Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-04

With her husband taken from her
| along with 81 other German men
! when the American steamship China
was stopped by English officers soon
after leaving Shanghai. with three
j daildrenl to support, and with her.
small funds dwindling, Mrs. Richard
Weber of Tientsin. China, is in port
today on her way to San francisco
Mrs. Weber is a native of South
| Africa. and speaks English fluentlss.
i The last she saw of her husband was
when he waved goodby to her as the
British launch was pulling back to its
ship from the side of the China.
Goodness knows, said Mrs.
Weber this morning to the Star-Bulle.
tin as she smiled bravely, what is tD
i become Of us now ] shall put myself
under the protection Of the German
consul Just as soon as reach San
| Francisco, Of course, and after that
must wait until the time when we can
i all get together again"
No Idea Where He Is.
| AS to the whereabouts of her hus.
band now, Mrs. Weber has, of course.
/ no idea whatever. In fact this was
one OF the first questions that German
women began asking this morning
when they saw people come on board
the China from land
(which way did the boat go?" and
what have they done with the men
they took Off" asked woman after
woman in broken English
/ Only two wives were left alone thus
on the China though many of the
women had friends and relatives
among the SO Germans who were
! lowered over the China's side and hur-
ried off in the small boat.
| The other woman who is left alone
lis a Mrs. Schutter, Canadian woman
lby birth, and herewith lies one Of
those strange plays of wars irony, for
the husband, being German, was re-
moved
Mrs. Weber's three children. Ellen,
Adelheid and Martin two girls and a
boy-are aged 9. s and one and half
years, respectively. They have be-
come the favorites of the boat.
Riddles Cried Hard.
my Riddles cried pretty hard when
their papa was taken" said Mrs.
Weber.
Fellow passengers on the China
speak high words of praise for the
behavior of the German women, who
took the unusual event calmly in most
leases.
This is not the first time the Weber
family has suffered from the war, for
1.-THE loss of the little restaurant which
they owned in Tientsin, and which
brought them in comfortable living,
came as result of the international
conflict
1--WE kept the hotel under q Russian
concession SAYS Nlrs Weber bit
soon after the war broke out we began
to get hin..s that our license would be
taken away from US.
Hoped for New Start.
About a year ago this happened.
and we struggled on trying to make a
living and to exc out our small means.
Business is at a standstill in China,
however, and attempt after attempt
Tailed. Finally Mr. Weber and I de-
lcided the only thing left was to come
to America and start in anew.
They sent an armed officer down
with my husband to cur cabin. she
said, in telling of the search OF the
vessel There was not much time fof
goodbys. A few clothes here ard
there we're grabbed hurriediy and the
| boat was off with him.
Many men were summoned of
without coats or collars, aud some
even had only slippers on their feet
Practically all of those on board the
China. passengers and crew alike.
speak OF the courteous manner in
/ which the English officers acted
Used All Courtesy.
] They used the utmost courtesy in
/, keeping with their official duties, =
declared a stewardess on the boat,