The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07
GUNBOATS
WERE THERE
Unlucky Spain May Have
Lost the Caroline
Group.
HOWJAPANESE TRADERS
WERE BUTCHERED.
They Made Brave Fight
Against Odds and Killed
Many.
MURDERERS MUST BE GIVEN
UP AT ONCE.
If This Was Refused the Islands May
Already Have Been Shelled
by the Japs
MURDERERS MUST BE GIVEN
UP AT ONCE.
If This Was Refused the Islands May
Already Have Been Shelled
by the Japs.

"Spain will have to make reparatlon 10
Japan for the murder of the Japanese
traders in the Carolines, or else there Will
be trouble" said Captain Luttrell yester-
day. at was nothing more nor less than
q case of cold-blooded murder, and the
unfortunate Japs did not even get tight
ing chance for their lives.
''They were enterprising little fellows,
and after a few months residence at
Kusaei they controlled the trade of the
group and established a regular line OF
schooners between the CaroIines and
Japan. When at the height of their pros
perity the natives rose against them and
every one of them was murdered. 1t is
said the Spaniards instigated the uprising,
but that / cannot voueh for.
Now, let me give you my own private
opinion about the Japanese. l have no
love for the little brown man, but as
fighter he can't be beaten. Every one OF
them made fight for his life, and while
there were twelve Japanese dead, at least
twice that number of islanders accom-
panied them to the happy hunting
grounds before the sun set.
"It was an unplovoked quarrel, and
Japan will make Spain pay for the loss of
life before the trouble is all over. Two
gunboats were stationed at the Carolines
when we Left ana the proposition was to
shell the villages the first week in January
unless the murderers of the Japs were
given up to the commander of the Japa-
nese feet. The Japanese will insist upon
carrying their point and Spain must give
in to her, as the Japanese are in force and
ready to enforce their demands"
Captain Luttrell had bad quarter of
an hour at Taputeouea. The British Con-
sui got after him because he had left "a
destitute person. on the islands and
wanted to fine him 500. Luttrell refused
to pay the fine, and took his agent and
trade aboard and cleared out.
year ago Captain LuttrelI was in COM
mand of the schooner Viking, and had as
a passenger Mrs. Breeder and her three
children. They wanted to join her hus-
band and father in the Gilbert Group, but
when they reached Taputeouea they found
he was at Ponapi in the Carolines. The
German residents got up a subscription
for her, and she was sent on her way re-
ioicing On her arrival at Ponapi Mrs.
Breeder found that her husband had sailed
for San Francisco to join her there. Dis
appointed the second time the wife was
in despair.
All her m oney was gone and she did not
know where to turn for relief. The Brit
ish Consul finally came to her assistance,
and as there was ship in port at that
time bound for Antwerp he shipped
her and the children as passengers and
gave her enough money to reach her home
in Saxony.
Carl Breeder, the husband, learned of
his wife's whereabouts from Captain Lut-
trell yesterday, and as soon as he can
s.raighten out his business here he will
start for Germany to find his wife.
~ took the woman to the Gilbert Group
as an act of charity" said Captain Lut-
trell. 'In order to accommodate her l
had to give up my room and bunk with
the mate. What became of her after she
landed at Taputeouea l only know from
hearsay. Consul Campbell has had it in
for me for long time, however, SO he was
glad of any excuse to fine me. He has no
use for American traders anyway, and
harnesses them in every way possible.
"When he wanted to practice an imposi-
tion on me, l simply took all my supplies
ana merchandise aboard and left the place.
Mrs. Breeder had very little money when
she left San Francisco. and when she