Note and Comment

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 16, 1915

Haiti’s New President.

THE election of a president in Haiti, to succeed the former president who was dragged from a foreign legation and killed by a mob on July 28, took place on the twelfth of August, with the consent and under the protection of Admiral Caperton, commander of the American forces which now control the capital.

On the day of the election the United States marines guarded the senate and house with field pieces and machine guns. They also erected barricades in the streets. But there was no disorder. General Dartiguenave, president of the senate, was chosen, having 94 votes out of a total of 116. Only three were cast for Dr. Rosalvo Bobo, the leader of the revolutionists who opposed President Sam. The new president publicly expressed his appreciation of the support given by our forces, without which, he said, a free election could not have been held. It is asserted that he could not retain the office for a day if these forces should be withdrawn. America’s course has the approval of France. . . .

Word was received during the latter part of August to the effect that the rebel chiefs, Bobo and Zamor, were pressing a large army into service, and an attack against American forces was imminent.— The Independent.