Show 11A VII SAMS STOY WAR I President of the Black Republic Cowed In Four Hours HISTORY OF THE AFFAIR I COJNDTJCT o THE GSEMA1T INCITED IN-CITED INDIGNATION I Interview With the Diplomatic Corps Position of the American Representative During the Crisis Affairs in Eayti Under Partial Law 4 New York Dec 11Tle correspond j ent of the Herald in Port au Prince Hayti says that further trouble is brewing that the cities are under martin mar-tin law and that the ministry is afraid to hold public audiences On referring the Lue ers question to Berlin the Haytien government had strong hopes that the matter would be diplomatically settled through their charge daffaires They offered to submit sub-mit the whole matter < to arbitration proposing England France the United States the Haytien republic and Sweden Swe-den As this was refused another proposition pro-position was made allowing Germany to select the countries The German foreign minister replied his government did not intend to allow foreign nations to interfere in the matter and they would punish the blacks Although rumors of warships seen steaming in thi sdirection reached Hay ti no intimation came of Germanys intention until Monday at 6 oclock when the Charlotte and Stein steamed into this harbor taking anchorage at 7 oclock It has transpired that the German minister left on the 2Qth > ult and met the warships at Puerto Plata THE ULTIMATUM Returning on board the Charlotte the German consul gave notice on Sunday Sun-day last that German subjects only could go aboard the two German merchant mer-chant vessels lying in the harbor and on Monday at 8 oclock the German commander sent an ultimatum to the government that the city would be bombarded unless within four hours they paid 30000 instead of the 20000 they previously demanded and made themselves responsible for Lueders future fu-ture safety allowing him to return whenever he choose apologized to the emperor and received the German charge daffaires again The commander also sent a communication communi-cation to the diplomatic corps that he intended to bombard the city at fl oclock and advised its members to get their subjects to aplace of safety ABRUPT REFUSAL Minister Powell convened the diplo I matic the corps and they went aboard Charlotte requesting the German commander com-mander to allow longer timeif not four days at least 24 hoursin order to get their subjects away The commander com-mander abruptly refused to give one minute over the time of the ultimatum but offered one of the German vessels to put their respective subjects on AMERICAN MINISTER I Minister Powell said he would not allow American subjects to go aboard any vessel but that he wodld take them to the American legation and I there defend them against all odds The diplomatic ccrps then returned again to the palace and the president Requested advices as to what he should cLo He asked the American minister if he could expect any encouragement from the United States Minister Powell Pow-ell replied that he had no news or instructions in-structions from the United States government gov-ernment and that the Haytiens would Have to act on their own responsibilities responsibili-ties but that he would not witness their humiliation HAYTIENS GAVE IN T The commander had stated thai he would fire a warning gun at 1230 p m and the government decided to give way at 1220 A white flag was hoisted and at 4 oclock they sent the gold and an apology and the German minister was received with a salutQ < > To foreign warships were in the harbor har-bor at the time of the arrivals of the Germans the United States cruiser Marblehead arriving at 7 I a m The German ship was preparing for action I and there was intense excitement among the Haytiens who prepared for a fray threatening the life of every white The foreigners embarked on different dif-ferent vessels and the American colony took refuge at the legation The decision of the government excited I excit-ed the bitterest feeling among the Hay II I tiens who blame the government for I the humiliation Two attempts to overthrow over-throw the government were frustrated by the military police 1 The diplomatic corps is indignant vith the < < TAP > i wife highhanded and discourteous throughout I through-out the interview |