The Washington times., 1904-07-23
Ship Directors Send an
Urgent Protest to
the Kaiser.
NO C0NTRABAND ABOARD
Berlin Press Urges Naval
Demonstration Against
Russia.

SUEZ, July 23.-The Hamburg
American steamer Scandia arrived
here today flying the Russian flag
and in possession of a prize crew.
She will enter the canal at once
and proceed TO a Russian port. A
Russian prize court will pass upon
the claims that she be declared
prize of war"
Germany Indignant.
BERLIN, July 2-With the confrrna-
tion Of the report that the German
steamship Scandia has been seized in
the Red Sea by the Russian cruiser Pc
tersburg, and is even now AT ouvz "a
route TO a Russian port in charge o. a
Russian prize crew. and with her Ger
man crew virtually prisoners on board.
wave of popular Indignation bas swept
over the nation.
Herr Balm, managing director of The
Hamburg American line. has dispatched
an urgent telegram 10 the Kaiser Sho
is now cruising in his yacht near Nerth
Cape. vigorously protesting against the
action of the Russian privateers,' who,
he declares, are greatly harming Ger
man commerce. The company publishes
a statement, in which it states that
steamers owned by it are absolutely for
bidden TO carry cOntraband-
The statement is as follows:
Herr Ballin's Statement.
.sThe capture of the Scandia appears to
be inexplicable. Her manifests show
that no war material Of any kind was OF.
board.
The Hamburg-American line at the
beginning of the war instructed its rep
resentatives TO make II their special
duty not to accept contraband for trans
mission. The Hamburg-American Com
pany has asked the foreign Office TO
initiate the steps necessary TO clear Up
this disagreeable incident
Nearly every afternoon paper pub
Hshed today demands that naval dem
onstratlon against Russia be made at
once. unless the Scandia be immediate
" released and reparation ma'ie for the
Prinz Heinrich incident
German Ambassador ADVISED.
It is announced that orders have al
ready been dispatched 70 the German
ambassador at St. Petersburg to protest
and demand the release Of the Scandia-
Information was received by the Ger
man government that five Of the Ger
man steamers recently purchased by
Russia. and which il has been previously
reported were TO be used 3 ccal carry
ing craft have been transformed mo
auxiliary cruisers, armed with raptd mrs
guns and sailed from I.ibau yesJerdaE
for a destination which ls very carefully
guarded.
n is believed here tha- they are TO
prev on commerce in the Medite-rane m.
and further seizures are confidently e%-
pected.
Won Buelow Criticised.
The backing down of the Russian
government and its action in granting
all of the demands of the British gov
ernment. while al the same time II has
So far failed even to indicate that II VIII
grant Germany satisfaction for the
Prinz Heinrich affair, has aroused the
German press which is now freely crit
icising chancellor Won BueloW and his
associates. ,
SThev are accused Of servility toward
Russia. and are urged 10 be at least
as insistent as Great Britain has oeen-
Contraband Aboard.
LONDON. July IA stock exchange
broker informs your correspondent that
If is reported in stock exchange circles
that contraband had been discovered
aboard the Peninsular and Oriental
sre4roer Malacca, now az Suda bay.
Crete The COnJraband- ne says Wis
shipped at Antwerp ana iaoeied sugar