Arizona republican., 1899-12-28
Alarmed by a German Wdrship
 at Port Au Prince.
A Repetition of the Luders Affair is Feared-A Case Quite Similar to That of Two Years Ago is Now Pending.

in the neighboring republic of Santo Domingo. The Nike, which has crew of $50 sailors and marines, mounts seventeen guns, and is commanded by Captain Von Basse, saluted the Hay tian flag. The salute was returned by the forts. The arrival of the Nike caused a general commotion among the
 populace, owing to the fact that it oc- cured on the day before the anniver-
 sary of the threatened bombardment of Port au Prince by the Germans two years ago, at the time of the Luder affair, and the people feared that the Nike had been sent here to enforce the immediate settlement of another dis pute. in which a German resident of this city, named Tippenhauser, is at present interested.
 It is quite possible that the unexpect- ed arrival of the foreign warship has no relation to the question, which is purely a civil lawsuit between Tippen- hauser and man named Reimens. But, according to the suppositions freely expressed by Haytian patriots since the anchoring of the Nike, it may event
 uate into an international question of the most important character.
 They recall the claim, or ''reclama- tion," presented some time ago by the German minister, Dr. Michahelles. Ap ropes of the refusal of the civil trib
 unal of Port au Prince to pronounce a
 sentence in the Tippenhauser-Re -Reimens affair, is still pending.
 DIR. MICHAHELLES CLAIM. | Dr. Michahelles, it is said, main- tains that the tribunal had no right to declare itself incompetent, and he as serts that if Haytian judges refuse to occupy themselves with the affairs of parties amenable to their jurisdiction,
 a kind of special court should be estab-
 lished at the legation to pronounce 1 upon lawsuits which may hereafter | originate between subjects of Germany residing in Hayti. It is pointed out, 1 however, that such action would re- | suit in reducing the country to the sys- i tenn of the famous "capitulations,' as practiced in the Levant and other parts i of the Ottoman empire; and, it is fur
 ther asserted, this would also be i'm
 posing humiliation upon the republic,
 which, it is declared, is numbered among the civilized nations, and which | has proved itself to be worthy of oc- 1 cupying it's rank among them. It would, the patriots declare, amount as well to a judicial violation of the Monroe doctrine, about which they confidently add the United States
 would have something to say. They J recall the numerous evidences of friendly feeling given to them by the
 latter country and also the frequent l proofs of difference that Hayti has
 shown toward America, notably last
 summer, when the government of 1 President Simon Sam granted the, re- quest of United States Minister Powell 1 for magnaminous treatment of some
 Haytian conspirators.
 CAUSE OF THEIR FEARS. The principal reason which has caused the people of Port au Prince to connect the arrival of the Nike with the case. of Tippenhauser, who has been employed as a civil engineer by the government of Hayti is the remem- brance of his attitude at the time of the ! Luders affair. This was a case of
 greater importance than the present one with which the executive power of the republic has nothing to do. Lud- l CTS was imprisoned for several days, ] in spite of the demand of Count
 Schwerin, the then German minister at Port au Prince, without being brought to court. Finally two school ships of the German navy which were cruising in West Indian waters, re- ceived orders to proceed to Haytl. When Commandant Thiele dropped an chor in the harbor of Port au Prince, December 6, 1S97 the whole population became extremely agitated, fearing disastrous consequences.
 An ultimatum was sent to the Hay tian authorities with the notification that only a few hours would be granted to the government for its acceptance, and the German guns were trained on the city. At 1 p. m., when the time limit expired and when everybody eX- pected to hear the alarm gun, the sig nal of resistance, the two colored flags of Hayti flying on the mast surmount- ing the national palace were seen to be replaced by the white flag of sur render
 GERMANS GOT SATISFACTION.
 Complete satisfaction was given to the Germans and an indemnity was paid to Luders. The surrender was due in a great part to the entreaties of the foreign ministers; but though it was honorable, resistance being prac