Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-25
Marines Co to Santo Domingo
A FORCE OF 75o WILL SAIL NEXT
 FRIDAY.
OPEN CUSTOM HOUSES
All Four on Border Closed by Rebels Necessary Force Will Be Used to Continue Them in Orderly Fashion.

Washington, Sept 24-A force of 750 American marines under Col. F. J. Moses, will sail from Philadelphia Friday on the transport Prairie for San Domingo to compel the re-opening of Dominican customs houses along the border of Haiti closed by revolu- tionists. Authority for this step was given by President Taft today after a conference with Acting Secretary of the Navy Beekman winthrop between Washington and New York, in the pri- vate car in which the president was travelling to New York.
 Necessity of Immediate Action. Acting Secretary of State Hunting ton Wilson and William T. s. Doyle, chief of the Latin-American division of the state department, had advised the president yesterday of the neces- sity for immediate action in San De- mingo.
 Will Arrive About October 3. With the marines will go Brig. Gen. Frank Mcintyre, chief of the army in l sular bureau, and MT. Doyle, as spe- cial commissioners, to make an inves- | tigation of conditions in San Domingo, | particularly on the border between that country and Haiti where the rev. l olutionists have been most active. The | Prairie will arrive at the island about | October 3 and plans for the disposi- tion of the marines will depend entire | ly upon conditions existing at that | time.
 Dawson Treaty of 1907. Under the Dawson treaty of 1907 be- | tween the United States and the De- miniean republic, the United States Is responsible for the collection and dis tribution of San Domingo's customs dues. Heretofore this has been &C., complished peacefully, but rebels op- all four of the border customs posts.
 Necessary Force Will Be Used. | Whatever force may be necessary will be used by the marines to re-opeO the posts and continue their orderly operation. Officials here believe, how ever, that when made aware of the determination of the United States government the rebels will offer no re- sistance and that it may even be found necessary to disembark the marines But if there should be any sign of re- sistance. the force will be landed or the north and soath coasts and march | ed directly inland over the wagon roads and trails, for there are no rail- I roads in that section, to the customs
 houses. Besides the marines who will go on the Prairie, perhaps 150 men bluejackets and marines, may be taker from the gunboat Wheeling, now 1T Dominican waters, in case of need, anC
 1t is said. at the navy department
 that more naval Vessels will be sem l to Dominican waters at any momen
 the state department may desire.
 Revolution in Progress Several Month,
 The preparedness of the marin,
 corps for an emergency is demonstrat
 ed by the short time allowed to ge
 the expedition headed for Santo Do. mingo. The force which will sail or
 Friday, scarcely seventy-two hours af
 ter the giving of the order. will b, gathered from the Atlantic coast sta
 tions of Port Royal and Charleston
 Norfolk, Annapolis, Washington, Phil
 adelphia, New York, Boston and Ports
 mouth, N. H.
 For many months a revoiutionar!
 movement has been in progress in 'th
 Northern part of San Domingo ant
 the western boundary of that coun
 try.