Richmond times-dispatch

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loyal troops and the members of his

personal staff.

The exact number of casualties has'

not yet been determined, but it is be- j

lieved to be heavy. It was known the

city was in the possession of the revo- j

Unionists. The movement was started!

by a regiment of soldiers who had been j

disbanded by President Guillaume and

who resented this treatment. There

has been a reiErn of terror in Port au

Prince, for the past ten days. On thej

17th of July, President Guillaume

started on a series of persecutions. He

began causing the arrest of all Haitians

of any wealth or position, without dis

tinction of age or sex, and expelling all'

foreigners.

Haitian women have been arrested

on the streets and taken away to

prison. The prisons of the city were

full and the conditions in them were

deplorable. Prisoners have died dally

as a result of hunger and the Insani

tary conditions in which they were

compelled to live.

The foreign legations hold many

refugees.

OFFICII!. NOTIFICATION

Si:XT TO WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, July 27.?Official no

tification of the uprising at Port au

Prince against President Guillaume. of

the Haitian republic, reached the State

Department late to-rlay from Charge

d'Affaires Davis, of the American lepa

tlon there.

Rear-Admiral Caperton,' who is at

Cape Haitlen, the scene of the last

previous disturbance with the cruiser

Washington and auxiliary cruiser Eagle

lias made no report. He was asked to

day for a detailed account of the Port

au Prince outbreak as soon as possible.

A force of United States marines Is

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Richmond times-dispatch. (1915). Richmond, Va., 1915-07-28. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045389/1915-07-28/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Richmond times-dispatch, 1915-07-28.