Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-11-09
HAGUE TREATY
SUDDENLY Of
INTEREST HERE
-lnternment of Geier and Luck
sun Causes HonolulOnS to
Ask Many Questions
OFFICERS ALREADY
GIVEN THEIR PAROLE
Sailors Will Probably Remain
Aboard Their Respect
i've Vessels

Wnat VIII pecoEHe ~ tue GsIiUaH'
sailors interned?
win they be paid BY the United
States?
VIII the United states detaln the
ss.n on board the Geler and Lccksun7
VIII the men be paroied
II paid, what pay VIII they get?
viii the United States pay the pa
roted officers?
u 90, how much?
How will this money thus expended
be repaid?
The foregoing are few Of the
questions that have been repeatedly
asked since 1t became known that the
little German gunboat Geier and the
auxiliary war craft tucksi,n had n.
termed.
"A perusal of the bulletin issued BY
the war department. supplemented
with information gathered ct head
quarters;- gives the following answers
to these questions:
The officers Of the Geier have al
ready been paroled, and may not leave
the territory without permission or
commit any unneutral act. They viii
not draw any pay from the United
States, the provision regarding pay
ment of foreign officers applying only
to prisoners of war. In that case, the
government holding them gives them
the pay OF their grade in the army
which holds them as prisoners, such
sum to. be refunded at the close Of
hostilities.
It is probable that the sailors will
continue to live aboard their respec-
tive vessels, and that the captains will
be made responsible for their safety
and good conduct.
2 Further information cleaned from
the various conventions Of the Hague
peace conference is that:
"A neutral power which receives on
its territory troops belonging to the
belligerent armies shall intern them,
as far as possible. at q distance from
the theater Of war. 2.
1T may keep them III camps and
even confine them in fortresses or In
places set apart for this purpose a
1T shall decide whether officers can
be left at liberty on giving their pa
role not to leave the neutral territory
without permission.
In the absence Of q special conyen-
ton to the contrary, the neutral power
shall supply the interned with food,
clothing and relief required BY hu-
manity.
AT the conclusion Of peace the ex-
penses caused by the infernment shall
be made good
Rear-Admiral G. B. r.. Moore, naval
commandant In Hawaii, stated this
morning that 1t was not decided
whether the crew of the Geier would
be taken to Pearl Harbor. The author
ities are non-committal regarding fli-
ture action on the case, and the dispo-
sition of the two vessels. For the
present the Geier Is at the navy dock.
Honolulu, where she was t0Wed yes
terday morning by the tug Navajo
1t Is generally believed that the sail.
ors will be allowed to remain aboard
their respective ships, subject to GER
tain restrictions. and Of c0urpe none
viii be allowed to leave the territory.
This win to q great extent relieve the
local authorities Of the need Of pro-
viding shelter for the interned belli-
gerents.
It was learned yesterday that two
weeks ago the local authorities were
notifed BY washington that tie oeier
would be given q tilnelImit extending
up to midnight last Friday night for
her rn1,afro Within - .|.|. n||0/