Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-12-22
WAR WITH HAYTL.
1t Would Be a Very Uneven
Quarrel.
WHAT sEAMEN THINK OF 1T.
They Say 1t Would Make the United
States Unpopular with Other Ma
tions-Did the Guns of Fort
Picollet Sink a warship?

inter asted IN our commercial relations with
Haysi were on the qui viye this morning. At
the Maritime Exchange, custom house, in the
down town counting rooms and business
offices everybody was asking:
"Are we to have war with the little island
republicsn
An old sea captain, who stood in the midst
of greup of his fellows in.front of the bul-
letin board on the Maritime. Exchange, said:
''1'he United States going to war with poor
little Hayti would be like a big mastiff
fighting a diminutive black and tan. 1t
would make us seem mighty mean in the
eyes of all the other nations on the face of
the globe"
"Oh, but we've got to stand up for our
rights" chmed in another sea dog. "You
see, dispatch dated Port au Prince yester-
day intimated that President Legitime and
The Haytian government regard the capture
of the American steamship Hayt Republic
as legal prize and that his people support
him in his view of the matter. / believe it
our duty to reclaim the seized vessel, peace
ably il we can, forcibly if we must"
Mr.. Austin. of the firm of Lord g. Austin,
No. IS Broadway, agent for the seized steam
ship, said:
"The statement that the Haytians uphold
the confiscation of our vessel is dated Port au
Prince. Dec. 90 There must be something
wrong about the date. Under the existing
state of affairs several days would be re-
quired to get message from Port au Prince
via Jamaica and Havana to the United
States. The dispatch in question should have
been dated Havana, Dec. 90 instead of Port
au Prince, Dec 20n
''What do you think of the latest report
regarding the Haytian situationp was asked
of ha ma NJ fha aofI IL
& Co
'If you mean the stuff culled from Havana
newspapers and published this morning as
coming from Port au Priace, wish to say
that | think it parcel of lies"
why do you think sog'
"For the simple reason that it came from
Havana. Our firm has been doing business
with the West Indies for many years, and
during the greater portion of the time have
acted IN the capacity of manager of the de-
partment. My experience has shown me
that nearly all the so called news sent from
Havana is false. Somehow it seems that the
Havana people are bent on deceiving the
American public. Perhaps it is impossible
for them to tell the truth, but it is more
likely that they mean to deceive us for com
mercial reasons
The manager believed that the chances
were greatly in favor of the insurgents
winning in the struggle which is now going
on in Hayti. He placed no reliance upon the
statement that the majority of the people
recognized President Legitime's power
II am anxious" he concluded, ''that the
Haytians should settle their troubles among
themselves, either the one way or the other.
What we hope for is a speedy cessation of
hostilities between the factions in the Black
liz and -
cial relations with Hayti. do not think ii
will be necessary for the United States to &C
to war with Hayti."
The steamship Adirondacks from Port au
Prince, was sighted shortly before noon to-
day. She will be up this afternoon, and
news from the little revolutionary republic
is eagerly looked for on all sides.
The steamship Adirondacks has arrived
from Kingston, having on board as passen-
ger prominent Haytian by the name of
Carvallo
Mr.. Carvallo is one of the most distin-
guished and handsome of the many Haytians
that have visited these shores since the north
and south opened fire on each other. He
does not speak English, but told his story to
an army of reporters in excellent French 1t
was as follows:
When, three months ago, war was de-
clared against Legitime by Hyppolite, /, my
sympathies being with the latter, and sup
posing, rightly, that my services would be
better placed by leaving the country and by
using my powers of oratory and pen in de-
Tense of my general, left Hayti and jour
neyed to Kingston. Although at quite a
considerable distance from homa, was kept
informed by a special correspondent of the
outlook of affairs, and have from time to
time heard that blood hal been shed.
Il heard, while in Kingston, that Legi-
times three men-of-war had bombarded
Cape Haytien; that the foreign consuIs had
demanded cessation of the bombardment:
that thirty-six hours had been granted to
them in which to remove their effects; that
the gunboats had sailed away, and that on
the next day they had returned
M y Informant further relates that on the
return Of the gunboats Fort Picollett, which
In. the meantime had been manned and armed
BY natives Of Cape Haytien and believers in
the doctrines of Hyppolite, answered the gun
boats of Legitime with shot.
When a reporter informed Mr. Carvallo
that all of this had been published the gem
tleman manifested considerable surprise, but
continued with triumphant smile:
But did your paper say that Hyppolite's
guns had hit one of Legitime's gunboats
No1 Well, that's what we Of the north hope
and believe. and we are even sanguine that
this gunboat was sunk
FTes, Legitime VIII soon 60 under. You
may rest assured Of that. Hyppolite is to b
cur next president. The people Of Havti ara
weary Of blOodshed and of Legitimeis tyr
amy. They viii ariss against him.
IL Carvallo also said that he had heard Of
the departure of the United States men-of-
war for Port aa Prince NJ Carvalio thinks
that the Haytian Republis win Do aivsn -
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