21.   It scared most Haitian police, soldiers and attaches out of Cap-Haitien and emboldened the populace to go looking for the ones who had stayed behind.

22.   It was a marked contrast to a spontaneous celebration that was brutally broken up by club-swinging Haitian police on Tuesday.

23.   Most owe their allegiance to Lt. Col. Michel Francois, the Haitian police chief.

24.   Mr. Kelly, along with American military officers, is trying to persuade members of the Haitian police that they will have a future in staying on the job.

25.   On Wednesday night the Haitian police clubbed and fired into a jubilant crowd that was trailing two Marine Corps trucks broadcasting messages in Creole.

26.   One strong, emerging possibility was that their friends in the Haitian police will simply let them go.

27.   Powell crisply saluted the new Haitian police who stood at attention to greet him as he arrived in Jacmel.

28.   Presumably, they are to monitor the performance of the Haitian police, which has hitherto largely consisted of taking bribes and beating people.

29.   Sgt. Al Nelson, from Fort Lauderdale, said his encounters with Haitian police have been cordial, but the stories he has heard about them make him wary.

30.   Several U.S. soldiers said the need to intervene never arose Thursday in any case and that the Haitian police used their nightsticks only to direct traffic.