The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-03

! But 10 follow the handful Of "vOlun-
~teers' thrown into the cruiser. The
cruiser steamed away hours before the
merchant vessel. But as u vessel
followed her in the return course.
stopping at all the oas towns h
had tu,ched en- her outward trip.
Santo Domingo. MAcoris. Porto Plata.
Samana. Sanchez and Monte Christi
we found how inc! Elective this volun-
teer army had been In h different
towns where they had been sent to
keep the peace. Most Of them we're
cent 10 Porto Plata. where they, Tor
the greater part, sought shelter IN
friendly homes whe the rebels turned
their cannon on the plaza on August ~.
A few DAYS before the fasco In Porto
Plata there was an outbreak OF the
brigands in Sanchez. This town. which
snupgles close to the coast In Saanana
BAY. sought as a naval base Ia 1873
by President Grant. 1s the chief outlet
for the woods Of the Santiago terri
tory and the coffee and cocoa nelds
NJ Mocha. A railro adj Of twenty five
miles. built by Englisdh capital, reaches
mi, section. Only n few days BEFORE
the Minister OF Public Works had gone
into the maintains to bring the ban
dts to bay. On the morning or All
gust 26 the first passenger train was
signalled by the leader OF the rebels.
The engineer did not heed the warning
and four shots were poured into the
locomotive. He was nOt hit. As was
said before, the rebel rarely hits his
mark.
After failing in their purpose to hold
IN the train and loot 1t h leader OF
the bandits forced the operator AT n
small, station TO inform II manager
OF the road. Mr.. Johnson. who recently
came from England. that the bridges
would be undermined and that no
more trains should be run that day.
Then the telegraph line was cut. Mr..
johnson defed the bandits. while the
J soldiers who had been sent into the
bushes did nothing. Several hardy
ttrackmen were sent into the section
and stood guard at the bridges n
safely conducted the train back TO
Sanchez. But the schedule FOR tnat
day was interrupted. Mr.. Johnston re-
fusing to send a special train into the
mountains which had been arranged
for by a number OF American tour'sts'
Macoris, the plantation sec
tion. was the scene of much III
August. There the rebels stole all the
horses from the plantations n kiiied
two men who resisted their Efforts IN
front Of the home OF the administrator
on the Porvenir estate. No effort was
made by the Government to put down
this outbreak and the wife and lid
OF the administrators were hurried to
New York on the first steamer
I The %"yolunteer' army proved inef-
fectiye everywhere 1t was used. Tine
soldiers impressed into service have no
g respect for the Government. AMI. II
anything. are in sympathy with their
rebelling n%eighbOrs. At SANTANA. h
s soldiers were needed. the Governor OF
: that province induced the proprietor
Of a moving picture place to reduce
g his prices so AZ to All up the u
d After the audience a seen only a
small part OF the melodramatic reel
u the Governor with a b~odyEuard sur
u rounded the house and collected q
o horde of siXty-ive men,. The next day
IL was found that half Of the number
= were not citizens Of the republic and
y they had to be released. The rest were
pressed into service. but for C OF
money they could not be sent to places
" where they were needed.
Santo Dominicans have become &C.
= customed to the uprisings. They TAXI
. them as a matter Of course. as they de
the hurricanes which visit the island
sporadically. But the responsible mer
in the republic are now hopeful that
with the active interest of the United
States in Hayti the revolutionary
movement will cease. or the United
- state. will send a force TO conquer the
bands.
!. Every home that n afford it has 4
a room enclosed on three sides by {
heavy cement wall five feet in thick.
# ness. To this the family repairs whcr
shots are heard.
The Government has taken man,
steps in the last few months to tran
ouillize the country. Newspaper
II friendly to the rebels ~ been sup
pressed and iniammatory editors ar
:" rested. Appeals W. been made L
- all factions with the result that thu
movement has not attained any larg,
~ following, But M Of rebels ar,
still in arms In many northern dis
10 tricts.
W In the opinion Of DOminicans an(
1t Americans who have followed the polit
" ical and revolutionary movements
real neace will not come TO the islant