The times., 1899-05-28

Queens Bench with reference to the with
in case He informs me that after an in
terview with the attorneys of the Helv, tia
that warrant was applied for from the
Canadian Government, but out OF courtesy
to the United States Government they
would not issue the same unless
would assure them that the Government
OF the United States would not consider it
an unfriendly act toward the United States
Governments, as the persons implicated in
the dispute were Americans"
Captain Marks has sent several COM
munications to the acting Consul General
about the attempts to seize the HeIvetia.
On May 20 Mr.. German received the fol-
lowing postal card:
Il answered your message through eour-
tesy. but if is hard to do so for man to
answer such unbusinesslike stuff. | have
seen nothing but unprlncipled acts through
1t all. That lawyer and Packer who make
themselves look small in the eyes Of the
people also left themselves liable to i'm
prisonment. That is the reason we let
them go to the end of their rope. We see
through all their schemes. AS you are
medium please tell them So
&c. MARKS, Master Helvetla."
In his report Mr.. German makes these
interesting statements, which show the
seriousness OF the situation:
Il am of the opinion that whatever At
tempt is made TO arrest Marks and take
him off the boat whether the warrant be
legal or not, there will be bloodshed All
the people in Valley Field are in sympathy
with Captain Marks, and are willing to as
sist him in defying the law He has at
present on board the vessel with him
about twenty persons, who, l understand.
are armed"
The story of an attempt made by Mon
treal officers to arrest Marks is told in one
of Mr.. Gorman's dispatches. Chief of De-
tectives Kellart and ten of his men went
down to Valley Field with a warrant for
Marks arrest. When they reached the
wharf at which the Helvetia is lying they
saw twenty or twenty-five men lined up
on the deck of the vessel armed with Win
chester rifles axes, Delaying pins. crow
bars, and other weapons. There was big
crowd of people on the wharf. The Hell
yetia is a large lake schooner, and her
upper deck was fully twenty feet above
the water. All the ladders had been drawn
UP and the detectives saw no way of climb
ing aboard. Chief Eellart asked for the
master of the ship AMI Marks stepped for
ward and made a little speech as to his
authority over the vessel very much in
the words of the cannibalistic mariner
who sang:
Oh, | am the cook and the captain bold
And the mate OF the Nancy brig;
And the bos'n tight and the midship mite,
And the crew OF the captains gig.
Kellart told Marks he had no personal
interest in the matter but was merely
there to carry out an order of the courts.
THE courts be blowed," was Marks re-
sponse. and he added that he was boss of
the ship. Kellart then said that he had
been directed to take Marks. his wife, and
his son, and proposed to get them dead
or alive, Marks invited the chief to carry
out his threat and Kellart sent his men
away to get ladders to scale the side of the
ship The detectives secured three lad
ders but were attacked by the townspeople
and the ladders taken away. At this point
the chief of the Vale Field police inter-
fered and on his advice Kelart and his men
went back to Montreal. 1t is the opinion
of Chief Kellart that it will be necessary
to send troops to capture the turbulent
captain and his supporters