The herald., 1897-10-31
For Injury to a German
Citizen
TROUBLE THREATENED HAYTI
WARSHIPS EXPECTED AT PORT
AU PRINCE
The Prisoner Is Released but the Ger
man Government Is Far From
Satisfied
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti, Oct. 21.-
| Correspondence of the Associated
Press.) Serious trouble has arisen be-
tween Hayti and Germany. The Ger
man minister to this republic, Count
Scherwin, has hauled down his flag,
| and, according to current report, three
German warships are expected here to
back up the ultimatum of the ministe"
to Hayti demanding indemnity for the
alleged illegal arrest and Imprisonment
| of a German citizen. The affair has
caused considerable excitement among
the native population, and some of the
| people have threatened to kill the Ger
man minister and all the Germans i'll
the place and vicinity.
The affair grew out of the arrest here
a few weeks ago of young German
named Linders. The Germans say that
dozen policemen entered Linders house
and arrested one of his servants. Mr.
Linders went to the central police head
| quarters to complain against his action
of the police, but was himself arrested
and charged with assaulting and at
tempting to murder police officers in the
execution of their duty. Linders was
promptly condemned to pay fine OF
$4S and to undergo one months impris-
onment, and was taken to Jail. Claiming
he was innocent, Linders demanded and
obtained second trial. Witnesses test-
fed that they had not seen Mr.. LinderS
strike any of the policemen and that
| q H. 1ny, ', npty-n nm
stances he would not have broken the
laws of Hayti. In spite of this, Linders
was condemned to pay fine of $500 and
was sentenced to one years imprison-
! ment. While the affair was purely in
the hands Of the courts the German min
lister could do nothing to assist Linders
in a diplomatic way. But when the sec
ond judgment was rendered the minis
ter telegraphed to Berlin, giving details
of the case, and asked for instructions on
the subject.
On October 18th the German minister
went to the president Of Hayti and de-
manded, in theName of the German en-
peror, that Mr.. Hinders be set at liberty,
and demanded for every day he spent
in prison, twenty-three in all, an in
demnity of $1,000 in gold, adding that
for every day Linders was kept pris-
oner after that notification he (the Ger
man minister) would demand an indem-
nifty of $4,000 in gold. At first the Hay
tian president refused to grant the Ger
man ministers demand, and Mr.. Lind
ers remained six days longer in prison.
This caused the German minister to
notify the Haytian government that as
Mr.. Linders had not been freed he had
hauled down his flag and had sent the
archives of the German legation to the
legation of the United States, thus break
ing off all relations with the Haytian
government. This caused great excite
ment, and disturbances would have oc-
Cured, had they not been avoided by
sending Mr.. Linders, who was threat
ened with lynching, on board steamer
bound for New York, from which port
he was to sail for Germany. 1t is said
that the German minister, on the arrival
of the warships, will insist on the pay
ment of the indemnity demanded as a
result of the Imprisonment of Mr.. Lind