TRAWLER SEIZED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14103, 3 July 1909, Page 2 (Supplement)

TRAWLER SEIZED.

GRIMSBY - CAPTAIN AGGRIEVED BY ,o, v GERMANS. ■ ;;.;■; .• Unpleasant experiences at .the' hands "of. the Germans beel the captain and crew of ; a Grimsby trawler, : as related to the House : of Commons by Sir G. Doughty! Tiio lion, member asked whether a man gunboat .1, ••, ,(.,! the steam t.'.u|.>- ■"- neral when on . the high seas in... .discharge : of her wiling, boarded her. and look lie?' to CiiTihavcQ, where the captain was ' tried by .1 responsible German Court for illegal fishing and /was acquitted, and • whether our. Ambassador' at Berlin pre-; 1. setted a claim for compensation to ilia i German authorities, rind that they declined to recognise it, giving as the reason that, although 'they failed to get a con-, viciion in their own Court, Cm- evidence', .points to "ho. possibility thai. .'• 'crow , were nevertheless guilty of unauthorised fishing, and whether British fishermen am to-be insulted in this manner by being, arrested, imprisoned, and robbed 'without ' consideration and protection from : their own Government. Mi McKirinon Wood * said he. was aware. of the facts. The German Government 1 were of opinion.: that the. arrest of the trawler was justified; and'! that there was no ground for eompi>n a- ','•' tion. Under the 'circumstances, .'nothing.;.' further could bo dons by dii •-,•>•• iocrespond* 3 < ■ , nor did there appear to be ground for ' arbitration. Emfhn qticsl!■"■:!- \ ed by Sir <!. Doughty, the ho.i gentleman answered that the mere fact that the,. master was acq.iittid * did not' constitute a claim for compensation, , Money bad-i been -paid for damage done to the shin.— ''■■:■■ Sir G. Doughty :. Are British fishermen in ' ; future to , expect no protection from tha : foreigner? (Opposition cheers.) —Mr,. Wood said the Government did not : admit that _ the ■ tact th: ,i captain had been - acquitted rive grounds for complication ' if there w«u\ proper reasons -■..■ f,; 1 ->&- , rest.—Sir G. Doughty: Did not the For- , eign Office ask for compensation? (Cheers.) : —Mr. Wood said they did make represent tations, and did their best to see th.-i* the claim of the;'.•' captain. :.was u properly considered. . < >-, ->,