12 November 1903: Liguria in Santo Domingo to protect compatriots

(To Marina Militare)
12/11/15

Thursday - After a long stay in New Orleans where he had received excellent reception from the authorities and the citizenship, the Liguria torpedo jet, under the command of the frigate captain Luigi di Savoia, duke of Abruzzi, continues urgently for Santo Domingo where the November 21 will arrive for give protection to the Italian consulate and to the Italians residing in danger for yet another political revolt that the United States and Germany are not unrelated to.

A few days later with the "abdication" of the president in office, Woss y Gil, the revolt will end and Liguria on the following 25, once the situation is normalized, will be able to return to the sea to visit the ports of the Antilles and spend Christmas in Port of Spain (Trinidad & Tobago).