Evening star

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cation for every form of extortion. It

could be changed only by revolution,

and by revolution it was changed.

Uprising in 1915 Recalled.

In 1911 the wheel of revolution be

gan to spin with increased velocity. In

the following four years, six self-elected

presidents strutted their ostentatious

persons upon the Haitian stage. The

last of these was Guillaume Sam. who

assumed office by revolution in March,

1915. As a measure of caution he

clapped into jail nearly 200 of the lead

ing citizens whom he deemed possible

rivals for the presidency.

Revolution was already afoot in the

north, however, and on the evening of

July 26 it reached the presidential

palace Early the next morning Sam s

forces fled, and the president himself,

with a bullet In his leg, escaped to the

French legation.

During the night, although there was

no attack upon the jail a general

massacre of the political prisoners took

place There is no documentary proof

Too Much Pity

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1929). Washington, D.C., 1929-12-15. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1929-12-15/ed-1/?sp=43

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1929-12-15.