New-York tribune., 1895-08-26
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! am ready and willing to make oaths 10 'he aoo'e
statements If so required
no ACTION BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT
! Mr.. Lyons said yesterday that he had laid all
! the facts before the State Department. ana psu-
| toned several times from Tamatave for the De-
partment to interfere with the aroi'FarS ao"'''
| Of their Consul He got no redress. however
but Mr. Lyons said probably that MS ic''e'"
never reached the Department. as they were IN
| ,ercen.ed He said: IAN my letters were opened
| by the Consul | once wrote 10 the french pos'ai
authorities asking 10 have my letters usHNeIcu ~ ~
me direct but Wetter heard OF " ana cai"c ,,S ~
mo In furious temper and threatened NE VIII
| jail IL did not rescind my application Nna'
could do but submit? tell YOU IL IL Wpiiuo.
full what powers these Consus nave s,,,an Me.teD
under some law Of special territorial 1urisdic'ioh'
has the move, to sentence a man TO death with
out any appeal. Wetter would never aitoM "'';
one to cross him and on the occasion oi oiy ~, va
nv adiournments he locked me in MS ya'u "i'lie W
he Sent renles 10 the French prison au'holi,
ties to take me in their jail. Ihey Woie "e'
acquainted with all the facts however ana re-
fused to comply They simpiy cerl,vu ncne,ized h.,
fere because ii was generally recos'iNeu -
every one that II was an infamous psrsecu'i'h
on the part Of the Consul. -, 49,,
"Wetter stands in very bad repute with the
French authorities in Tamatlve. and has IRE
ouently created scenes in the courts ana on the
streets unbecoming the dignity OF , hlueu I,.aa
bluntly told hv the French Admiral tnat unlcss
he stopped interfering with the HoVas ne "o"iu
get into trouble. , ,,,,.
Speaking of Consul Wetier actoh III " ''''0i
case. Mr.. Lyons said: ,
"He never attempted to give Waller any as
sistancc whatever. and was sineuarIN apa'"e'v
in looking after the safety OF the eN-,o'lsui,
He seems to have taken no interest Whatever
| in the case. and surrendered every point 10 tns
French authorities. The Consul al"ays uscu
| to refer to Mr. Waller in disparaging terms.
He of az
| was only compelled to sit as an associate III my
| case because Wetier threatened nm WIN prison
If he refused You see. he had @ n@olu a over
| Waller. He had just previous to this time hned
Waller 81 200 for dereliction he had discoV-
| cred. Waller obliged TO stay at iamataVe
for some days until the money when ne hau .
sent for reached him Then he was pressed TO
/, serve as an associate al my trial After MS ar
| rest Wetter heard that he had written To MS
! Waller's) wife commenting In strong terms
J upon the injustice that had been meted out 20
me- and from that moment Wetter practically
left him to his fate. | should tell you. TOO that
| the associate with Wetter when Nalier was
fined the 81, 200 was his friend and my enemy,
Geldart."
Mr. Lyons. although he refused to make any
positive statement in the absence oi aVallaDie
proof hinted that Wetter and Geldart were en-
gagged in some sort of speculation together He
proceeded to comment in severe terms upon the
Ccnsuls general ncompetency and neglect TO
look after the interests of the Americans at Tam
atave. He was also invested with too much
power which he used to oppression
THE ADMINISTRATION DENOUNCED.
Mr. Lyons seemed to feel bitterly toward the
present Administration, and in a subdued. IN
dignant tone said:
Il have written frequently 10 the state De-
partment inclosng legal documents about my
case and statement Of the facts, but they
have never even acknowledged my communlca-
tons They know ! jumped my bail in T1ma-
tave they know where to find me here, hui they
dare not attempt to enforce the bail tell YOU
the Government cares nothing for American ct.-
zens abroad and they would never have done
anything in Walters case had ii not been Tor
the agitation in the newspapers. They pick out
men as consuls in many cases. who ere utterly
unfit for the positions. and then they absolutely
refuse to do anything for American subjects
who are browbeaten by these arbitrarily IN
clined men. No consus have SO much power
vested In them American consuls, and no
other country's representatives abroad abuse II
to such an extent do ours. | ten you SIN
cerely, If ever have % 90 abroad again on
business, ! will go as citizen OF some other
country and then shall get better protection.
/ was literally bounded out OF Madagascar by
Consul Wetter. | don't expect any Satisfaction
from Washington but should lik" TO So" some
sort OF inquiry set afoot 10 the doings Of Con
sui Wetter. Had | remained in TamataNe to
undergo years impris )nment in tnat climate.
it would simply have meant my death. should
of course have been Jailed in the French prison,
and for what? For simply opening an Official
letter that was inclosed without covering In
an envelope addressed to me by the Consul. The
other consuls at Tamatave will corroborate all
that / have said about the ABUSIVE treatment
was subjected to-