The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1902-09-08
German Ship Sinks Haitien Boat
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capture the firmnist gunboat Crete-a-
| Pierrot She left immediately for Co
halves, the seat of the firminist govern
ment The Panther found the Crete-a-
Plerrot in the harbor of Gonaives. and
the commander of the German gunbOat
informed Admiral Killick. on the Crete-a-
ferrot, that ne must remove his crew
ana surrender his vessel in five minutes
time. Admiral killick asked that this
time be extended to fifteen minutes. This
request was granted on the condition that
the arms and ammunition on board The.
Cretc-a-Pierrot should be abandoned
when her crew left her
The crew of the Crete-a- Pierrot left tnst
vessel amid great disorder. At the emf
of nfteen minutes the Panther sent n
small boat carrying an officer and twenty
sailors, who were to take possession OF
the firminist gunboat. When these men
had arrived at point snlui 81 yards
from the Crete-a-Pierrot flames were seen
to break out on board of her. She had
been fired by her crew before they left
her. The Panther then fired on the
Crete-a-Perriot until she was completely
Immersed. Thirty shots all told were
fired.
There is much feeling against the firm |
inists. and their cause is Considered To %, /
a bad one. soldiers are leaving here To
attack St. Marie. Port au prince is calm.
The Crete-a-PierrOt was a steel vessel
Of $50 tons displacement. She was armed /
with one 62-inch guns, one 4.7-inch four
's-lnch. two Maxim machine guns and
.our Nordenfeld machine guns The
Drete-a-Pierrot was formerly IN the ser !
'ice of the Haitien government, and Ad-
nlral Killick was commander of the Hal
len ileet. June =, of this year. Admiral
<illick disembarked troops from the
to support General Firm
n. one of the candidates for the presi-
ency OF the republic and after refusing
o recognize the constituted authorities
e threatened to lombard Cape Haitien
he consular corps protested against sllrn
elton being taken, but their efforts fail
d OF success. for a few days later the
dmiral did lombard Cape Haiten, al
housh little damage was done by the
rete-a -Pierrots fire Since June y the,
retea-Pierrot has been operating in the
lterests of General Firmin The Haitien
oVernment disavowed the action of Ad-
liral killick in bombarding Cape Hal
en- and ordered his arrest
The Panther is a steel cruising vessel Of
z tons. She was built al DanZig I'm 1901
nd is poo feet long. She is armed with
ght finch quick firing guns and two :,
achine guns. The Panther left Germany ]
My % for the Caribbean sea- Captain
cheder. the newly appointed German
,mmodore of the American station had
audience with Emperor William to re- ! p,
i've special instructions before starting
II his post on the Panther.
There are three candidates for the pres y
ency of Haiti-Calsthenes Fouchard y
'neque Monplais Pierre and NJ Firmn ,
ne Firminists have been active and in G.
me cases successful in their engage n
ents with the forces of the provisional q
'vernment under command of General a
exis Nord, minister of war under the | {,
DIVISIONAL government.
NJ. Firmin is considered by many peo-
e to have the best chance of gaining
e presidency. In 1889 he was minister bt
finance and foreign affairs in the cab to
ct OF President Hyppolite and under w
esident Sam, in 1897, NJ. Firmin was also ~
mister of finance and foreign affairs -
d i'm 1900 minister of Haiti to France =.
iere he was decorated with the ribbon -
the Legion of Honor ID