REVOLUTION IN HAYTI.
TWELVE RESIDENTS SHOT.
FOREIGN WARSHIPS FOR THE SCENE.
United Press Association—Copyright (Received March 17, 5.30 p.m.) LONDON, March 17. Before daybreak on Sunday a dozen residents of Port Au Prince were dragged from tlioir homes and summarily shot by order of General Leconte', the Minister of the Interior, on a charge of conspiring in favor of General Firmin. Manv revolutionists sought refuge in the French and German Legations, and the Government demands their surrender, alleging t-liat the conspiracy was hatched in the Consulates. The French cruiser Destress has been ordered to Govaires, as well as the German cruiser Bremen. The British cruisers Creasy and Indefatigable have been ordered to Hayti from Jamaica. [The Republic of Hayti is the western or French portion of the island of San Domingo, which, next to Cuba, is the largest” of the West Indies Islands. Port An Prince, mentioned in the cable, is the capital of Hayti.]
OPINION IN WASHINGTON
United Pres 3 Association —-Copyright (Received March 17, 9.37 p.m.) NEW YORK, March 17. The authorities at Washington consider that- Hayti ought to be allowed to put their house in order without interference. The Consuls at Gonaives are trying to arrange the removal of tlio refugees from the Legations.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2142, 18 March 1908, Page 3
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