department, are IN
.horea Of the situation, having been
vested with full power to act IN any
emergency They will direct the opera
tons Of the naval forces.
Tho Yarkton was due to leave the New
vo-t Navy Yard to-day, and 1t is e%-
n.c,s5 that the Baltimore will be ready
=. sou from the Philadelphia Navy Yard
an Friday. They should reach thel'
Ssstination by the middle Of next "eeN'
Tn. Baltimore will carry no extra mar
,rss as II is believed that the 100 marines
An the Prairie will be sufficient to protect
American interests
STATE Department officials declare that
the increasing Of the naval force DOCS not
necessarily mean that the two American
commissioners have found 1t impossioie
- restore order. They say that 1t is
a.sIrous TO have a war vessel and marines
AZ the principal ports as matter VI
nrecaution, although serious trouble u
threatened on the north coast.
To.t week the Prairie made hasty
trim from santo Domingo to SancheS Oh
the east coast on the information mat
clssb was about to occur there. II was
toynd that two Of the government war
Sims which naval officers refer TO as
"tinclad." were preparing to lombard the
port which was in possession OF tine
rebels.
". T. S. Boyd, one Of the American
commissioners, successfully interviewed
and prevented a bombardment, which
would Undoubtedly have caused great
deal of damage to property and loss OF
life.
The republic is in a peculiar position
pWing 10 the interference with the tele-
graph and cable by the rebels There Is
now no communication whatsoever be-
tween Santo Domingo on the south and
Puerto Plata on the north side Of the
island. The latter city, however, is able
TO communicate by cable with Cape Hay
tan, and thence northward over the
Cuban cable to washington. So 1t is en-
tirely probable that the American COM
mission. supposed to be at Santo Do
mingo, does not yet know Of the critical
situation at Puerto Plata nor Of the steps
that the Navy Department has taken to
relieve II.
The terder Yankton was still at the
navy yard here last night.