The herald., 1897-11-17
OF the Alleged Outrage on
Herr Lueders
A COMMON STREET BRAWLER
PUNISHED BY A REASONABLY
LIGHT FINE
The Friendly Interposition of the
United States Minister Averted
Immediate Danger

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Nov. 16.-The
threatened rupture between Germany
and Hayti has so far been amicably set
tied, thanks to the mediation of the
United States Minister Mr.. w. F. Pow
ell, though it is still understood thai
Germany intends TO make naval dem
onstration in Haytien waters.
The German version of the trouble
has already been published.
Following is the Haytien side of the
dispute:
The dispute arose out of the imprison-
ment of Herr Emile Lueders, the son of
a German who married a Haytien wo-
man. Up to a short time ago Lueders
was a Haytien citizen, but, it is added
having been concerned in various lit
tie affrays, among which are mentioned
four duels, he seemingly deemed it wise
to change his nationality and registered
his name at the German consulate.
For an assault upon cab driver, said
to have been unprovoked. to which Lue
ders, it is said. pleaded guilty, he was
sentenced to one months Imprisonment.
He appealed from this decision to the
Correctional Court and the sentence was
Uttered, he being sentenced to one year S
seclusion and a fine of 500 francs. a
further appeal was pending when the
German Minister interfered without In
vitation and, it is claimed. forced his
way into the private apartments of
Tiress Simon Sam, the President of the
Haytien republic, and in a rude and
peremptory manner demanded the re-
lease of Luedere. with an apology to
the German government, an indemnity
og $1,000 day for the time he had been
in prison, the immediate trial of the
police who arrested him and the dis
missal of the judges who sentenced him.
If the prisoner was not released within
twenty-four hours the indemnity was to
be $4,000 per day for every day after
wards
Naturally, the President resented the
insult which had been offered and firmly
but politely referred the Minister, Count
Schwerin, who is Charge d'Affaires of
the German empire at Port au Prince,
to the Minister for Foreign Affairs,
whose duty it. was to enter into such
matters. The German Minister de-
manded that Simon Sam should comply
with his demands. and along with re-
fusal, cabled to Berlin for instructions.
A reply having been received he hauled
down his flag and announced that three
German war vessels were on their way
here. This news becoming public prop
erty reused the Haytens to a fever heat
of excitement and Indignation, and even
the American and British residents felt
that it was an attempt to milk a COW
already dry and that the Haytiens,
despite their feebleness, We're bound to
resist it. Many of them offered their
services to the Hayten government as
volunteers in the event of any trouble
occurring.
Feeling the current of public opinion
and the certainty of support iii any de-
fensive action which he might take, the
President called in as many troops as
could be reached at short notice, the
barracks We're filled, ammunition was
served out and every preparation made
for fierce struggle.
Acting entirely upon his volition. Mr..
Powell, the United States Minister, ad-
dressed letters to the Hay tien Minister
for Foreign Affairs, requesting that Mr..
Lueders be released. The Haytien Min
lister then, as an act of courtesy to the
United States, released Mr. Lueders, but
from the country. He left at once for
Berlin, where he laid his case before the
German government.