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The murderer was sentenced to four

days' imprisonment.

And now a few lines of history. Hayti,

the negro republic, since the successful re

volt against slavery and the massacre of

her French colonists and masters, has been

self-governing for nearly a hundred years.

During that period she has been twice an

empire, once a kingdom and for the rest

of the time a republic. In the course of the

empire stage she ran a nobility, Including

fifty-seven dukes, among whom were their

graces of Marmalade and Lemonade.

To-day the places of barons and princes

are taken by generals, for Hayti is now a

military republic, with a super-ranked

army of 4,000 generals and 4,000 privates. Of

the nineteen Kings, Emperors and Presi

dents who have directed the helm" of the

state for a period exceeding one month

only two have died In power and in bed at

the same time. Opposite the names of the

other seventeen I find such legends as the

following inscribed: "Fled," "Wounded,"

Shot," VAbdlcated," "Exiled."

The country is governed by generals.

coal-black, fierce-eyed negroes, who drive

the chariot of power with the scorpions of

absolutism.

When a Swiss, living in one of the sea-

coast towns, went shooting into the in

terior without a permit, the local general

sent out troops to bring him to his foot

stool. "What is your nationality?" thundered

the general.

"Please, I am only a poor little Swiss."

The general turned to his secretary.

"Have the Swiss a navy?"

"No, M. le General."

"Then throw the brute into prison."

Navies, that "far called, melt away," are

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Indianapolis journal. (1900). Indianapolis [Ind.], 1900-10-22. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82015679/1900-10-22/ed-1/?sp=2

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Indianapolis journal, 1900-10-22.