Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-12
TROUBLE FOR HAITI.
GERMAN wARsHIrs GETTING
READY 70 ENFORCE A DEMAND.
REDRESS FOR ARREST OF LUEDERS
Alleged Unlawful Imprisonment Oh
This Subject of the kaiSer"'
c.rm.n Minister'S Requirement Of
nm Indemnity Not Met.

BERLIN. November 1.-THE German
warship Gefion is under orders 10 san io'
port-au-Prince. Haiti, this month IN order
to insist upon redress for the arrest 'i'eie
of Herr Lueders. a German subject ana
his unlawful Imprisonment, Tor "h'e"
Count Schwerin, the German minister a'
Port-au-Prince, has demanded an IN
demnity.
Lueders is now believed to be IN 'ci-
many. having been released from pr'so"
In order to avoid further complications
the natives of Port-auPrince having
threatened TO mob the German legation
and lynch Lueders. The fitting out Oh
the warship is being fastened as piueh
as possible. The officials OF the Eernia"
Foreign Office do not believe the matter
will be adjusted for some time TO coi"e'
because the Haitien Government mas az
sumed a stubborn attitude. The German
newspapers are blaming the government
for the delay in bringing Haiti TO TERMS
The German version of this ahair Is
that Lueders was sentenced TO pay u
fine of $48 and to undergo moh'h
Imprisonment, for resisting poiiceii,'iii,
which charge Lueders denied. he askeu
for a second trial, and obtained IL. WIZ
nesses testified that they had not seen
him strike the policeman, but, In spi'e
Of this. Lueders was sentenced this time
to pay a fine Of 500, and TO undergo
years Imprisonment. The original trou-
Bile between Lueders and the policeman,
II is claimed in his behalf, was due TO
the latter's forcing his way to his resi-
dence. contrary to the law, In order 10
arrest one of his servants.
After Lueders's Imprisonment the Ger
man Minister took the matter in hand, ana
went to the President of Haiti, Augusun
Simon Sam, and demanded, in the name
of the German Emperor, that Lueoers
be set at liberty, and also demanded fDr
every day the latter had spent In prison
0wenty-three days in alb an indemnity
of s.. 900 In gold. The Minister added that
for every other day Lueders was Kept a
prisoner after October nth he Qhe repre-
sentative of Germany would demand an
indemnity of 5000 in gold.
President Sam at first refused TO grant
the Minister'S demand, and Lueders re-
NAMED in prison six days longer. There
unon the German Minister notified the
Haytien Government that he had hauled
down his flag, and had sent the archives
of the German legation to the legation
of the United States. thus severing all
diplomatic relations with the Government
of Haiti.
The action of the German Minister
caused a great deal of excitement at
Port-au-Prince. There were threats to
lynch the prisoner, and the life of the
German Minister was threatened. 1t WAS
proposed to attack the legation, and upon
the advice Of the Presidents councillors,
who were not DESTROYS Of precipitating
further trouble, Lueders was released.
reached New York on October goth, and
sailed for Europe the same day.
UNITED STATES INTERVENTION.
LONDON, November ia dispatch to
the Morning Post from Berlin says: The
United States Is credited here with Offer
ing its Intervention in the difficulty be-
tween Germany and Haiti, but the Ger
man Government is waiting for the ar
rival Of Herr Lueders and the report OF
Count Schwerin, due by the next mail
packet"