REBELLION IN HAITI.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1969, 28 January 1914, Page 7

REBELLION IN HAITI.

—*— — : — . • . ' UNITED STATES CRUISER SENT TO . THE ISLAND.

By releorraDh-Proja Aenociation-Oopyrieht Port All Prince, Jnauary 26. '.The revolt is growing. throughout Haiti. All tho northorntoinia are arming .against the Government. The United StatijS'-'haa dispatched,tho armoured cri'iiser Jldiitaiiato the island. The President is considering whether he will or ivi'l not : abdicate. Senator Theodore having proclaimed' himself revolutionary leader and provisional President.

Haiti, called Hispaniola. by Columbus, and" afterwards, San Domingo, is the ec.cond'largest island of the Antilles, lying , between Cuba and' Puerto Bico. Its population is' about .1,000,000. There are two States in the. island. The larger is the Republic of Sun Domingo. The Republic of Haiti occunies the western portion of the island, and has a population estimated at 2,500.000 (95 per cent, negroes, and tho remainder mulattocs). It was originally a French colony, but was proclaimed irirtepemlpnt in 1801, and is governed under a constitution drawn up. in' 1889. ■ 'The p.teciitivo power is in the hands of « President, Who receives n salary of ,£4BOD. The Chamber of 95 members is elected directly by all ronlc citizens, and the Senate . is. elected indirectly. The former's term of..office,is three years and the letter's six years, and members of the two Houses elect p. President for feven, years. In August. 1912, Genpral Tnncr»<le Aueuste was elected President. The official religion of the island is Roman Catholic, and elementary education is free.