The age-herald., 1897-11-12
ITS NJ BLUFF
 BUT BUSINESS Germany Orders a Warship to
 Port au Prince. TO DEFEND HER HONOR And Demand Redress for the ImpFiSOn- ment of One Of Her Citizens. HAITI IN A STU :. jRN ATTITUDE
 - S- And the Result M : Become Interest," ing to : ed Degree. THE WELFARE O z REPUTABLE CITIZEN
Is the Welfare of Nation, and the Ministers Action in Hauling Down His Flag Is Upheld by the Fatherland-
 lt Looks Like Blood.

Berlin, Nov. 1.-The German war ship Gefion ds~ under orders to sail for Port-au-PlGnce Hayti, this month, in order to insist upon redress for the ar rest there of Herr LuedIers, a German subject, and his unlawful Imprisonment, for which Count Scherwein, the Ger man minister at Port has demanded an indemnity. Lus ders is now believed to be in Germany, having been released from prison in order to avoid further complications, the natives of Port-au-Prince having threatened to mob the German legation and lynch Lueders The fitting out of the warship is being hnstened as much as possible. The officials of the German foreign offlce do not believe the matter will be ad-- justed for some time to come, because the Haytian government has assumed a stubborn attitude.
 That Caused the Stir
 The German newspapers are blaming the government for the delay in bring ing Hayti to terms.
 r The German version of the affair is
 
 of $4S and to undergo a months im- prisonment for resisting a policeman, wfllch Lueders denies. Thereupon he demanded a second triad and obtained it. Witnesses testified they had not seem him strike the policeman, but in spite of this Lueders was re-sentenced, this timA to pay a fine of $500 and to undergo a. years fmprisonmsn The original trou- ble between Lueders and the police, it is claimed in a1ds behalf, was due to the latter forcing his way to his residence, contrary to law, in order to arrest one of his servants
 The Minister Intervenes
 After Lueder's second trial the Ger man minister took the matter in hand and on Oct. r he vent ao the president of Hayiti. Augustin Simon Sam, and de- marded in lhe name of the German em- penor that Lueders be set at liberty and also damages for every day the latter had spent in prison, twenty y-l.hree days in all, an indemnity of $1,000 in gold The minister added tn alt for every other day Lueders was kept a prisoner, after Oct. F, he, the representative eff Ger many, would demand an indemnity of $5.000 in gold.
 Hauled Down His Flag
 President Sam at first refuszd to grant the minister's demand, and Lueders re- mained in prison six days longsr. There- upon iuhe German minister notified ldhs Hayttan government that he had hauled down his flag and sent tIhe archives of the German legation to the legation of the United Sltai.es, thus severfng all dip- 1omatdc relalt ons with the government of Hayti. The action of the German min ister caused a great deal of excitement at Port Au Prince.
 Threats of LynchIng
 There were tlhreats to lynch the pris- oner, and the life of the German min- lister was Threatened It was proposed to attack the legation. and acting upon the advice of hds counsellors, whip were not desirous of predpitating further trouble. Lueders was released. reached New York Oct 30, and sailed for Europe the same day.
 Uncle Sam's Omces Declined