Daily Kennebec journal

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Col. Joh'i P. Haskins, eomissary-general

of subsistence with rank of brigadier

general.

HAITI MUST EXPLAIN.

Minister Durham to Investigate* the Outrage

on Frederick Mevs

Washington. Dec. 22 —Minister Dur

ham, our representative to Haiti, ha- l*een

ordered to return to that country im

mediately and investigate the facts attend

ing the impnsonm* ut of Frederick Mevs,

n American niercha* t of Port-au-Prince

If the cir'-um-tauo s arc* as report-d. th*

minister w ill be exp* -ted to bring the sub

ject to the immediate attention of th*

Haitian government with a view- to a fnli

indemnification for the wrong don*-. Th*

secretary of the navy I.as placed the At

l.inta at the disposal **f the state departmen*

to take Minister Durham to his post. am.

he w ill sail from Norfolk ithin a few day s.

The fad-* connected w ith the arrest o(

Mr. Mevs arc know only in brief at th

departm nt. He i- a citizen of Philadel

phia. doing business at Port-an-Pr nee

He was arre-ted on a charge of smuggling

a box of small value and kept *n prison

sever *1 days, de-p te the personal protest

m l appeals of John B. Terres. vice con

sal general, ami in violation of the law

which guarantees to prisoner* a bearing

t'.e charges against them. VV hen finally

given a trial he was ac*|«iitte*L

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Daily Kennebec journal. (1892). Augusta, Me., 1892-12-23. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82014248/1892-12-23/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Daily Kennebec journal, 1892-12-23.