Putnam patriot., 1917-02-23
MORE OF HAITI
How Country is Viewed by ?. Il. S
 Graduate
Francis L. TeireauIi lells Of Base Ball Games in January While Thermometers
 are 20 Below Here
Edllor of lhe PAInI0T.

are 20 Below Here
 Editor of the PATRIOT:
 Continuing my letter Of last month which you wtre so kind as io publish in the PATRIOT CT January 13lh for the information of my many friends in Puinum and Si- einity 1t please- me very greatly to slhte that my first favorable impres- sion Of hi. beauliful iiltle island Of Hali, The "Black Repupiie,' as il is sometimes called in history, has not changed one particle On that Thurs day afternoon about two months Fgo ss came ashore in the "HaucJek is' lanneh together with Major Archer and Csptnin Sullivan Of the AmeH san Occupation, could not help out .otiee how different and how clean the city appeared, exactly the con trary 10 what l had expected to find tere. The improved conditions here, so l am informed by 1he native Hait- tsns, are due wholly , the efforts and time devoted to this end by our Ma ,ine officers ,n duty here. All Of the sain streets are paved with concrete and the street and house electric light ing system Is far superior to anything one might expect in country Of this sind, country which has been sacked and overfun by revolutions up ,.F 4 ton.
 On March 4th, 1915, Vibrnn Gull lanme Sam was made President. 1t WAS mot long after his ascension 10 power that trouble commenced to brew for the Government and Sans administration grew weaker and weaker Hs each day passed The Anti Governmen talisis" or Revolu. sonists as they were called were mak' ing considerable trouble for Sans ad- sainistration and he imprisoned the saders and instigators of this dissstis- ssction, about seventy In number. Finally on the 27th Of July, 1915, the Aevolutionists sent sam word that unless the release of the political pris- gnex wns effected immediately they would storm the Presidential Palace. in reply 10 this ultimntum Sam stated shat should an attempt be made to storm the Palace sll the prisoners then pa his custody would be executed. True 10 their word the Revolntionists stofmed the Palace but the President ssed and took refuge In the French Le- sation, which Is the estate adjoining the Palace. The Revolutionisis. de termined to capture Sam, forced their way into the Legation and there made -am a prisoner. Meanwhile Sam bad given orders to his prison waIdens to execute all of the political prisoners snd this order was being carried out 10 sha letter. Immediately upon word to this effect being passed to the Revolu tfOnists Sam was shot and his head was cut from his body and placed on the end of stick and was carried at the head of one of the most bloody parades ever witnessed on the island, while his body was dragged in the dust of the streets Not unlike the de. seription of Paris in Charles Dickens "rale of Two Ciiiesn wns this grue. some sight, for as the procession pro eeeded through the streets of Port au Prince men, women and even child. ren rushed into the street and cut the body of the assissinateu president to bits, each taking with him or her a piece of the flesh and leaving be hind n trail Of blood. Thus ended the career of Nilbrun Guiilaume sam, twenty. ffth president of the Republic of Haiti.
 The Present President, Philippe sudre Dartiguenave, came Into power on August 2Sth, 1915, and his adminis' trstion aided by the American 0ccu. patton has been comparatively peace ful although disturbed lby few up- risings in The early and middle part of last year. The Hsitiens, realizing that Occupation Is for the good and benefit Of the country, have accepted the Americans with true hospitality and extend to us most gracious reception into their homes. The: natives are eolored but one cannot or rather does not think of this and immediately loses sight ,of the fact AS soon as he has engaged in conversation with one ot the better class, the. majority of whom have been educated in France. Haitien styles and customs are .modei. led .slmost wholly after the French. In describing the people of this won. derful little island K aiser Wilhelm of Germany very appropriately said "s sei of negroes lightly tinted with French civilization.
 The poorer classes content them- selves withithe "nstional dish,n rice and beans, the pulp of the sugar cane, bananas, oranges and mangoes, while turkey, duck and chicken form an im. portsnt part of the staple foods Of the higher classes. ,While the manages are in season am told that the working and poorer classes become very lazy and shiftless, devoiing a great part of their time to the search for and eating of this most luscious fruit Of the trop- ics.
 The climate Is most ideal and has agreed with me so far, the heat being