San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-16
WITHOUT PR0V0CATI0N IN THE
INTEREST OF A M0NGREL
RENEGADE OF THE ISLAND.
German Officials In Haiti Guilty OF
The Most High Handed 0ppres-
sion Uncle Sans Minister
Steps In To Save The Lit
tie Government.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. S-The
threatened rupture between Germany
and Hayti have so far been amicably
settled, thanks to the mediation of the
United States minister, Mr.. w. F.
Powell, though it is still understood
that Germany intends to make a de-
monstration in Haytian waters.
The German vision of the trouble
has already been published.
Following is the Haytian side of the
dispute:
The dispute arose out of the impris-
onment of Herr Emile Lueders,. the
son of German who married Hay
tian woman. Up to a short time ago
Lueders was Haytian citizen, but, it
is added, having been concerned in var
ious title ARRAYS, among which are
mentioned four duels, he seemingly
deemed it wise to change his nationals
ty and registered his name at the Ger
man consulate.
For an assault upon a cab driver,
said to have been unprovoked, to which
Lueders, it is said, pleaded guilty, he
was sentenced TO one months impris-
onment. He appealed from this deci-
sion to thsv ssG HrEefttional court and the
ed to one attended fusion and a fine
of five hundred francs. A further APP
peal was pending when the German
minister interferred without invitation,
and, it is claimed, forced his way into
the private apartment of Augustus ST.
mon Sam, the president of the Haytian
government, and in rude and peremp-
tory manner demanded the release of
Lueders, with an apology to the Ger
man government, an indemnity for
one thousand dollars a day for the
time he had been in prison, the immed-
late trial of the police who arrested
him and the release of the judges who
sentenced him If the prisoner is not
released within twenty four hours the
indemnity was to be five thousand dol
lars per day for every day afterward.
Naturally the president resented the
insult which had been offered him and
firmly but politely referred the minis
ter, Count Schwerein, who is charge
d affairs of the German empire at Port
Au Prince, to the minister of foreign
whose duty it was to enter in
to such matters. The German minis
ter demanded that Simon Sam should
comply with his demands, and meeting
with refusal, cabled to Berlin for in |
A reply having been receiv- |
ed he hauled down and announced that |
three German war vessels were on their |
way to Port Au Prince and the de- |
mands of the consul were granted. |
Upon this news becoming public prop |
srty, reused the natives to fever heat |
Of excitement and Indignation, and ev-
an the American and British residents
felt that it was an attempt to milk /
1 COW that was already dry and that |
the Haytians despite their feeble
ness, were bound to resist it. Many
IF them, indeed, offered their services
% the Haytian government as volun-
eers in the event of any trouble oc-
,urring.
Feeling the current of public opinion
md the certainty of support of any de-
ensive action which he might take, the
PRESIDENT called in as many troops as
,ould be reached at short notice, the
"GlS was /
erved out and every preparation was q
made for fierce struggle. y
The foreign minister addressed let /
er to the diplomatic corps, inclosing. S
opies of the letters which had passed i
etween Count Schwerein and himself, r
4 which he spoke of the action of the I
ierman minister as "a regrettable in h
ident which has made the most de- 2
lorable impression" e
Acting entirely upon his own volition a
iinister Powell, the United States II
linister, addressed letters to the Hay I
an minister of foreign affairs, re- a
Nesting that Mr.. Lueders be released Il
The Haytian minister, then, as an act g
f courtesy to the United States, re- e
.ased Mr.. Lueders, but at the same p
me officially expelled him from the h
ountry. He left at once for Berlin, 3
here he laid his case before the Ger "
ian government. LEI