The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-16

I armies on the Elbe under St. Cyr. It was masterly plan, but it did not work out as Napoleon schemed. The attack on Berlin was g. failure, and the Prussians, without the aid of the Swedes, routed the French and took 2,40O prisoners. Napoleon made a daring and successful dash into Bo- hemia, and defeated the allies at Dres- den, but before the close of the month of August Vandanne had been routed at Kuhn, and the allies captured 1S,- 900 prisoners and 103 guns. For this victory Butcher was created Prince of Whalstadt, while his soldiers paid him even a higher compliment by renaLn- ing him Marshal Vorwarts. This nickname was derived from his cry of 'FVorwarts!'' with which he had led a bayonet charge against the French.
 Tn Santo Domingo, the capital, and throughout the Dominican republic there will be a great celebration to- day, commemo orating the se1ni-cen- tennia1 of the establishment of the second republic. The 675, ,00e people inhabiting the black republican will to-day give themselves over to merry making and patriotic feryor. forget ting for the time the political warfare which began last Novemb Der when Ella dio Victoria resigned the presidency
 and was succeeded by Archbishop Moue1 as provisional president
 On the whole, and despite occasion al local disturbances and revolutions, the Dominicans have made a success of government. Uncle Sans Su- pervision of the customs has had a sa1utary effect, and the old regime of graft seems to have passed. More abundant and better crops and con stantIy increasing trade with other nations have made the republic more prosperous than at any time in it's his tory.
 The Dominican republic occupies the eastern and by far the larger DOT ton of the island of Hayti, and is nearly twice as large as it's neighbor- ing black republic. Santo Domingo was discovered by Columbus on his first voyage, and he found 1t inhabit- ed by a peaceabIe race of Indians, who had divided the island into five king doms. Then came the Spanish con quistadores and built the city of San to Domingo, now the capital of the republic, but for a century the prin- cipaI base and metropolis of the far flung empire of Spain. The Indians died off rapidly, and four centuries ago 4,000 African slaves were landed on the isIand-the beginning of the present population. French buccan- eers gained a. foothold in the island in 1795 the flag of France was supreme. but in 1909 the combined Spanish and English forces captured the island, and Spanish sovereignty was restored. In 1921 the people of the Spanish part of the island declared their indepen- dence, but President Boyer of Hayti was able to extend his dominions to include all of the island. In 1846 the first Dominican Republic was estab- Iished, and continued until 1861, when the Dominicans, fearing foreign in Vasion, appealed to Spain for protec- tion. Spain annexed the country, but in August 16, 1863, at Capotilli, a rev o1ution was instituted which resulted in the restoration of the republic
 Living side by side the same isl- and, and of common African descent, the people of the Dominican republic ces to the most casual observer. French is the language of Hayti, while the Doninicans speak Spanish. The Dominicans are better educated, more progressive, less grossly superstftious, and, on the whole, have shown greater capacity for self-government than their neighborS-
 The newspapers of country afford the best index to the character and culture of a people, and in this res pect the Dorninieans are far ahead of the Haytians. There are half a dog en daily papers in the cities of Santo Domingo, Santiago and Puerta Plata, and the former also has two literary week1ies, humorous weekly, and several monthly professional and lit erary magazines. While Santo Do nningo's population is only about a third as large as that of Port-au- Prince, the capital of Hayti, the for mer has four times as many newspa- pers and periodicals, and they are far more widely circulated and read.
 The Dominican republic owns and operates 15O miles of railway, con 4Ix- IT., ern and southern coasts, and there are 225 miles of privately owned lines. Hayti, with a population three times as great as that of the Dominican re- public, has but sixty-four miles of railway, and only 125 miles of tele- graph lines, as compared to Santo Domingo's 1,075 miles.