Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-12
GERMAN wARSHlP SENT TO EN-
FORCE INDEMNITY CLAIM.
$4,000 IN GOLD DEMANDED
A GERMAN SUBJECT WAS WRONG
FULLY IMPRISONED.
Got Into Trouble With the Police and
Was Fined and Sent to Jail
Haytien Government Very
Tardy in Making
Amends.

Berlin. Nov. 1.-THE German warship
Gefion is under orders to sail for Port Au
Prince Hayti, this month. IN order to In
sist upon redress for the arrest there of
Herr Lueders. Il German subject. and his
unlawful Imprisonment. for which Count
Schwerein, the German minister at Fort
Au Prince. hats demanded an indemnity.
Lueders is now believed to be in Germany.
having been released from prison in order
to avoid further complications. the ma
tives of Port Au Prince having threatened
to mob the German legation and lynch
Lueders.
The fitting out of the warship is being
hastened as much as possible. The Off
cials of the German foreign office do not
believe the matter will be adjusted for
some time to come. because the Haytien
government has formed stubborn atti-
tude. The German newspapers are blam-
ing the government for the delay in bring
ing Hayti to terms.
The German version of this affair is that
Lueders was sentenced to pay fine OF
SIS and to undergo months Imprisonment
for resisting policeman. which Lueders
| denies. Thereupon he demanded second
trial, obtained it and witnesses testified
that they had not seen him strike the po-
| lice, but. in spite of this. Lueders was re-
sentenced. this time to pay Il fine of $3.50
and to undergo years imprisonment.
| The original trouble between Lueders and
| the police, it is claimed in his brief. was
due to the latter forcing his way into his
| residence, contrary to the law, in order
| to arrest one of his servants.
After Lueders' second trial, the German
| minister took the matter in hand and on
Cotcber II he went to the president of
| Hayti, Augustin Simon Sam. and demand
| 3D. III the name of the German emperor.
| that Lueders be set at liberty, and also
| demanded for every day the latter had
spent in prison, twenty-three days in all.
| ar indemnity of $1,000 in gold. The minis
| ter added that for every other day Luedcrs
was kept a prisoner after October II, he,
| the representative Of Germany, would de-
mand an indemnity Of S., 900 in gold. Pres
! ident Sam at first refused to grant the
| minister's demand, and Lueders remained
| ir prison six days longer.
Thcreupon, the German minister notified
| the Haytien government that he had
| haued down his flag and had sent the
| archives of the German legation to the
| legation of the United States. thus sever
ing all diplomatic relations with the gov
errment of Hayti. The action of the Ger
man minister caused a great deal of ex-
| citement at Port Au Prince. There were
threats to lynch the prisoner. the life Of
| the German minister was threatened; it
| was proposed to attack the legation. and,
| acting up the advice of his counselors.
WHO were not desirous of precipitating fur.
ther trouble. Lueders was released. reached
| New York on October 30 and sailed for Eu-
| rope the same day.
The United States is credited here with
cerine its Intervention in the difficulty be-
| tween Germany and Hayti, but the Ger
nan government Is waiting for the arrival
| of Herr Lueders and the report of Count
! Schwerin. due by the next mail packet.