Show THE HAYTIAN MUDDLE i CAN it be that germany and france whose awry not only joins but is in for some distance undivided by any natural or artificial line that can be seen have been holding off the dogs of war during all ajl these years to finally strike at each other in the caribbean sea it begins to look like it and if there be anything in present appearances the united states has not yet emerged entirely from those waters which lave the western and southern shores of the haytian republic it is now well known that president Legi time the do de facto fawsto president of that little nation was about to sell the united states merchantman which bears tb the e name of his country ahen hen he was interfered with by this governments govern menty that he and some of the diplomatic representatives looked upon the short wo work made of 1 its replevin as ap an abuse e of power on our part and he was on the ev eve e of calling on france for assistance ahm recent events hawe hae shown ft a disposition on we hl part to ibm form anipen an open alliance with that power and that it is quite willing reaching beaching out for unprotected and comparatively hewen helpley insular territory iv ie the pre mania among the Euto european nations just now and bonev them have the lever fever quito so eo bruiy as gerawan and of course her delre for apy any such territory i is greatly em when itic it is known st t bis mareks headquarters that france arnce has def ligac in that direction add to the most mod fact of all in this gmt ners cruising wound round in taftt tW neighborhood out for the malt chance have be been ared on by of we late and vre M tee we it complication whom solution lution eo suggests the mentioned ivr hr the que tion comme commencing neing thia article if hoyd were met nofa ln in the throw of a avil war which threatens to be a long aada destructive one whereby she is becoming and poorer every day perhaps neither ger ammy nor france would think of such ething a athing as active intervention in its affairs the fact that transfusion of resources and population may have to be resorted to to kee it alive makes those two nations in particular extremely desirous of rendering the needed assistance but while the island or that portion of it comprising the republic in question might under certain circumstances be happy with either it could scarcely scar eely escape a worse worm condition than is now upon it with both of them pouring in their deeds of kindness and disinterested regard and then the situation is brought more nearly to A sharply ply defined one by the recent loaning leaning toward germany which hyppolite hyppolyte the leader of the rebels has shown it to is very much the counter counterpart paA of the samoan difficulty with france fiance substituted for the united states aud and england this is a complication with a vengeance As previously suggested this country is not we well U out of it though so far showing no disposition to take a hand any further than the prote protection eUon of our own people and in teresta require reque germany is bot yet in a position to clash with us there but u france could lend considerable gravity to the case 1 ia the twinkling of on an eye by rendering or ing to 0 render eider active tive p assistance t tp to P he Legi time gavern anent before that abug detained 4 vessel is taken taen away from waters france is our friend end and first ally and no coniti with her will take place if cool heads and wise counsels counsels pr prevail ev ail but another man of f war being dispatched to hayti on jan 7 and the growing discontent in france over our position on the panama fadama canal question cause things to look rather badly for theotime the time at aleast least it would indeed andee be an anomaly in the of nations if by y such an arrangement of matters we should i be negatively assisting girma germany ny by 0 opposing ng prance fan in a eastern rn w waters and d op opposing the former in company compani pani with Enila england ild I 1 ft ws western tern waters perhaps thip the wisest alj t thing to be do eust naw would be to toy the haw erub h way away broo its alarm creating situation iq back wk to djs c country without ut bitang t for ito ite pa machinery I 1 A chinery to jo be repaired 0 or r anything aled to be danei done then if germany ma ily and prance france must have an interchange of belligerent compliments let them have no chance to shoot over over or at the representatives of the united states when they do so go every hour that that vessel remains in haytian waters aggravates the situation ano an being a constant eyesore to the authorities there should be removed on that account account as ae well as the other |