The Rice belt journal

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Vilbrun Guillaume, president of Haiti,

from the French legation, where he Chi

took refuge Tuesday, and shot him tod

death in front of the building.

Port au Prince, Haiti.-A revolution

more serious in the toll thus far taken

than any even in the days of Nord nes

Alexis flamed out in the Haitian capi- bla

tal Tuesday. It was an offshoot of the by

Ian

movement to the north, where adher- lan

six

ents of Dr. Rosalvo Fobo, twice ex- im

pelled from Haiti, have been striving Ste

for several months to break the pow- Ea,

er of the Haitian president, General th

net

Vilbrun Guillaume. of

One hundred and sixty men, includ- lii

ing a former president of Haiti, Gen- 92;

eral Oreste Zamor, have been exe- ste

.uted by order of General Oscar, gov- get

ernor of Port au Prince, who later in rot

the day was dragged from the shelter lan

of the Dominican legation and riddled '1

with bullets. me

President Guillaume and members me

ot his family have taken refuge in I

the French legation, an attack upon

which has been threatened; the presi- in

dehtial palace has been partly destroy- tio

ed after an attack which lasted for so0

hours, and the revolutionists are in an'

possession of the city.

twi

How many persons have been snot

in the streets and the governnment

building can not be learned, but ex

changes between the loyal supporters pe;

of the president and the rebels were chi

carried on with furious determination in

on the one side and desperate resist- of

ance on the other. wa

Eventually President Guillaume, Ch

General Oskar and the chief of police, fri

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Rice belt journal. (1915). Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La., 1915-08-06. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn88064402/1915-08-06/ed-1/?sp=2

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Rice belt journal, 1915-08-06.