The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-03-13

British Vice Consul, made all scrts Of
protests that W1:re unavailing Schmidt
was nC'l n-Tmltted ilr sea the prisoners
before or after the court martial. urifl
the very end, when he r;,ached Captain
Fry and s.gl:i:d his protest with him
fit was nil permitted npiNa use of 1.-The
telegraph N:I order to communicates, with
the government 2lt Washington by way
OF Kingston, Jamaica. He wl,iia re-
pealad notes to Gam. Burriel, THE Spac;,.
Tsh commander at Santiago, g2tting Ed
answer to them, CI.Iail I8t lasila answer
came thal it YVES m-we Irritating than
silence. Burriel told him that he should
have kE:lc'wn I.fle pn:wious day was a day
'cf religious festival, during which he
'Itll all his officers w;re engaged .n
med Mation OF the divine mysteries"
and GOULD not consider temporary af-
fairs. He also Informed the Consul that
he might be expelled faoim the island
for trying to e'1,ibroil the Uniu:d Suites
aud Spain in difficulties il he ware r.l.,t
ca;aful.
Then came EGhe only bright spcit in thu;
whole affair. News of what Was gol.s
on ret2iched J3maica, and the British!
gunboat Niobe, Capt. Sir L,ambt1El Lor-
raine NE for the sol-e Of massacre,
sailing In such a hurry that he lft
slime Of The crew ashore. The CAPTAIN
landed att Santiago before his ship m7als
anchored ard demanded that thl.
slaughter ba stopped instantly TI,:l de-
cJsrsd that he represented the Ul.IiHed
Stalks as we'll as England, tand that he
would lombard the ely If thensl wera
another American citizen executed
Ninoty-three meGt wen:l und;r Sei..ltsncc
tlf death, mai.y of whom were Amerl-
cans, but the sentence was immsd lately
suspended and the lives were saved
The Spanish afterwards declared that
the executions We're stopped because OF
orders received fltim Madr:d Thl
raxt time Sir Lambtcra was in New York
he was offered n receptlia, which he
declined. He was pr:Scr.,ad, however,
with a silver brick. CHI which we,r, en-
graved the words: Blood is thicker
shan Water" "A reSsluiI-n of thanks
to him was laid tn the table in the
House of Representative and r:,ausr
passed.
When tine news Of all this reached the
United STALKS public indl,l- iation rose
rapidly. Mass n9:filngs ware held Gl:,-
handing vengear:I,a on Spain. Pres!-
du.t Grant sent special messages to
Coi;r5 IS, and the Statd Department
l':&ln diplomatic negotiations. Hami-
%it FishHr, SECRETARY ne State, declared
that The Virg1nius. having been regis
g.
official documents lE,guLlr upon their
race ar:d bearing the Unit:h States flag,
Wl:Is entirely beyond the jurisdidtc of
any other power on iIfni high seas in
time OF Deao:' that If he had secured
fradultc?t entry or computed amy other
fraud against The laws ,-lf the United
S''ates is was FIR ia:r to be turned over
~ thu Ui-ii!ad States courts for pm:1lsh-
ment by some other power. The Span
ish Minister of Foreign Affairs ,2it that
time was Admiral Polo de Barnahe.
father OF thu new Spanish NIi:rstrG'
Wits succeeds Dupuy de LONE lie
wanted 10 SUBMIT the matter h., ,,rbl-
trGlon, and Secretary Fish replied to
him "ths'a the Uritirl States was n,ndy
- refer to cwbIltat!Gl.! all questions
OF properi subjects for refer
ence, but that I.ia question Of an in
dignity to the f,,,y of the nation al.,l the
capture in time of peaCl u., the high
s':ns ~ q vessel bearing that flag and
having Efso the register and papers of
~ American ship, ia mkt deemed 10 be
Cell refcrNble 10 other powers to deter