Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-12-06
HOT FOR HAYTL.
A United States Corvette TO Protect
American Interests.
THE SEIZURE WAS ILLEGAL
The Owners of the Vessel Are Very Angry
Over the Unlawful Detention of Their
Boat, and Are Pleased by Sec
retary Bayard's Action.

New York, Dec 6.-Hayti must give up
the steamer Haytian Republic, lately seized
ard sold at Port au Prince This is the con-
clusion arrived at in the state department at
Washington, and the Unite1 States corvette
Galena viii, it is expected, be dispatched to
Port au Prince within few hours, to make
the final demand for the steamers release.
Secretary Bayard decides that the validity
of the seizure and subsequent proceedings in
the case of the Haytian Republic cannot be
admitted The Haytian consulate in this
city was notified of the decision on Sunday,
but it has just been made public.
BosToN, Dec 5.-The news that Secretary
Bayard intended to send the steamer Galena
to Hayti to demand the restoration of the
Haytian Republic to her owners was taken to
the office of b. C. Morse & Co., agents and
owners Of the Haytian Republic, 80 CONNER
cial street, by reporter and the tidings
caused evident pleasure, if not absolute joy,
among the men in the office
Il had no idea what action the United
States intended to take,n said Mr.. Morse,
shut from the tenor of the correspondence
which has passed between us, felt sure that
our interests would be protected"
''Are you willing to make the correspond
ence publicw asked the reporter.
Eyes. And no. So far as we as owners,
are concerned, we have no objection; but as
we have placed the matter in the hands Of
the state department and are awaiting re-
suits, we think it would be breach of cour-
tesy to divulgs the exact language and pro-
gramme of the letters which have passed be-
tween us. The government is at present our
attorney. Our case is in the hands of Sec
retary Bayard We do not feel like making
a move without his consent"
''Can you tell the general nature of the
correspondence thenYa was asked.
Gladly. 1t has not been voluminous, and
simply referred to what we know about the
seizure. There was no argument outside of a
bare statement of facts
"How many letters have passed!"
"Oh, several Not ten or a Dozen but
several They were all short and to the
point OF course the first was a letter from
us notifying the state department that our
steamer had been captured, and that we be-
ieved such seizure to be unlawful and un-
warranted Later we were informed that
our complaint would be Investigated. After
this several letters were sent informing us
how matters were progressing
did Secretary Bayard ever express the
idea that the capture of the Haytian Republic
was a breach of international courtesy"
Perhaps so, but not in those words. He
informed us that he did not recognize the
government OF Gen Legitime as the ruling
power in Hayti, and he was, therefore, of the
opinion than the capture of our steamer was
an unwarranted violation of the laws of ma
tionsn
I'm other words, he thought you had a case
against Hayti and that your vessel would be
restored to you. =
I'VE inferred as much from his letters:
still we viii not say your conclusions are
wholly accurate"
''Did he say that the United States recog-
nized any government in Hayti9'
II do not remember that he did. The
blockade put on by Gen. Legitime was not
known to the government at Washington,
and that fact alone was enough to make our
claim good
What do you propose to do now, Mr..
Morsep
Il propose to keep quiet and await the ac-
ton of the United States / am very well
pleased with the way Secretary Bayard has
conducted affairs thus far
'Your agents in New York say YOU intend
to bring suit against Hayti for damages. Is
it soY'
They were not authorized to make any
such talk. 1t was wholly without our con-
sent