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in. Malietoa had more and better rifles, and he 

 detei mined 1-1 break up the rival (invernment at 

 Malic. First In- Mkttl tin- powers to intervene, 

 and they tardily sent war ships to Samoa, but 

 none would act until tin- naval forces of all three; 

 were |.r, .iii. After the long iireliminary de- 

 lilienitions and challenges that precede Samoan 

 warfare, and after the naval vessels of all the 

 treaty powers hud arrived, Malietoa encamped 

 with his Tuamasaga warriors near Malic. Skir- 

 mishing began on July 7. An indecisive battle 

 was fought on July 13, in which 30 of Mataafa's 

 men were killed and 20 wounded. The Tuama- 

 saga, boasting a victory, marched into Apia dis- 

 playing in triumph the heads of their fallen ene- 

 mies. Before hostilities could proceed further 

 the warships intervened and sent a force against 

 Mataafa, to which he surrendered. A confer- 

 ence of the consuls and naval commanders de- 

 cided that lie should be deported, with 10 of his 

 chiefs, to the Marshall Islands, while 24 other 

 rebels were sentenced to penal servitude for 

 three years and 87 were hned. Mataafa was 

 carried away into exile, and the native party for 

 a time dispersed and deprived of a leader. 

 The unpopular judge and 'president of the mu- 

 nicipal council were at length relieved. Henry 

 Ide, of Vermont, was, in September, appointed 

 Chief Justice, and Baron von Pilsach was re- 

 placed by a German named Schmidt, who had 

 been a vice-consul on the islands. 



SANTO DOMINGO, a republic in the West 

 Indies occupying the eastern part of the island 

 of Hayti or Santo Domingo. The Congress is a 

 single House of 22 members, elected indirectly 

 for four years, like the President and Vice- 

 President. The President is Gen. Ulises Heu- 

 reaux, who was re-elected in November, 1892. 

 The revenue was about $2,000,000 in 1893. 



The area of the republic is 18,045 square miles. 

 There are about 417,000 inhabitants, of mixed 

 negro, Indian, and Spanish blood, speaking the 

 Spanish language, and in the towns also French 

 or English. The imports in 1892 amounted to 

 $2,430,000, and the exports to $2,197,000. 



There are 71 miles of railroad and 230 miles 

 of telegraph. The post-office carried 204,546 in- 

 ternal letters, circulars, and papers, and 182,015 

 in the foreign service in 1889. 



Attempted Revolution. President Heu- 

 reaux, who is a despot of iron will, has furthered 

 the development of the natural wealth of the 

 country, lie encourages the introduction of 

 American capital and enterprise, and favors the 

 cession of Samana Bay to the United States 

 Government. His enemies say that he is work- 

 ing for the annexation of Santo Domingo to 

 the United States. A treaty has been made be- 

 tween Hayti and Santo Domingo whereby they 

 mutually bind themselves never to grant any 

 territorial rights over any part of the island to 

 a foreign power. Notwithstanding this public 

 compact, when an American syndicate treated 

 in 1893 for the transfer to them of the Holland 

 loan of $7,000,000, guaranteed on the customs. 

 together with the privilege of building a railroad 

 from Palerto de Plata to Santiago, the oppo- 

 nents of the President circulated the story that 

 for an enormous bribe he was giving Americans 

 control over the revenues of the country, and 

 preparing the way for annexation. This sus- 



picion was enough to rouse an insurrection in 

 Santo Iiomingo and secure sympathy and aid 

 from llavli. liisings occurred in tin- border 

 districts and where the supporters of .Marchena. 

 the rival candidate for President in 18W, were 

 strong. 11 cureaux, always swift and unhesita- 

 ting in action, arrested Marchena after having 

 granted him permission to reside in Paris, and 

 confined him in the ancient Columbus tower. 

 Other prominent men in the capital who were 

 suspected of being implicated in the plot to 

 overthrow Heureaux were arrested before the 

 signal for revolution was given. The sporadic 

 disturbances that occurred later were speedily 

 and effectually stopped by energetic military 

 measures that Gen. Heureaux carried out in 

 person. Strong bodies of troops occupied the 

 discontented districts. A boat's crew from the 

 American schooner "Hatty Crosby" was fired 

 on by the ignorant guards at Azua, although 

 the boat displayed the United States flag. For 

 this an apology was made and an indemnity 

 promised to a seaman who was wounded. On 

 Dec. 10, 1893, Gen. Campos, governor of the 

 Azua district, was assassinated and a few days 

 later an attempt was made to murder President 

 Heureaux and his escort with dynamite bombs. 

 Gen. Marchena and Carlos and Pablo Baez, 

 nephews of ex-President Baez, were taken to 

 Azua on a Government yacht, and on Dec. 21 

 were shot with the 6 dynamiters. 



SERYIA, a monarchy in southeastern Eu- 

 rope. At the abdication of King Milan Obreno- 

 vich, March 6, 1889, in favor of his son, Alex- 

 ander I, the executive powers were committed to 

 a regency composed of J. Ristich, J. Belimarko- 

 vich, and K. S. Protich. The death of Gen. 

 Protich in June, 1892, left only 2 Regents. 

 Under the Constitution of Jan. 3, 1889, the 

 Skupshtina, which meets annually to make laws 

 for the nation, is composed of 134 members, 1 to 

 4,500 inhabitants, elected by the direct suffrage 

 of all citizens who pay their poll tax. The Cabi- 

 net at the beginning of 1893 was composed of the 

 following members: Premier and Minister of 

 Foreign Affairs, J. Avankumovich ; Minister of 

 War, Gen. A. Bogichevich ; Minister of Finance, 

 D. Stoianovich ; Minister of Public Works. K. 

 Alkovich ; Minister of Public Instruction, J. 

 Giorgievich ; Minister of the Interior, S. Ribaratz ; 

 Minister of Justice, Z. Belichkovich ; Minister of 

 Agriculture and Commerce, S. Gwozdich. 



Area and Population. The area of the 

 kingdom is 19,050 square miles. The population 

 was estimated at the end of 1892 at 2,226,741 per- 

 sons, of whom 1,143,661 were males and 1,038,080 

 females. There are 143,684 individuals whose 

 language is the Roumanian, and 37,581 speaking 

 Bohemian. The number of marriages in 1892 

 was 20,934: of births, 93,883; of deaths, 74,128. 

 Belgrade, the capital, has 54.249 inhabitants. 



Finances. The budget for 1893 makes the 

 total revenue 60,135,839 dinars or francs, of 

 which 22.186.469 dinars are derived from direct 

 taxation, 8,700,000 dinars from customs, 3,000,000 

 dinars from excise, 12,426.000 dinars from the 

 tobacco and salt monopolies, 2,395,000 dinars 

 from law courts, 9,230,000 dinars from state 

 property, including railroads, posts, telegraphs. 

 mines, manufactories, and domains, and 7,198.370 

 dinars from other sources. The total expend!- 



