Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-18
WILL LET F|RM|N CO
No Haitian EMBARGO on the
Foreign Legations.
COUNTRY NOW MORE QUIET
France Thinks the Worst of the
Danger Past.
NoRD ALEXIS RESIGNATION
Report That It May Be Demanded
by the Powers-No More Exc
cutions Permitted.
COUNTRY NOW MORE QUIET
N0RD ALEXIS RESIGNATION

PARIS. March lS.--Oficial advices re-
ceived here form Haiti indicate that the
arrival at Port au Prince of foreign war
ships has produced the desired effect upon
President Nord Alexis. NJ Carteron.
the French minister ca bles that the gov
ernment has abandoned its intransigeant
attitude: that the re-embarkme mt of refu-
gees has been authorized. and that safe
conducts have been granted for the de-
parture of Gen. Firmin and the other
revolutionary agitators who have taken
asylum at the legations and consulates
at Port au Prince and Gonaives.
NJ Carteron gives much credit for TINS
improved state of affairs TO the active
intervention of NJ Borno. the minister
of state. who was the first TO counsel
this course of action. All danger of an
attack on the legations or consulates is
Row considered at end.
Warships Are Effective.
special dispatch received here from
Port au Prince states that the represent
atives of the foreign powers there have
decided that unless there is a rapid settle
ment of the present crisis they Will for
mulate demand for the resignation of
II
of a provisional government, to be fol-
lowed Immediately by the elections.
In the meantime the dispatch further
states. no further executions will be per-
mitted Arrangements have been made.
continues the dispatch. with the COM
manderS of the German cruiser Bremen
and the British cruiser interchangeable to
land marines at a signal from the lega-
tions. The minister of war. Gen. Ceies-
tin, has brought reinforcementS from
Gonaives by order of the president, and
he Is manning the town defenses. The
presence of the warships appears TO have
a Salutary effect.
Germany Not Combative.
BERLIN, March 1s.-The Associated
Press is authorized to state that the
German foreign Office is fully in accord
with the viewpoint of the United states
regarding the situation in Haiti as set
forth by Secretary Root There never
vas any intention on the part of Ger
MANY TO intervene in the internal affairs
of the Haitian republic. 1t is the hrm
resolve however, of Germany to protect
her subjects trading in Haiti, and sne
will insist also on the inviolability of her
legation and consular buildings. No
complications in the Haitian situation
are foreseen here.
The report that Germany might posi-
bly, declare war upon Haiti is stigma
tized here as nonsensical. The most re-
cent advices report the situation at Port
au Prince as much calmer since the ar
rival of foreign warshipS. IL is noped
that the presence of the German cruiser
Bremen will not be necessary for long.
but she will remain until quiet has been
completely restored.
Dispatches to the State Department
from Haiti today indicate that tine situ-
alton has been greatly relieved by the
arrival of several foreign warships. Min
lister F'urniss says that the Haitian min
ister for foreign affairs has officially noti-
tied the French and German ministers
that the refugees in their consulateS viii!
he allowed to embark and depart from
Haiti 1t is indicated in the dispatches
that the presence of the ships has quieted
public feeling and that no danger of fur
ther casualties is apprehended. except in
the event of the possible refusal of the
French authorities to permit the deporta-
tion of Gen. Firmin and the other So
called conSpirators now under the pro-
lection of the French consul at Gonaives.
The Haitian officials charge that these
men are fomenting rebellion against the
government, and that the safety of the
republic demands that they be sent away
from the island. AS understood here. the
French authorities cannot properly refuse
the request that Gen. Firmin and his as
sociates be deported without leaving
themselves open to the suspicion at least
that they are interested in the success of
the Firmin cause. In the absence of de-
tails il is not known how the deportation
OF the prisoners is to be conducted. bu,
il Is said that President Nord Alexis is
willing that the French warship shall be
used in taking the refugees to place of
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