The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-02-03
VON HATzFELDT
ON THE SITUATION
STRICT ORDER ISSUED PRO-
HlBlTlNG PEOPLE FROM
BOARDING VESSEL.
FINAL DECISION IN THE
CASE is BEING AWAITED
Won HatzfeIdt Says That Under
a Construction of the Prus-
sian Treaty Ship Should Be a
War Prize.

OLD POINT COMFORT. Va, Feb.
2.-Prince Won Hatzfeldt, personal rep
resentative of Count kon Bernstorff,
the German ambassador to the United
States, arrived at Old Point this morn
ing to investigate circumstances sur
rounding the character of the British
passenger liner Appam in order to
take a report to the German embassy
at Washington. The prince has con
ferred with German Vice Consul L..
Marshall Won Schilling, and later went
out to the Appam for an interview
with Lieut.. Berg in command of the
prize crew.
alla--cc...:t ain .-- - said prineer
that under the treaty of the United
States with Prussia signed in 1885
the Appam will be declared a war
prize and turned over to the German
prize crew, The passengers un-
dOubtedly will be liberated shortly"
Prince Won Hatzfeldt declined to
discuss the result of his conference
with Consul Won Schilling, which last
Cu lOi OIlly a tliHSs IG
strict barrier against visitors boarding
the Appam which obNned yesterday
still was in force today Lieut. Berg
reiterated the declaration that under
no circumstances would anyone be
permitted on board until the status of
the Appam which obtained yesterday
United States government.
A constant drizzle fell over Hamp-
ton Roads, in which the Appam lies
today, and with the execution of a
few guards in German naval uni,
forms no one was visible on the
decks. The liner continues to ride
at anchor quarter of a mile off Old
Point
1t was expected that the status of
the vessel would be determined du-
ring the day and that she would be
moved at once to either Norfolk or
Newport News, where the British
subjects, comprising the greater num-
ber of the 452 persons aboard will be
permitted to disembark. Probably
most of them will take immediate
OlCPo w oCCulC PdopoSC liCii ANNN
York to Liverpool, where the Appam
was bound when she was surprised
and captured by the German raider
Moewe on January 16, five days out
from Dakar British West Africa.
Lieut.. Hans Berg, the stocky Ger
man officer who brought the Appam
all the way across the Atlantic from
point near the Canary islands with a
prize crew of % men, waited further
instructions from Customs Collector
Hamilton, who last night ordered the
ship kept at Old Point pending action
in Washington. The veil of silence by
which he kept the stories of his pris-
oners aboard the Appam from the pub
lie yesterday after the ships arrival
at daybreak, was still drawn over the
vessel and armed German seamen
kept close watch that none should
come aboard except those with proper
authority.
Although the Appam lay almost
within the shadow Of the frowning
guns of Fort Monroe, no precaution
ndh DCCH tdhCi ny tiit 6cNC'
to prevent any move on the part of
the ships company. Collector Hamil-
ton accepted the word of Command
or Berg that he would remain at
anchor and every one would be kept
board until further instructions
came from the Washington govern
ment. The collector was at his Of
flee early examining the Appam's
passenger list and making all ar
rangements to carry out the expect
ed directions from Washington with
out delay.
All efforts to communicate in any
way with the notable British pris
Ioners, including Sir Edward and Lady
Meriwether and their suite, has been
unsuccessful. Even kilograms to them
received up to today had not been de
livered. The prisoners themselves
were almost frantic in their efforts to
get their story to the world, some OF
them resorting to the hopeless expe
dient of dropping notes overheard
through portfolios. After their 16 days
Of captivity all were anxious to get
ashore and be free to go their way.
The question of food and water
was no longer serious, as during II