A good many Germans have settled in Port-au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti, but, white people being so scarce in the island, the consuls are kept busy trying to secure justice for their countrymen. Last fall, the German consul to Haiti, Count Schwerin, was asked to adjust the present difficulty. The servant of a young German named Lueders was accused of committing some crime, and, according to the story, a dozen stalwart Haitian policemen went to Mr. Lueders' house and forcibly arrested him. Mr. Lueders went to police headquarters to complain of the conduct of the officers, and was at once arrested and charged with interfering with the officers while doing their duty, and also with attempting to kill them. He was at once fined $48 and sent to jail for a month. Mr. Lueders claimed that he was innocent and could prove it, and asked for a second trial. When this was given him, he brought forward witnesses who proved that he had not attempted to interfere with the police. In spite of this, he was again found guilty, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment and $500 fine, presumably to punish him for demanding the second trial. The German consul had followed both the trials with great interest, and when the second decision was rendered he felt that it was time for him to interfere. He telegraphed to Berlin for instructions, and in reply received orders to demand the immediate release of Lueders, and to insist that damages to the amount of $1,000 be paid by Haiti for every day Mr. Lueders had already spent in jail--twenty in all, and an extra $5,000 for every day's imprisonment after the request for his release was received. At first President Simon Sam refused to listen to the demand, and Mr. Lueders remained another six days in jail. Then the German minister sent word to the President that he had hauled down his flag, sent his valuable papers to the care of the United States consul, and had broken off all relations with the Haitian government. This announcement caused considerable excitement in Port-au-Prince. The Germans and the natives both became indignant, and the feeling ran so high that the angry blacks threatened to attack the German Legation and burn it to the ground, and then lynch Lueders. Fearing a serious outbreak which might call down the wrath of Germany, President Simon Sam decided that the wisest thing to do was to get rid of Lueders; so the young man was hurried from his prison and put on board a steamer bound for New York. By the time this was done Germany's pride had been aroused, and a war-vessel had been ordered to sail for Port-au-Prince, and insist upon reparation being made, under pain of bombardment of the town.