El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-05

, with no rights of citizenship The
! mulattoes rose in rebellion. enllstlng
| the blacks on their side. and there fol-
! lowed what is OF record IN history as
J the negro instruction" a frlEhtful
! war. in which the white were either
/ driven away or massacred. with an &C
| compartment Of every sort OF atroclty-
! Defeat NapoIeOn's Soldiers
4 few wears later. Napoleon attempt
/ ed to recover possession or Haiti- sehu-
ing a fleet with 10000 soldiers Large
achievements were subsequently as
patched But the negroes proved
themselves doughty fighters and the
enterprise was finally abandoned AFTER
il had cost the lives of something like
55. 600 French troops. Since then Haiti
has been a republic
Republic since 1885.
san Domingo was lost and regalned
by Spain again and again, but In 1868
she rnally withdrew from the island.
and since then the little country has
remained an independent republic
But. although with a similar history.
il has never been on friendly terms
with Haiti san Domingo. nothwith-
standing the admlXture of Indian blood
above mentioned. is Dominated by white
people. and race antagonism has a good
deal 10 do with the friction There
Is constant trouble between the two re-
pubhcs about the boundary line that
separates them
Country of Plantations
American capital has eagerly sought
opportunities for the profitable develop
ment Of the natural resources of the is
land Its soil and climate are admir-
ably adapted for the production of cot
ton, sugar cane and cacao. the chocolate
bean, and there are great possibilities
for tobacco culture. as well as for hama
mas. oranges. lemons. pineapple. and ,
cocoanutS- To bring these crops to
market in the United states. and es-
peciallv with a view to the quick trans
u De- "a 10 FrnnnH
posed to establish a line of swift steam
freighters. which can make the trip in
less than four days.
Haiti Excludes whites
Unfortunately. in both republics rev
Olutions are frequent. interfering Sc |
riously with the development of money
making enterprises. In Haiti. further
more. an obstacle lies in a clause OF |
people from citizenship and forbids !
their ownership of land within the |
limits of the republic. Americans have
found it practicable to get over this !
large areas from the native owners un- /
der leases that run for 90 years and (
territory thus acquired is today yielding /
for export great quantities of coffee I
and other products.
Haiti Has II Ports
In Haiti II ports are open 10 foreign
commerce-each of them an outlet for a {
large, populous- and productive region
~ INK Ddth OF II. me volume OF Z
business done at Port au Prince is I
great as that OF any other city Of its !
size in the world II has about 81. 900 |
inhabitants. But Port au Prince and the Z
other seaport towns are shabby. with
wharves. i'll paved and
sparsely lighted streets There are. /
nevertheless. some fine buildings and !
many handsome dwellings,.
Speak Purest French.
The Haitians. it is said speak the
purest French that can be heard anv-
where outside Of France This remark.
however. applies only to the people of
the upper social class. who send their
sons and daughters to Europe to be
educated They do not send them to
me United states because of the strong
prejudice against the negro in this
country. a prejudice that is not enter
, "a In any such degree in Europe
me rattan peasantry speak a patois
or dialect, which is an unwritten lam
suage, made up largely OF abhrevia-
tlons' sort Of simplified French.