Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-24
REFUGEES complain
Americans Returning From
Jamaica Score the British
Officials
TELL OF GROSS HEARTLEssNEss
British Took Care Of Themselves and
Refused Refugees Even Water and
Food When There Was Plenty
Those on Boats in Harbor Ordered
Ashore-Story of Mistreatment.

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Ashore-Story of Mistreatment.
New York Jan. 24.--American retu
gees from Kingston, Jamaica, arriving
here Yesterday on board the steame'
Prinz Eitel Friedrich, which sailed
from the stricken city on Thursday
afternoon last, the third day after the
earthquake, were unanimous in con-
demning what they termed the "inac-
tivity and utter inefficiency of the
English authorities on the island dur
ling the first days following the disas-
/ ter"
The protest OF the American refugees
against the conduct and. behavior o.
certain officials on the island was
voiced at a mass meeting on board the
Prinz Ethel Monday, when resolutions
were adopted and addressed. ITO the
general public and the internationa
/
I'VE, q company Of American refu
gees Of Kingston, Jan. 14-Jan. II. 1901
on board the steamer Prjnx Eitel
Friedrich, herewith utter emphatic con-
domination of the conduct and behavior
in that period Of certain officials oil
rank, especially Captain Parsons, COM
mander of the British steamship Por,
Kingston, lying in the harbor of Kings
ton and aboard which was Sir Alfred
Jones, his superior. and other officials
basing our contentious on the following
counts:
"First-That Captain Parson de-
clined to furnish food for one meal to
the small number OF Germans, led by
Captain Richard Vahsel, Hamburg
American line, who prevented four
docks from burning on the night of the
18th, among them the Port Kingston s
own wharf.
"Second-That such Americans and
other refugees as the small boats
manned by Captain Vahsel and Others
gathered and lodged on Monday on
board the Kingston were summarl-
ly ordered ashore at p. m. TuesdNy to
make room for English refugees, tho
| women and children tearfully pleaded
| that they had no food nor clothing on
shore.
"Third-That the wounded Of mixed
nationalities were taken ashore at the
same hour and left in crude situation
on the railway wharf until cared for
by American naval officers on Thurs
day, except such as were removed by
train to Spanishtown or by relatives
who found them.
"Fourth-That when Father O'Dono-
van of Boston, Gaven of Indianapolis
and Rev. III. +. Aud Of Hatboro, Pa,
took a petition to Sir Alfred Jones and
Captain Parsons from the refugees
sleeping on trunks, sacks of coffee and
the cargo, and fouled planks of the
Hamburg American dock showed the
said refugees to go on board the Port
Kingston, then at her docks, and sleep
on her bare, clean decks, where they
would be safe from recurrent earth
quake shocks, Captain Parsons refused
with great incivility. and coming to the
Hamburg American dock showed the
party further discourtesy.
"Fifth-That in the three days. tho
Sir Alfred Jones and his party on board
the Port Kingston had all the comforts
OF a large, well-equipped ship. no ten
der was made either Of food, water,
coffee, bedding or medical assistance
"Sixth-That in three days, save for
the above unpleasant visit Of Captain
Parsons, no official visit was paid
either by the police, military or colon
ial authorities to the large body of
American refugees on the Hamburg
American docks, the known center for
American refugees in Kingstors to Of
fer succor or protection in any degree,
which they were.
"Seventh-That in individual cases
and minor ways we were made to feel
the superiority and first claim of the
English, and found the much talked of
bonds of blood and language when
tested, to be mockery and diplo-
matte phantom.
Therefore, we declare our resent
ment and condemnation, this utterance
being the joint expression Of the pas
sengers in common assembly on board
the Prinz Eitel Friedrich. January 81.
1907"
The Americans had to wait for the
arrival of the Prinz Eitel at Kingston
and during that time all Of them slept
on the Hamburg dock.
1--WE lay down on the planks and on
sacks, piles Of which reached almost to
the ceiling" said A. H. Hallman Of
Norristown, Pa, who was one of the
liz passengers on the Prinz Eitel. "The
men were glad enough TO get any shell
ter, but with the Port Kingston lying
near her docks, clean and empty, we
thought the captain might take the
women on board. He refused, however,
as the resolutions state"
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