The sun

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America or tho adjoining islands, on

the other hand, we .ill know that It

has tho worst government of any land

in the Weetem Hemisphere, it being

ruled entirely by negroes

Briefly, the latand of Hayti com

prises ationt 10,000 square rellea, or

n territory equal to the whole of New

p.ngland. and Is divided Into two na

tions. The. eastern portion of the

Inland is ruled ty the Dominion M nnd

comprises about two-thirds of the

Inland, with a population of l.aOO.000.

while the western third of the Island

i mied by I hi Qovernmeni of Hayti

and has a population of 3,000,000. The

capital of laMo Domingo is Batyn

llotnlngo eity. while the Capital of

Hayti Is Port an Prince, which wn.s

the city 1 visited.

This city Is snld to contain 70.00O

people, of Whom It.tfO are black and

reventy are white. It Is sltuand on

a etde hill by a half mismshnped

harbor, with but one wharf. Whether

we were unable to moor nl this wharf

on account of the shallow water or

on account of the big wharfage charges

Q)o not know, but at any rate we

anchored at a distance from shore.

Very close to the I'nlted States bat

tleship South Carolina, the men of

which endeavored to keep eoe In the

city pending our visit.

Upon going ashore In a launch the

first things which greeted me were

some galling guns, under which some

dirty, half dressed soldiers were lazily

sleeping. Incidentally I was Interested

In the way these galling guns were

get; namely, so that they 0OUM not

he turned on the city. Thin at once

reminded me of a atory that real anna

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The sun. (1915). New York [N.Y.], 1915-09-19. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1915-09-19/ed-1/?sp=47

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The sun, 1915-09-19.