Show AMERICAN ILLTREATED DEMANDS t INDEMNITY FRoM PORTUGAL IN SUM oio OOO He Was Engaged in Bed Cross Service Ser-vice and Alleges He Was Falsely Imprisoned at Lourenco Marques Atita ba Jj lJDr Herbert C4 tero CQfiJ whojqmptiy returned to the inited States from South Africa where ho was engaged In the Red Cross service has wrlttpn tho Associated Press from Marietta I Ga regarding his claim for 510000 Indemnity against tho Portuguese Government Gov-ernment for alleged false imprisonment imprison-ment The doctor says the report that the Secretary of State at Washington cabled him at Paris not to talk about the matter is untrue 11 did go to Washington writes Dr jMcAulcy before I agreed to talk I about my case and was cordially received re-ceived by the State department I received re-ceived instructions how to proceed in the matter and am now having the proper affidavits made out and in a few days my demand for 100000 indemnity will be made The Atlanta Journal this afternoon printed an amplified statement from Dr McAuley regarding the affair The doctor says In part On reaching Lourenco Marques where I expected to take ship for Europe on my way home I was arrested by an officer and marched to Jail I demanded to know for what I was detained but no pat isfaction was given mo The same evening I sent word to Mr Hollls the American Consul to conic to the prism to see me and then to forthwith demand de-mand my release as I had violated neither the lavj3oC Portugal nor the obligation which I had taken The Consul refused tocomeorhl any way to interfere or inter ede In m > behalf I After having remained in prison for two days I was informed that I would be released provided 1 would remain Int the company of an officer until the time for the next transport to sail for Europe This conditional offer I declined de-clined to accept and was ordered to Jail at the police barracks prison for political i po-litical offenders From here I was ordered or-dered In the presence of the Governor of Loiuenco Marques who again offered of-fered my release conditionally as stated Tills i again declined and was returned to prison After having demanded all that an American citizen could under the clr cumstunces I again applied to the Governor to allow one oC three things as an American citizen First to bo released unconditionally second to be given a far trial third to be allowed to cable our Minister at Lisbon all of which was denied and the guard was ordered to carry me aboard the transport 1 then asked to bE alloycd to appeal to the British Consul THIS was tio denied but while on my way to the vessel my friend and I determined to appeal to the British Consul and despite de-spite tho protests ofN the guard we went to the Consul who first refused interfere saying that It would be discourteous to the American Consul After showing him a letter which Gen Roberts had given me which convinced him of my services to the sick and dying dy-ing of his country he made a request of the GovernorGeneral and his request re-quest was granted I was returned to the prison again until the first vessel for Europe sailed when I was furnished a first class ticket and a sum of money the money having been sent to me bathe ba-the Boer commander GenBotha When ordered from the prison to the ship on which I sailed I was not permitted to get any of my personal effects or property |