The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-23
Refused Meal To Men Fighting

uauonauues were taken ashore at tue
same hour and left iu crude situation
on the railway wharf until cared for 10y
American naval authorities ou Thursday
except such as were removed by train to
Spanish Town or by relatives who found
them
UnciviI to American Refugees.
"Fourth-That when Father O'Donovau.
Of Boston; Calvin L. Payne. Of Indian
apoIs, and Rev. Z. T. Aud. of Hatboro.
Pa. took a petition to Sir Alfred Jones
and Capt. Parsons for the American refu-
gees sleeping on trunks, sacks OF coffee.
and The cargo Of loUled planks Of the
Hamburg American dock. 10 allow the
said refugees 20 go aboard tke Port
Kingston. then at her dock and sleep on
her bare, clean decks. where they should
be safe from recurrent earthquake
shocks. capt. Parsons refused with grest
incivility, and coming to the Hamburg
American deck, showed the party further
disc0urtesy.
"Fifth-That I'm the three days. though
Sir Alfred Jones and his party on board
the Port Kingston had all the comforts
Of a large. well-equpped ship no tender
was made either of food. water. coffee.
bedding, or medical assistance.
"Sixth-That in three days. save for the
above unpleasant visit of Capt. Parsons.
no official visit was paid either by the
police military. or colonial authorities
to the large body of American refugees
on the Hamburg American docks. the
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Kingston, to offer succos or protection i'm
any degree or even to ascertain the con
dition in which they were.
Bond of Blood Not i'm Evidence.
''Seventh-That in individual case. and
minor ways we were made To- feel the SUI
periority and first claim of The English
and found the much-talked-of bonds Of
blood and language" when tested, to be
a mockery and a diplomatic phantom.
''Wherefor we declare our resentment
and condemnation. this Utterance being
the joint expression of the passengers in
common assembly on board the Prinz
Eitel Frederick January q. 1907.
All Of the passengers had practically the
same story to tell I'm explanation Of their
action. Father John O'Donovan, rector of
the Church of the Immaculate Concep-
ton in Boston. seemed TO be the hero of
the crowd by common consent.
Father ODonovan happened to be one Of
the tourists in Kingston when the earth
quake occurred. He was one OF the first
TO take shelter in the pier of the Ham
burg-American line. Some of the Amer
leans spent the first night there following
the earthquake. Others found their way
there early the following morning after
spending the night amidst horrible sur
roundings, few having stayed in a circus
tent with negroes. On Tuesday morning.
as Father O'Donovan and the others de-
scribed it, their plight on the piey was
awful. They had 10 break open bags Of
fruit and barrels OF crackers to get any
thing TO eat and there was no water II
was then that the committee of three
took the petition aboard the Port Kings
ton, which was at the next dock
Denied Drink of Water to Women.
We begged that our women and chill
dren be taken aboard" said Father
O'Donovan, and the other members of this
committee. Eve told them that they
would make no disturbance, would accept
any part Of the ship. even the bare decks.
on which to steep. and would not discom- /
mode the English on board
oh. said the captain and Sir Alfred
Jones, we've been guaranteed by the gov
eTnor that there will be no danger from