New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-14
Assemble at Guantanamo;
TO Act i'm SantO Domingo
Also, if Necessary.
FOREIGNERS IN BOTH
COUNTRIES MENACED
State Department Insists Move Is
Only Precautionary. but In
terventiOn May Follow.

Washington, July 49, The situation
in Hayti and Ssnto Domingo has be
come such that the Navy Department
ordered seven hundred marines &c
Guantanamo to-day, there to remain
prepared for n forward movement
which in the end may mean the occu'
patton of ports OF one or both Of these
troublesome republics.
For months the situation is Santo
Domingo and Hayti has been growing
more serious. Foreign lives and prop
Crty are in danger on account OF the
unsettled conditions which attend the
revolution under way. European powers
are anxious about their own interests,
and recently the French and German
ministers at Port -au-Prince threatened
drastic action if Hayti failed TO meet
certain obligations.
II is believed that certain European
governments made representations TO
the United States which forced action,
as il is known that it has been the
policy OF the administration 10 do moth
ing in either country during the Mexi-
can crisis.
Whether the assembling OF marines
al Guantanamo will prove effective re-
mains TO be seen. Many navy officers
and some other officials believe that it
will not and that the presence of Amer
lean marines some hundreds of miles
away will not have the effect desired
on the warning factions in both coun-
tries There are many who believe
that II soon will be necessary to inter
Nene i'm both countries. but the State
Department is careful TO say that send
ing the marines to Guantanamo Is
merely precautionary.
Three hundred marines will so 10
Guantanamo from Mexican waters and
four hundred will be sent from fhila-
delphis. The transport Hancock, now
At Vera Cruz. will take the Mexican
contingent first and then go TO Phila-
delphia to pick up the detachment
there. Following is statement issued
al the Navy Department to-day:
Numerous appeals from time to
,imc having been made for the protec-
ton of American lives and property on
the island of Hayti which have been
;copardized by various bands of revO-
lltiorists operating both in Hayti and
Ssnto Domingo. and dispatches from
there indicating that this condition VIII
probably continue for some time, 1t has
been decided TO place small force Of
marines where they will be available IN
case any emergency should arise which
would make il advi sable for them to be
a. hand for the protection Of life and
property.
"The Secretary of the Navy, at thc
request Of the State Department, has
accordingly directed that the United
States steamship Hancock, now at Vera
Cruz. take on board about 40 officers
and men of the marine corps now at
Vera Cruz and about 1875 marines. now
with the special service squadron n
Mexican waters. and proceed with them
10 Guantanamo; that she land these
men and proceed to Hampton Roads.
there take on about 400 marines and
return with them to guantanamo. Fur
Their. orders have been issued TO the
United States steamship Sacramento.
row in Mexican waters, 70 proceed 10
Port-au-Prince, Hayti.
This action is taken merely a a
precaution. and il is hoped that no con-
ditions will arise that will require the
services of this force.
Santo Domingo, July 49, Bands 'f
revolutionaries we're defeated by Do
minican government troops yesterday
ut San Cristobal. about eighteen miles
rom the city OF Santo Domingo. as well
AS at Santa Cruz del Seybo and SOm-
brerO,