The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-18
VIGOROUS BILL
COLLECTING
GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY
SINK THE VENEZUELAN FLEET
THE PRESIDENT RETALIATES.

LONDON, December 1.-THE COM
bined fleets of England and Germany
have sunk the Venezuelan fleet at La
Guayra, landed marines and seized the
custom house. A state of war pracc-
tically exists.
LA GUANRA, December 1O.-Ten
German and four British cutters cap
tured the Venezuelan fleet yesterday.
They went alongside the Venezuelan
vessels and ordered them to surrender,
and without a shot being fired the Brit
ish and German forces seized the Ves-
sells in the name of the German EN-
peror and the King of England. Two
of the vessels, which were undergoing
repairs were broken up. The German
cruiser Panther steamed into the har-
Dor during these proceeding with her
decks cleared for action.
The Venezuelan steamers were taxi
en- outside of the harbor and at
o clock this morning the General Cres-
pc, Tulmo and Margarita We're sunk.
The Ossun was the only vessel spar
ed, in view of the protest made by the
French Charge d'Affairs, IL. QuievreuX,
who notified the commodore of the al
lied fleet that the Ossun is the proper
ty of a Frenchman.
At 10 o'clock last evening 100 German
sailors were landed and proceeded to
Cardonel, a suburb of La Guayra, in
which is situated the residence of Ger
man Consul Lentz, who, with his
family, was escorted back to La Qua
ria and placed on board the warship
Vineta. On their way back to this port
the German sailors met party of Ven
ezuelan soldiers, but no collision took
place. At o'clock this morning
landing party of thirty British seamen
went to the British Consulate and con-
Quoted the British Consul, Il. Shunk
and his family on board the Retribu
| ton.
WILLEMSTAD (Curacoa), December
1O.-There was a great patriotic de-
monstration on in Caracas at s O'Clock
| last night when the news arrived that
the British and German warships mad
| seized the Venezuelan war vessels at
La Guayra. Crowds quickly gathered
and paraded the streets and squares
of the capital, displaying banners and
| singing patriotic songs. Violent speech
es were delivered at various points.
The populace marched to the palace cf
| President Castro, who addressed them.
| The mob then moved on to the German
legation shouting Death to the Ge--
| mans!"
! The excitement was still intense
when, at 10 o'clock at night, the Gov1
| crument ordered the arrest of a.. The
German and English residents. One
hour later POS persons prominent in
social and commercial life were crowd
ed together in the police station. All
| the British residents were arrested ~
cept Albert Cherry of the Venezuela
British Central Railway and Mr.. Wal
lace, manager of the telephone com
pany, who escaped to a place of safety
Ninety-seven German residents were
arrested, among them the German
Consul, Valentine Blohm, and Herr
Knopp, manager of the German Cen
trail Railroad. Herr SImmross, chan
cellor of the German Legation, was
met by the police near Bolivar Square
and arrested.
On learning these incidents, United
States Minister Bowen and SecretaIy
w. w. Russell went at once to see
President Castro, and after a long con-
ference succeeded in obtaining the re-
lease of DR.. Koehler, Madame Won
Pilgrim Baltazzi's physician, and Con-
sui Valentine Bloehm.
Minister Bowen obtained the Official
authorization of the Venezuelan Gov
eminent to represent British and Ger
man interests during the embroglio.
The Government has placed an embar-
go on the British railroad to La Quay
ra and on the German Central Railroad
from Caracas to Valencia.