The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-12-17
WILD FOR 1 FIGHT.
The Seizure Of Their Ships stirs Up
the Venezuelans.
DANGEROUS FOR FOREIGNERS

Nob Attempted TO Break in German
and British Legations. Then
All Subjects OF Those
Countries Arrested.
The Guarrc! between England ana
Germany on the one side and EeneZI-
elan on the other has reached crisis.
Ten German and four British cutters
t@Inturel The Venezuelan fleet at La
Guayra on Wednesday. they went
alongside the Venezuelan vessels and
order them to surrender and without
a shot being fired, the British and
German forces seized the fleet in the
name Of the German emperor and the
king Of iGngland. TWO VI tie vessels
which we're undergoing repairs were
broken up. The German cruiser
| Panther steamed into the harbor dur
ing these proceedings with her decks
cleared for action. The Venezuelan
steamers were taken outside The h2f-
| boz at Z O'clock this morning. Tne
General Crespo. Tutmo and Margrita
were sunk. The OSSun was the only
vessel spared in view of the protest
made by the French charge d'aiTaireS,
II. QuieyreGy. vho notified The COM
modore CT the allied feet that the
Ossun is the property of a Frenchman.
At 10 o'clock Wednesday evening
1870 German sailors were landed and
proceeded to Cardonal, a suburb OF La
Guayra, in which is situated the resi-
dence Of German Consul Lentz, who
with his family they escorted back to
La GuayGa and placed on board the
varShip Flneta. On their way back
the German sailors met a party of
Venezuelan soldiers, but no collision
took place. At : o'clock Thursday
morning landing party OF 80 British
seaman went to the British consulate
and conducted the British consul, +.
Schunek, and his family on board the
Rctribution. The German and British
residents at La Guayra have been ar
rested with the exception Of Messrs.
Fieldwick, Prince and Lepage, the
English directors Of the harbor cor
poration, who barricdded themselves
in their house,
WANT TO FIGHT.
There was a great patriotic demon
stration in Caracas when the news ar
arrived that the British and German
WarshipS had seized the Venezuelan
war vessels at La Guayra. Crowds
quickly gathered and paraded the
street and squares OF the capital dis
playing banners and singing patriotic
songs. Violent speeches were deliver
ed at various points. The p0pulace
marched to the palace Of President
Castro, who addressed it. The mob
then moved on to the German legd-
tion shouting 4 Death to the Ger
mans" The estndoWS were shattered
with stones az attempts were made
to force the doors, but the latter re-
sisted these efforts, and Nine. Won
Pilgrim BaltaZzi, the wife Of the Ger
man charge d'atfaireS, who has been
i'll in bed for the past two months and
therefore could not leave Caracas with
her husband was thus saved from
violence. The crowd then marched
to the German consulate and to the
residence Of DR.. koehler, again ston-
! ing the windows and attempting to
force an entrance. The police made
no effort to diSperse the demonstra-
ton.
The excitement was still intense.
when at 10 O'Clock at night the COVER
nor ordered the arrest Of all the Ger
maH and English residents. One hour
later 205 persons prominent in social
and commercial life were crowded to-
gether in the police station. All the
British residents were arrested except
Albert Cherry. of the Nenezulea-
British-owned Central railway. and
Mr.. Wallace. manager of the tele-
phone company, who escaped to a
place of safety. Ninety-Seven Ger
man residents were arrested. among
them the German consul. Valentine
Blohm and Herr kn0op. the
manager of the German Central
railway. Herr SimrosS. chancellor
of the German legation. was
met by the police near Bolivar square
and also arrested. Amid cries Of
Death to the Germans and Down
with the foreigners the populace di-
rected it's way to the German reSiden-
tial quarter and gathered outside the
Hotel Klindt and the German club.
vociferating and uttering insults.
CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.
Venezuela has been seeking to
avoid payment OF BriStiSh and Ger
man claims for Il long time, and only
recently did the British and German
governments decide to enforce the COL
lection Of these claims. No schedule
of these claims against Venezuela has
ever been published. but it is known
that the total is nearly $50, 0O0, 900.
Or the two nations, Germany is the
larger creditor, about Sl5,0Oo,000 OF
the %. 900. 600 being due German sub
jects.
Tne claims consist first Of unpaid in
terest on the SO, 900. 900 loan Of 1896,
which was taken up by the Germans
In greater part, and the rest b. Brit
lsh and French capitalists. This is
said to amount to about s2.500.OOO.
Then comes claims for merchandise
delivered by German traders to the
Venezuelan government and never
paid for.
Lastly. and these. though indefinite
in character and undoubtly greatly
swelled, comprising the majority OF