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and prospective, of the Americans. The

wildest and strangest and most absurd

rumors find ready currency In the city.

The chairman of the Cuban junta in

Hayti is Dr. J. E. Nuftez, who declares

himself an American citizen. Another

leader of the junta is Dr. E. Heraux.

Dr. Nunei is seriously considering the

suggestion that, if the Cubans in Hayti

would secretly organize a force to join

the insurgents, the United States would

undoubtedly send arms and munitions

down to some convenient point at the

eastern end of Cuba tor their use. They

could pass from here to» Cuba in a

sailing vessel without much danger of

capture.

About a week ago a former Haytian

general, Dorsailville, called on the

American minister and offered to raise

a battalion of several hundred men to

serve under the American flag in Cuba.

He was informed tbat the American

government would not authorize or

sanction the recruiting or an armed

force in a foreign oeuntry bs that

would be a flagrant violation of inter

national law. Of coarse, to-equip and

provision such a fosjpe' after it had

landed in Spanish territory would be a

different thing.

The report that the United States

government has negotiated with the

Haytian government for the purchase

of the gunboat Crete A. Pierrot, the

finest vessel In the Matter's navy, has

been persistently circulated. Admiral

Killeck, the highest^ naval officer of

Hayti, told the correspondent of the

Associated Press, yesterday, that it

was true, and that the Haytian gov

ernment had refused the offer made to

it, for the expressed reason that it

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Saint Paul globe. (1898). St. Paul, Minn., 1898-05-16. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn90059523/1898-05-16/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Saint Paul globe, 1898-05-16.